Slowly but surely, efforts to make it known to our government officials of our suffering in Occidental Mindoro due to extremely unstable power supply, which is detrimental to health, harms businesses, jeopardizes our food security., among others - is taking fruit. Let's all work together and constantly remind our government not to forget about us, residents of Occidental Mindoro, and our decades-long plea for #energyjustice. We have to ensure that even a tiny island province like Occidental Mindoro deserves to be included in plans for this nation's progress. This news reports states that: "Mindanao has been suffering from the lack of electricity. Other provinces like Occidental Mindoro and Palawan are suffering from long hours of blackout. It may have taken some time, but the Department of Energy (DOE) said that new power facilities will be up and running beginning this year. "Kung titignan nating yung outlook for the country — Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, marami tayong committed projects, meaning may financial closure, and some of these are starting to be constructed," explained Department of Energy Officer-in-Charge Usec. Zenaida Monsada. In Luzon, a total of 2,300 megawatts will be added to the grid from June this year until September 2019. The Visayas grid will also be augmented by about 442-megawatts, while Mindanao — which has endured power shortages for many years now — will get an additional 2,000 megawatts. Based on the Energy Department's 5-year outlook, the additional capacity in Luzon and Mindanao will mean there will be no blackouts until 2020." Read more here: http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2015/07/27/sona-2015-power-sector-president-aquino-department-of-energy-power-plants.html