By Danessa Rivera (The
Philippine Star) | Updated June 17, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - The National
Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has teamed up with Movie and Television
Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) to reach a wider audience for its
information campaign on transmission line safety and protection and
right-of-way (ROW) information campaign.
NGCP said it signed a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) with MTRCB in disseminating advocacy on transmission line
safety and protection and information on ROW violations.
The grid operator said it tapped
MTRCB to help them reach wider audiences by showing their safety and
anti-pilferage public service videos in movie theaters.
MTRCB is the entity that supervises
and regulates the public exhibition of motion pictures, television programs,
and publicity materials.
The MOU was signed by with NGCP
board director and chief administrative officer Anthony Almeda and MTRCB
chairman Eugenio Villareal.
Under the MOU, both parties
committed to “protect the physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social
well-being of the youth and other vulnerable sectors, inculcating patriotism
and nationalism, and encouraging their involvement in public and civic
affairs,” including safety, anti-pilferage and right-of-way of the nationwide
transmission assets.
MTRCB made its commitment in “making
available relevant expert information and other resources, to enable NGCP to
mobilize the dissemination of its line safety campaign material to local
theater operators.”
Meanwhile, NGCP said its partnership
with the government agency is “a strategic cooperation between the public and
private sector will further advance the advocacies of NGCP, particularly on
spreading awareness on transmission line safety, anti-pilferage, and
right-of-way issues.”
Earlier, the grid operator
reiterated its call to Congress to pass a law which will declare the
intentional planting of high-growing trees and construction of residential and
industrial structures under power transmission lines illegal.
Late last year, it already called on
Congress to pass a law that will prohibit these acts which will undermine the
security of transmission lines.
Last May, the Department of Energy
(DOE) made the same call to help maintain the security of the whole power grid
and the continued power supply across the country.
The Interagency Task Force on
Securing Energy Facilities, which was formed by President Aquino, is currently
dealing with long term ROW issues and bombing concerns in the power industry.
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