Foreign employment for dairy workers was generated for Negrenses, with 20 New Zealand dairy workers and three from Japan as of October, records of the Provincial Veterinarian Office show, provincial veterinarian Dr. Renante Decena, said yesterday.

He said this is under the dairy development program that started in Sagay when Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr. was still its mayor.

The foreign job in the provincial dairy development program is a ‘bonus' to both the province and families of OFW; who started as dairy farm workers in New Zealand with a two-year contract, but ended up as immigrants, he said.

Farmers receive training
on bamboo production

Bamboo processing techniques and production of its finished products were presented to 30 upland farmers under the   Integrated Social Forestry   Farmers   Associations   at the recent Bamboo 101: Introduction to Sustainable Bamboo Farming workshop in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City.

The workshop is a project of Negros Occidental provincial government and Provincial Environment Management Office. It aims to promote the importance of bamboo production and management, and sustainable bamboo farming, Luisa Tutor, provincial environment management specialist and upland farmer's coordinator, said yesterday.

Farmers from Bago, Cauayan,Calatrava, Ilog, Sagay, San Carlos, Salvador Benedicto, Talisay, Toboso were taught plantation establishment and species, bamboo farming plantation care, maintenance and protection, plantation development and management and introduction to bamboo utilization, she said.

Pump prices up
by P.25 per liter

MANILA –- Oil firms will hike pump prices by 25 cents per liter today, the Department of Energy said.

In an advisory, the department said big oil players such as Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. (PSPC) and Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI) will increase the prices of gasoline by 25 centavos per liter.

On the other hand, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines said it will also increase their gas products by 25 centavos per liter.

The DOE noted that Shell and Chevron will also raise their kerosene products by 10 centavos per liter.

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