The Province of Negros Occidental has been nominated as a top performing province in rice production while the cities of San Carlos and Kabankalan and the town of Moises Padilla have been nominated for the local government unit category in the Agri-Pinoy Rice Achiever’s Award 2011 of the Department of Agriculture.

The agricultural extension workers of the three LGUs have also been nominated for the top performing AEWs, Edna Garde, manager of the Farmer’s Information and Technology Services Center of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist yesterday said.

The AEWs are Ramonita Ronquillo of Moises Padilla, Marianita Latoza of San Carlos, and Melba Bañares of Kabankalan, she said.

Power barges
set for privatization

The Power Sector Assets and Liabilities and Management Corporation will start the privatization of Power Barges 101, 102, 103, and 104 before the year ends, a government press release said.

PSALM president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. said that the firm’s board had approved the sale of the power barges with the condition to transfer the barges to Mindanao to augment the power supply in the region.

The transfer will be done after the power situation stabilizes in the Visayas where the power barges are currently moored, the press release said. Power barges came into prominence during the heavy outages of the country in the 1980s. These helped the country provide electricity for industries and residences, the press release said.

Oil companies urged anew
to open books of accounts

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