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  DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, March 24 (PIA) -- The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) launched a website and printed educational materials for Grades 6, 9, and 11 teachers in Negros Oriental on March 24 in Dumaguete City. Dubbed "GeoSkwela," the online platform is a supplementary learning website that seeks to help teachers discuss difficult Science topics such as energy transformation, sources, generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as the environmental impacts of energy generation. “Today, EDC is officially launching the GeoSkwela site and conducting one-day training, with the help of our resource speakers from the Knowledge Community,” said Norreen Bautista, head of EDC’s Corporate Relations Department in Negros. "Through this site, the teachers can download resource materials, sample quizzes, experiments, and other activities that will help them comprehensively explain what energy is, how it works, and what its effects on the environment,” explai...

Barangays Caidiocan and Malaunay officials led by Captain Antonio Tuting and Captain Edgar Villegas, respectively, with EDC Negros CSR Head Norreen Bautista and Community Partner Rafael Duhaylungsod, representatives from NOCCI and DICT, during the ceremonial check turnover and DOD signing for the e-community project. (Contributed photo) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The country’s first off-grid e-community project in two barangays of Valencia town received a check donation worth P277,940 from Energy Development Corporation (EDC). EDC’s two partner barangays, Malaunay and Caidiocan, each received P138,970 for the installation of WiFi infrastructure that will expand its internet connectivity services. Officials of EDC led by Community Social Responsibility Head Norreen Bautista, together with Community Partner Rafael Duhaylungsod, Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (NOCCI) representatives Edward Du, Dodong Yap and Engr. Joemar Sayre, Department of Information a...