The Department of Agriculture and the provincial government of Negros Occidental distributed yesterday P6 million worth of mechanized farm equipment and pre-post harvest facilities to farmer’s groups, to boost and increase their production of rice and other high value crops.

Representatives of 19 multi-purpose cooperatives and irrigators associations in Negros Occidental received the farm equipment yesterday, which included four-wheel drive tractors, threshers, seed cleaners, reaper harvesters and weighing scales, from Gov. Alfredo Maranon Jr. and Provincial Agriculturist Igmedio Tabianan, who represented DA regional director Larry Nacionales.

Tabianan said that resorting to mechanized farming will speed up the preparation of farms to be cultivated, limit expenses and increase yield and production.

PPP at gov’t hospitals ok’d

It is now go for a Public-Private-Partnership in providing ventilators, also known as respirators, for patients in government-managed hospitals in Negros Occidental.

Board Member Miller Serondo, chairperson of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Health, said yesterday that Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. has approved the PPP scheme, that they feel more advantageous to the provincial government.

The death of a woman in EB Magalona was initially blamed on the removal of the ventilator at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, being provided by a private provider for a fee.

More smuggled sugar seized

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