President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday issued Executive Order 811 allocating P18.4 billion for the salary increase of some 1.2 million state workers starting July 1, a Malacañang press release said.

The allocation will be taken from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund or the General Appropriations Act of 2009.

The President signed the EO before she left for a nine-day trip that will take her to Tokyo in Japan, and Brasilia, Suape and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.

City gov’t to fast-track
northbound terminal

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday said the city has adopted innovations in its organizational set-up in order to fast track the establishment and operation of the northbound terminal in Bacolod City.

“We believe the terminal will make a major impact on our traffic situation in Bacolod, considering the volume of people coming in and out of the city through the north route,” he said.

Leonardia said he has designated Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson to be directly and officially involved, since traffic is both an executive and legislative concern.

DA to help poultry growers

An official of the Department of Agriculture said yesterday that the state agency is willing to help poultry raisers and egg producers in Negros Occidental adopt measures that will let them continue stabilized production despite stringent government operating standards.

DA Region 6 director, Larry Nacionales, was reacting to reports that some livestock raisers in the country are concerned that requirements imposed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources will add to their operational costs.

Members of the United Broiler Raisers Association told a national business news service that they are being required by the DENR to install septic tanks and conduct environment-related studies to secure environment clearance certificates.

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