Politician Pacquiao's battle against coal-fired plant

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao Latest News from examiner.com Fri, 16 Oct 2009

Boxing's pound-for-pound king and Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao voiced his opposition, in September 2009, against the construction of a 200-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant. The proposed initiative is located in his hometown of Sarangani Province, situated in the southern Philippines. Pacquiao, who intends to run as representative in the Philippine Congress during the May 2010 elections, galvanized support from various civil and religious groups to prevent the proposed large-scale project from being built.

The Kamanga Power Plant (KPP) would supply electricity to the Mindanao grid, and is a project championed by Conal Holdings Corporation (CHC). CHC is a joint venture with Thailand company Egko and Mindanao-based Alsons Consolidated Resources. The family of the Sarangani governor holds a significant equity stake in the venture, as reported by Philippine Inquirer...

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