EDC corporate relations head Ed Jimenez (standing, 2nd from left) and Palayan Binary Project team head Anthony Witkowski (6th from left) with the Palayan Binary team and the winners of the special awardsLike a lot of employed individuals, former merchandiser Aaron James Lasala lost his job during the pandemic. He heard of the three-month long community-based skills training program initiated by Energy Development Corporation (EDC) that provided good prospects for employment. He shared how this opportunity from EDC’s Palayan Binary Project team in Bacman (Bacon-Manito) changed his life.

The OFY scholars with First Philippine Holdings Corporation chairman and OFY cofounder Fed­erico R. Lopez (front row, in blue shirt)Ang Misyon Inc. (AMI) and its main performing arm, the Orchestra of the Filipino Youth (OFY), are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year with a live concert entitled “OFY X” at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on Oct. 8, 2022

EDC deputy COO Jerome Cainglet (rightmost) with (l-r) NZCA executive director and EDC corporate relations and communications head Atty. Allan Barcena, First Philippine Holdings Corporation chief sustainability officer Agnes de Jesus and NZCA event host Danie Laurel of One NewsNet Zero Carbon Alliance (NZCA), a pioneering multisectoral consortium seeking to achieve collective carbon neutrality beginning in the Philippine private sector, reconvened on its first anniversary and bared its strategic framework toward its goal.

EDC SNGPF Union members Larry Macay and Eric Cabatbat plant BINHI native trees in Negros OrientalEnergy Development Corporation (EDC) management and the rank and file (RF) and professional/technical (PT) employee unions celebrated the conclusion of their collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations by simultaneously planting threatened native tree species across all geothermal field sites.