US senator to visit Zamboanga to preside over turn-over of rural electrification projects in ARMM

The third most senior member of the US Senate will visit Zamboanga City on August 12, Saturday, to turn over development assistance from the American people and local private-sector contributors that are helping bring electricity to rural communities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Senator Daniel K. Inouye who is known for his distinguished record as a legislative leader and as a World War II combat veteran who earned the nation's (US) highest award for military valor (the medal of Honor), will preside a ceremony at the Garden Orchid Hotel.

The rural electrification projects benefit some 5,000 remote households in 185 communities in the ARMM, and were made possible by the Alliance for Mindanao Off-grid Renewable Energy (AMORE) Program of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Department of Energy, Mirant Philippines Foundation, the ARMM government, and Winrock International.

Media interested in covering the event are requested to confirm their participation with Ms. Beng Añago, AMORE Information, Education and Communications Manager (Tel. (632) 687-9091/2 loc. 118, Fax: (632) 631-8215, mobile: (0917) 917-3773 email: eanago@amore.org.ph (PRESS RELEASE)