09/06/2026
๐๐ผ๐ต๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
Leaders, policymakers, and renewable energy champions from across Bohol gathered on June 3, 2026, at Bohol Tropics Resort for the ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐บ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐. Centered on the theme, โ๐๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต,โ the forum served as a platform to strengthen collaboration, share insights, and advance a common vision for a cleaner, more sustainable, and energy-secure future for the province.
The event was organized by the ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ผ๐น ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ก๐ผ๐ป-๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ป๐ฐ. (๐๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ก) through ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ (๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐), in partnership with the ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ผ๐น ((๐ฃ๐๐๐ต), the ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ผ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ (๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ข), the ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ผ๐น ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ (๐๐ฅ๐๐), and the ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ (๐๐ข๐).
Participants included members of the ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, and ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ด๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐, underscoring the province-wide commitment to advancing sustainable energy solutions.
Opening the forum, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ welcomed participants and emphasized the importance of collaborative leadership in shaping Boholโs energy future.
Delivering a message of support, ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐, President of the Bohol Association of Non-Government Organizations, Inc., highlighted the organizationโs continuing role in advancing renewable energy initiatives through Project ASPIRE.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ: ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ,โ Batoy said.
Providing the national perspective on renewable energy development, ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐. ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐, discussed the countryโs energy landscape and the national governmentโs strategic direction for expanding renewable energy deployment.
The provinceโs renewable energy initiatives were presented by ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ-๐ฉ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ, through her presentation, โ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ.โ She highlighted the provinceโs efforts to strengthen policies and governance mechanisms that support sustainable energy development.
The forum also featured renewable energy champions from other provinces who shared valuable experiences and lessons learned.
๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ ๐. ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ of the Province of Leyte and former Department of Energy Secretary presented Leyteโs renewable energy projects and policy initiatives. He also provided insights into the countryโs power grid system, including the economic benefits, costs, and potential savings associated with transitioning to renewable energy sources.
Meanwhile, ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ ๐. ๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ of the 4th District of Iloilo shared the provinceโs renewable energy roadmap and discussed policies that have helped advance Iloiloโs renewable energy agenda.
An open forum moderated by Ms. Joan Llanos allowed participants to engage directly with the speakers. Questions from local government representatives were addressed by the panel composed of Gov. Petilla, Board Member Distura, and Assistant Director De Guzman, fostering meaningful dialogue on the opportunities and challenges surrounding renewable energy development.
The afternoon workshop session, facilitated by ๐ ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฉ. ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐, ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ป, and ๐ ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐. ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ, engaged participants in meaningful discussions on the future of renewable energy in their municipalities. Through guided workshops, local leaders assessed existing strengths and opportunities that could support renewable energy development, identified key barriers to adoption, and explored critical questions related to financing, policy, and implementation. The session provided a platform for participants to share experiences, surface common challenges, and generate practical recommendations to help accelerate Boholโs transition toward sustainable and renewable energy solutions.
Representatives from the ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐โ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ, namely ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ, provided technical guidance and valuable insights, particularly on financing mechanisms and practical approaches to promoting renewable energy projects at the local level.
The forum concluded on a positive and forward-looking note, reaffirming Boholโs commitment to renewable energy development, a just energy transition, and the cultivation of more renewable energy champions throughout the province. Participants emphasized the importance of addressing existing barriers, crafting sustainable solutions, and positioning Bohol as a leader in renewable energy innovation and governance in the region.
As Bohol continues to pursue a future powered by affordable, reliable, and clean energy, the forum marked a significant milestone in strengthening partnerships and aligning stakeholders toward a shared vision of sustainable development.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ (๐๐๐๐).
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