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	Villagers confront Mirant’s Pagbilao coal plant
		Pagbilao, PHILIPPINES —; Pagbilao, Quezon, 20 Oct 2005 – Villagers from the province of Quezon today gathered in a solemn ceremony to seek justice and an end to the suffering caused by the Pagbilao coal power plant, which is owned by US-based Mirant Corporation.
		On a hill overshadowed by the huge smokestack of the 735 MW Pagbilao coal plant, communities from several towns such as Agdangan, Pagbilao and Padre Burgos joined civil society groups as Greenpeace released evidence that the Pagbilao coal plant emits hazardous substances such as mercury, arsenic and lead.
		The external costs of Mirant’s Pagbilao coal plant alone reaches up to 27 billion pesos ($480 million or Eu400 million) annually, the second highest in the country.
	www.greenpeace.org /seasia/en/news/villagers_confront_mirant (582 words)

	BANTAY BANGKO UA#3 (Feb 93) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The livelihood of the community of Pagbilao are predominantly fishing and small- scale farming.
		Pagbilao residents claim that the plant would result to the death of Pagbilao Bay and the whole ecosystem of Pagbilao Grande Island - site of the $ 850 million Hopewell project and their major source of income and livelihood.
		Pagbilao is one of many Quezon municipalities that is poverty-stricken.
	www.info.com.ph /~lrcksk/ua3-93.htm (752 words)

	Coal Powers Philippine Mangrove Reforestation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Quezon Province, where Pagbilao is located, used to have 14,940 hectares (36,918 acres) in 1969, it dropped to only 923 hectares (2,280 acres) by 1991.
		Despite this, Pagbilao's mangroves are considered the most diverse in the country and scientists have found 56 percent (19 species) of all true mangrove species growing along the town's coasts.
		Complementing the mangrove restoration project is the establishment of a 10 hectare marine sanctuary in Pagbilao Bay and pilot projects to replant sea grasses.
	projects.wri.org /project_content_text.cfm?ContentID=2684 (752 words)

	Pagbilao, Quezon - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Pagbilao, Quezon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Pagbilao, Quezon - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Pagbilao, Quezon.
		Pagbilao is a municipality of the province of Quezon in the Philippines.
		It is situated on the northern shore of Tayabas Bay on Luzon and is located just east of Lucena City, the capital of Quezon.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Pagbilao-Quezon.html (157 words)

	Atimonan, Quezon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It lies on the western shore of the province, 173 kilometers southeast of Manila.
		Atimonan is bounded by Gumaca, Plaridel, Pagbilao and Padre Burgos.
		It begins in Pagbilao and ends in Barangay San Isidro, Atimonan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atimonan,_Quezon (217 words)

	How green is a ... - Apr. 16, 2004
		MIRANT Philippines has a coal-fired power plant in Pagbilao, Quezon, one of three the company operates in the country (the other two are in Sual, Pangasinan; and Toledo, Cebu).
		Among its claims is that Pagbilao is the largest power-generating plant in Southern Luzon and the safest in Asia, with very high standards of environmental compliance.
		The island is on Tayabas Bay, just off Pagbilao proper, and is connected to the mainland by bridges built by Mirant itself to facilitate mobility of its 450 employees (many of whom live in or near Pagbilao) and visitors (students make frequent field trips here) who would otherwise have to travel by boat.
	www.inq7.net /lif/2004/apr/16/text/lif_27-1-p.htm (681 words)

	Welcome to Pesocard.Com - Always There For You! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Pagbilao Grande (Tayabas Bay, near the coast of Pagbilao).
		Part of Pagbilao Grande Island, this is where the Tulay Buhangin (Sand Bridge) is located.
		The bigger of the two, Malaking Talabaan, is a favorite jump-off point to the beaches of Padre Burgos and the neighboring town of Pagbilao.
	www.pesocard.com /provinces/region4/quezon/travel.html (2653 words)

	Coal Powers Philippine Mangrove Reforestation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		These "seedlings" are helping to restore the most diverse mangrove forest in the Philippines, which is near Pagbilao, 150 kilometers south of Manila.
		Pagbilao is home to Mirant's 735 megawatt coal-fired plant, which, together with another of the company's plants, provides electricity for about 40 million Filipinos - nearly half the country's population.
		Environmentalists were not as welcoming as Gutierrez when the Pagbilao plant was built.
	projects.wri.org /project_content_text.cfm?ContentID=2739 (393 words)

	Power firm builds marine sanctuary - Jun. 05, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		STRADDLING along the coast of the Isla Grande in Barangay Ibabang Polo in Pagbilao town, Quezon province, about 150 km south of Metro Manila, and facing the scenic Pagbilao Bay is the 735-megawatt coal-fired plant of Mirant Pagbilao Corp., one of the country's independent power producers.
		More popularly known as the Pagbilao power plant, the vast and heavily secured compound is in the middle of a once-dreary island inhabited mostly by part-time tillers and fishermen who had contributed to the sorry state of the bay through illegal fishing.
		Mirant Pagbilao is a subsidiary of Mirant Philippines Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Mirant.
	www.inq7.net /reg/2003/jun/05/reg_9-1.htm (447 words)

	Tayabas Bay including Pagbilao Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A large sweeping sea bay, stretching from Pagbilao Bay in the northwest to the Bondoc Peninsula in the southeast; with extensive intertidal mudflats, sand flats, associated pockets of mangroves and offshore coral reefs.
		The rivers entering Pagbilao Bay rise in the Sierra Madre Range to the northeast and constitute the major input of freshwater to the Bay.
		The wetland habitats are under considerable pressure from general human encroachment, destruction of mangroves for aquaculture, pollution from the fish ponds, and increased siltation as a result of deforestation in the water catchment area.
	www.arcbc.org.ph /wetlands/philippines/phl_tayabas_bay.htm (1094 words)

	peopleandplanet.net > green industry > features > power company rescues philippine mangroves
		Environmentalists were not happy when a Philippine company decided to construct a big coal-fired power station on the coast at Pagbilao, a poor town some 93 miles south of the capital, Manila.
		But, by setting out to restore the most diverse mangrove forest in the country, the company has earned their respect and the support of the local community.
		No one knows how many propagule collectors there are among the 56,000 residents of Pagbilao.
	www.peopleandplanet.net /doc.php?id=2219 (817 words)

	MECO News Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mirant Philippines Corp.'s 735-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Pagbilao town in the province of Quezon, east of Manila, is ranked with the best power plants in the United States, Canada and South Korea.
		The magazine's profile of the Pagbilao plant, published in the July-August issue, said the facility was chosen as one of the 12 best plants in the world "for running more reliably and cleanly every year."
		The Pagbilao plant started operating in 1996, was one of the first to be built after the Philippines suffered a severe power crisis in the early 1990s.
	www.meco.ph /archives/oct1804_3.html (247 words)

	Mirant in the Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mirant's Pagbilao and Sual generating plants are the largest and most cost-efficient in the Philippines.
		Mirant’s commitment to environmental stewardship is reflected at its generating plants, where a number of measures are in place to maintain the area’s ecological balance.
		Additionally, the Environmental Management Systems at the Pagbilao, Sual, and Toledo generating plants have passed the International Organization for Standardization’s 14001 certification audit.
	www.mirant.com /locations/philippines.html (309 words)

	Natural
		Located in the Pagbilao Grande area, this pure white sand beach, with crystal-clear and calm water, is a favorite place in Pagbilao during the summer months.
		The park is also the site of Pinagbanderahan, a place where the Filipino Revolutionaries planted the Philippine flag in their fight against the Spanish colonizers, which can be reached by walking for about one hour from the road to the top of a ridge.
		The biggest of the three islands near the shore of the municipality of Lopez and the neighboring towns of Calauag and Gumaca.
	oscarc.50megs.com /natural.htm (3482 words)

	Friendster - Pagbilao Quezon
		"Pagbilao -another coastal town lying on the China Sea coast of Quezon Province.
		We all know about the Power Plant that is in our Pagbilao Quezon..
		Just want 2 have frnds..,la kc me mxdo kla2 na tga pagbilao...
	www.friendster.com /8141064 (269 words)

	PhilippineBusiness.com.ph: The Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Mirant Pagbilao Corporation and Mirant Foundation are among those who answered the call to protect and preserve their immediate surroundings.
		Mirant’s Carbon Sink Initiative aims to reforest 150 hectares of mangrove and 150 hectares of upland forests in the municipalities of Pagbilao and nearby Padre Burgos.
		The reforestation of the upland community is seen to augment the water supply in the community and help prevent soil erosion and flash floods by 80 percent.
	www.philippinebusiness.com.ph /archives/magazine/vol11-2004/11-2/corpCit.htm (720 words)

	:: Welcome to Manila Bulletin Online ::
		Seven persons, including a baby girl, were killed in separate road accidents yesterday in Pagbilao, Quezon and Butuan City, reports reaching the Philippine National Police Headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City said.
		The fatalities in the Pagbilao accident were identified as Ramil Ramirez, driver of a Toyota Corolla with license plates NLN-770 which collided with a 10-wheel truck along the Maharlika Highway; Luis Villaroca, an unidentified woman and the baby girl.
		Police reports said a passenger of the car, Darlene dela Rama, was taken to a hospital in Quezon for treatment of broken bones.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/05/28/MAIN2005052835619.html (260 words)

	Birdwatch.ph : Birding Activity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The trip to Pagbilao has previously been rescheduled twice but the offer to go birdwatching on an overnight trip with free roundtrip transport, accomodations and hearty meals failed to dampened the spirits of the eager birders.
		The group left Manila at noon but was caught in the traffic and the rains as we passed by the towns of San Pablo, Tiaong, Candelaria and Sariaya.
		I took in the beautiful scenery of Pagbilao Bay in the horizon and the mountains to the east where the Quezon National Park is located.
	www.birdwatch.ph /articles/pagbilao2.html (933 words)

	Birdwatch.ph : Birding Activity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ricky invited us to bird at Mirant Power Station at Pagbilao, Quezon because Aldrin was to do an environmental management plan, so Nilo and I happily tagged along.
		It was a long trip so we left Manila early in the morning around 4:30am and we got at the site at around 10am.
		The forest is said to contain one of the biggest and most diverse mangrove plantation in the country.
	www.birdwatch.ph /articles/pagbilao.html (699 words)

	Balik Kalikasan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		According to an investigation report by the Pagbilao Multi-partite Monitoring Team (PMMT), most of the fly ash settled on rooftops, trees and soil in Sitio Daungan, Brgy.
		Pagbilao Councilor Juan Zaporteza said that the incident led to the Municipal Council’s issuance of a resolution last June 16, 1999 requesting Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Antonio Cerilles that an investigating team be sent here to assess the damage brought upon by the ash emissions.
		Polo by Dr. Rocelo Racelis from the Municipal Health Office (MHO) revealed that there was an increase in cases of respiratory tract infection, cough and colds within the area.
	www.bwf.org /bk/bk1999/bk0799_1.html (263 words)

	gulfnews.com: World
		Pagbilao, Quezon: Farmers carrying a fl-painted wooden cross held a protest march yesterday against a coal power plant that they claim is polluting the area and harming the health of residents.
		Enriquez said the 735 megawatt Pagbilao Coal Plant has been harming residents of Pagbilao and the nearby towns of Agdangan and Padre Burgos since it begun operations in 1991.
		The Pagbilao plant is one of three coal power stations that Mirant is operating in the Philippines.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/WorldNF.asp?ArticleID=188397 (397 words)

	pagbilao - discoverquezon.com - your on-line guide to the province of quezon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The municipality of Pagbilao is presently tagged as the Power capital of Southern Tagalog being the site of the 700MW Hopewell Philippines Coal Fired Thermal Plant.
		Pagbilao has a total land area of 15,820 hectares as per Bureau of land Records.
		It is composed by twenty seven barangays among which is urban and the rest in rural
	www.discoverquezon.com /pagbilao.htm (142 words)

	Sun.Star Iloilo - Oso to anti-coal group: Visit Pagbilao
		AFTER joining the trip sponsored by Mirant Philippines to its coal-fired power plant in Pagbilao, Quezon, 4th District Board Member Domingo Oso said he is all the more convinced that there is no danger in hosting a coal-fired power plant.
		Oso said he will convince Vice Governor Roberto Armada to visit Pagbilao to see for himself what they saw during their two-day tour last Thursday and Friday.
		Oso said claims of health hazards by anti-coal advocates is far from reality, based on his observation in Pagbilao.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ilo/2005/01/10/news/oso.to.anti.coal.group.visit.pagbilao.html (253 words)

	Mystic Waters - Pagbilao, Quezon
		We had a brief stop at Joan's uncle in Lucena where we had breakfast.
		After shopping for our food provisions at the local market, we were on our way to Pagbilao.
		A short banca ride passing the power plant by the sea and there it was.
	www.stormpages.com /mysticwaters/pagbilao/pagbilao.html (403 words)

	Ramos Friends Got Best IPP Deals
		At the time it was accumulating IPP contracts, the government had also let the private Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to build its own power plants, which later exacerbated an energy oversupply.
		Even more curious is that the approval of the NEDA board, which is headed by the president, is recorded as having been made only on May 10, 1994, 10 days after the groundbreaking.
		According to the contract, Hopewell could not yet charge the government for capacity fees and operational expenses because Napocor's transmission lines linking Pagbilao to the rest of the Luzon were not yet in place.
	www.pcij.org /stories/2002/ramos3.html (2402 words)

	Sun.Star Iloilo - Guv: No danger for coal plants
		PAGBILAO, Quezon -- Governor Niel Tupas said Friday that after his visit to Mirant's coal-fired power plant, he sees no danger in constructing a similar power project in Iloilo, including his hometown of Barotac Viejo.
		"I've heard so many (negative things) about the Pagbilao power plant, but it was better to see it for myself to prove that what they're saying is not true.
		The Pagbilao trip was an educational tour and what was shown was for the benefit of the Ilonggos.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/ilo/2005/01/10/news/guv.no.danger.for.coal.plants.html (929 words)

	news_quezon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Aside from the on-going construction projects being undertaken by the district, it is included in the shortlist of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for the funding of its water supply improvement projects in Lucena, Pagbilao and Tayabas.
		The scope of work includes the construction of chlorination, installation of about 19.5 km transmission and distribution lines with sizes ranging from 100mm-350mm, construction of 2,000 cubic meter-capacity reinforced ground reservoir, installation of about 3,000 service connections, valves and fire hydrants and other appurtenances and construction of a break pressure tank.
		Corollary to this, the QMWD has already embarked by administration the construction of three deep well facilities situated at Barangay Bocohan worth P6.5 million each to serve as the district equity contribution for the project.
	www.lwua.gov.ph /news/News_quezon.htm (1071 words)

	Ash fall from coal-fired plant worries villagers - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Philippines -- Residents of a coastal village near the 735-megawatt coal-fired plant of Mirant Pagbilao Corp. have expressed fears of a shower of fl ash purportedly coming from the power facility.
		The plant is located in Barangay Polo, Pagbilao and southeast of Mayao Castillo in front of the Tayabas Bay.
		Mirant Pagbilao, a subsidiary of Mirant Philippines Corp., is considered the largest private producer of electricity in the country.
	news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=39376 (646 words)

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