The National Electrification Administration yesterday directed the parties to legal arguments among present and former officials of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative to submit position papers to support their cases.

Xerxes Adzuarra of NEA said that the parties have been instructed to give their written arguments and evidence after efforts at reconciliation broke down yesterday.

One of the cases discussed was the one filed by the CENECO Union of Rational Employees and the electric cooperative’s former president, Vicente Sabornay, against incumbent president, Edward Gasambelo, general manager Sulpicio Lagarde Jr. said.

Blackouts today

Due to the preventive maintenance of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines’ 100MVA transformer, the Central Negros Electric Cooperative will effect load shedding schedules today between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. in its service areas, a CENECO press release said.

There will be rotating brownouts that will last for, more or less, one hour.

Consumers are advised to minimize the use of electrical appliances during these periods to lessen load shedding schedules.

Economic development
program kicks-off

Bago City in Negros Occidental is positioning itself to be the next agri-tourism haven in the province through a planning process called the Local and Regional Economic Development, a press release from the Department of Trade and Industry said.

LRED, a participatory planning program, is led by Bago City Mayor Ramon Torres and is jointly organized by the DTI headed by provincial director Rebecca Rascon and the German Technical Cooperation represented by Rhea Ledesma, GTZ Regional Coordinator.

The plan was introduced yesterday through a series of workshops and activities that run until today, at the Planta Centro Hotel in Bacolod City facilitated by an LRED team.

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