President Benigno Aquino 3rd on Friday inaugurated a new coal-fired power plant that has attracted criticism from environmental and church groups.

The 164-megawatt plant in Iloilo province on the central island of Panay would supply power to islands in central Philippines, ending months of daily power outages that have plagued the region, President Aquino said during the event.

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