The Provincial Veterinary Office of Negros Occidental is encouraging local government units to establish their own meat shops and meat processing centers to control the influx of imported meat and meat products in the province.

Dr. Renante Decena, provincial veterinarian, said yesterday that a monitoring report on the entry of imported meat and meat by-products for May showed a total of 82 tons were imported to the province, 40 tons of which are pork and 42 are chicken.

Decena said that in their previous monitoring they only recorded an average of 10 tons of imported meat and meat by-products monthly, adding that the sudden increase poses a threat to the local market.

Negros Farmers
to join Palace rally

Farmers belonging to the Task Force Mapalad will  lead a  march in Bacolod City today to push for  the completion of the extended Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

The TFM said about 5,200 farmers and farm workers from 321 haciendas will join them.

It  said it will also bring 300 to 400 farmers from Negros to a culmination march and rally at the Malacañang Palace on June 8.

For Negros Occidental, the TFM said it  demands  that the  Department of Agrarian Reform hands out respective notices of coverage for 104 haciendas.

‘Imperial Palace’
holds product update

Representatives of Imperial Palace Waterpark Resort and  Spa, in Cebu conducted a product update at O Hotel, Bacolod City, recently.

The product update was led by Ann Ditching and Josef Chiongbian, sales account managers at Imperial Palace.

 Twenty five tour operators in Bacolod who were given a brief background of Imperial Palace Cebu.

An open forum and a raffle followed where Imperial Palace gave out three gift certificates for an overnight stay at a Deluxe Ocean View Room, the press release said.

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