Agriculture Undersecretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat will be the guest of honor at the opening of the Fresh Start Organic and Natural store and cafe at The District North Point mall in Talisay at 4:30 p.m. today, a press release from the firm said.

Puyat is co-chairperson of the National Organic Agriculture Board.

Before the opening program, the 18 organic farmers and producers who are partners of Fresh Start Organic and Natural, will showcase their produce in a mini-trade fair that will open at 10 a.m. at the Corte Area, which is adjacent to the Fresh Start store in the al fresco area.

Power sales
contract hearing today

The Energy Regulatory Commission will hear the application for approval of the amendment to the power sales contract between Korea Electric Power Corp.-Salcon Power Corp. and Central Negros Electric Cooperative at the CENECO office in Bacolod City at 9 a.m. today.

CENECO president Arnel Lapore said the hearing will inform consumers and other stakeholders about the rationale for the amendment of the contract and its effects.

Lapore said that so far, no groups or individuals have expressed opposition to the amendment of the power contract between CENECO and KEPCO SPC.

Use of idle agri lands
pushed by Bacolod SP

An ordinance optimizing the use of Bacolod City’s vacant or idle agricultural lands for the city’s organic farming and food security projects, was approved on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday.

The ordinance authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran and co-authored by Councilor Sonya Verdeflor, said the City of Bacolod owns several agricultural lands that have remained idle and vacant and not made available for productive use for a long period of time.

These properties, which are classified as agricultural lands have potentials for productive use for grains, vegetables, tubers and fruit trees farming and source of livelihood for the city’s farmers, informal settlers and the unemployed marginalized sector, it said.

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