IN DUMAGUETE BRGYS
SK voters registration
turnout low: Comelec
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE

Four barangays in Dumaguete City did not reach the desired number of registrants for the Sangguniang Kabataan polls during the one-week registration that ended Sunday, the Commission on Elections said.

Comelec records showed that Poblacion 3 had only three registrants, Poblacion 6 - two, Poblacion 4, - one, and Poblacion 5 had none. This means that these barangays cannot complete the six-councilor SK lineup, the Comelec added.

Records also showed that the only SK registrant for Poblacion 4 was Mary Joanna Tabunda, which makes her automatic SK chairman if the registration is not extended.

PNOC-EDC building plant
for coco methyl ester prod’n

The Philippine National Oil Co.-Energy Development Corp. is building a plant designed for small-scale production of coco methyl ester using waste geothermal heat from its geothermal power plant in Palinpinon, Oriental Negros.

The plant, estimated to cost P2.5 million, will have a 1,000 liter capacity a day, Agnes de Jesus, PNOC-EDC vice president for environment and external relations, said yesterday.

It is targeted to be completed this year, she said.

It will use geothermal waste heat from a reinjection well using shell and heat tube exchangers, she said.

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