The 9th Organic Farmers Festival hosted by the province of Negros Occidental, opens tomorrow at the Capitol Grounds, on the theme, “One Negros, One Green Economy”, a press release from the Capitol said.

The activity will start with a thanksgiving mass at 8:30 a.m. within the Capitol grounds followed by the opening program.

Bernadette Romulo-Puyat, Undersecretary for Special Concerns of the National Organic Agriculture Board, will be the keynote speaker.

BIR posts P101B revenues

MANILA -- Collections by the Operations and Regional Offices divisions of the Bureau of Internal Revenue  boosted the agency’s revenues in October 2014 to P101.8 billion.

BIR data released Monday showed that total collections of the agency in the first 10 months this year rose by 6.5 percent year-on-year compared to the P95.6 billion same period in 2013.

However, the agency failed to meet its P114.45 billion collection goal for the month.

Daraug named best PSTD

Director Allan Francis Daraug of the Negros Occidental Provincial Science and Technology was hailed as the Best Provincial Science and Technology Director during the PSTD awarding ceremony recently at the SMX Convention Center in Lanang, Davao City.

Daraug bested two other finalists from Regions 1 and 2 to receive the award. Under his stewardship as Provincial Science and Technology Director, Daraug was able to implement 54 projects under the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program. He was also able to conduct a Science and Technology Caravan among local government units that includes forum and consultancy services.

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