AT the heart of Zamboanga City is a restaurant regarded as one of the top tourist destinations across the region. It is the Alavar Seafood Restaurant, which rose to fame as the go-to spot for one of Zamboanga's culinary highlights, the curacha.

But while the restaurant earned its status, it had to do so while facing challenges that came with the city's then-poor state of power distribution, and only found relief after the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) finally changed management in 2019.

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