Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

TOLEDO CITY, Cebu—Leading up to the celebration of Earth Day this year, AboitizPower subsidiary Therma Visayas, Inc. (TVI), in partnership with the Aboitiz Foundation, organized an underwater garbage cleanup with its volunteer “Scubasureros” in Barangay Bato last April 14, 2022.  "Scubasurero is a term coined from 'scuba diving' and 'basurero' or garbage collector," explained Therma South, Inc. (TSI) Reputation and Stakeholder Management Manager Lou Jason Deligencia. "We have conducted this activity as part of our environmental commitment to help protect marine life, especially in the areas where we operate."  “The idea for this activity came from TVI employees who are also divers,” he explained. “They were diving in the beach just across TVI when they discovered trash stuck to the seabed, and so they’ve decided to tap us and other divers to conduct a wider underwater cleanup.” Among the volunteers who participated in the event were TVI employees, co...

  A HELPING HAND. A Therma Visayas team member unloads relief boxes for distribution in Toledo City, Cebu on Dec. 31, 2021. (Contributed photo) In response to the devastation wreaked by super typhoon Odette (international name Rai) on its host community, AboitizPower subsidiary Therma Visayas Inc. (TVI) mobilized a relief operation that has already helped ease the lives of 2,250 affected families in Toledo City, Cebu as of Dec. 30, 2021. TVI kicked off its program on Dec. 24 with an allocation of P1.7 million to provide families with relief packs containing easy-to-cook food, rice, and drinking water, among others, in an effort to aid them in getting by as the midwestern Cebu town recovers. The beneficiary barangays include Bato, Cabitoonan, and Awihao. The power generation firm also deployed three water filtration units to support the local water district’s utility restoration efforts. TVI is also planning to procure and donate 15 additional water filtration units to the local gov...