Small and medium enterprises in Negros Occidental are aiming to increase their total sales by 10 percent in 2010, the Provincial SME Development Plan shows.

The figure is based on the national indicator of 130 percent increase in sales by 2010, from priority sectors as well as services, tourism, education, health and outsourcing sectors.

The local goal is under the “Access to Market” aspect of the SME Plan which has existing programs and projects being implemented to meet the projected figure.

House to rush
measure on CNG use

House Speaker Jose de Venecia and other senior House leaders rushed over the weekend the passage of the bill that will compel the use of indigenous compressed natural gas for buses and trucks, in the wake of the skyrocketing price of oil, now hitting the above $95 per barrel, a press release from Congress said.

The use of CNG is expected to reduce passenger and cargo fares and avoid carbon dioxide emissions.

De Venecia met last week with Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes, Development Bank of the Philippines president Rey David, and former Energy Secretary Vince Perez to finalize the legislation co-authored by House Energy Committee Chairman Mikey Arroyo and Parañaque Rep. Eduardo Zialcita.

Negros Oriental gets
91,000 bags of rice

Three shipments of Vietnam rice with a total of 91,000 bags arrived in Negros Oriental in October, the National Food Authority said in a press release yesterday.

NFA records showed that the first shipment of 20,000 rice bags arrived on Oct. 7, followed by 30,000 bags on Oct. 20 and 41,000 bags on Oct. 29.

The rice allocation of the province for 2007 is 390,000 bags, an NFA source said.

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