Major business organizations, in partnership with the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committees on Tourism, on Local and International Cooperation, and on Trade, Commerce and Industry, will stage Masskara City 2015: The 2nd Bacolod Trade and Tourism Expo and Conferences on Oct. 16-18.

The new SMX Bacolod Convention Center will be the venue of the expo and conferences, that will gather various industries and sectors in the city and the region, a press release from organizers said.

The Masskara City 2015 will also feature the 10th ICT-BPO Expo; MSME Trade Show; 3rd Bacolod Beauty, Health and Wellness Show; The Food Fair; Bacolod MICE (Tourism) MEET 2015; and the Negros Island Region Showcase.

NGCP proposes P45.28
millionannual revenue

MANILA – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines proposed to the Energy Regulatory Commission an interim maximum annual revenue (iMAR) amounting to P45.28 million for next year, a government press release said.

In ERC Case No. 2015-173RC, the NGCP said it proposes an iMAR totaling P45,287.24 million for 2016, which will be recovered through the following charges: power delivery service, metering service provider and system operator.

The grid operator also said it prays that the ERC will provisionally approve the collection of the iMAR starting Dec 26, 2015 until Jan 25, 2016.

Slow food option offered
BY KARLA PANGANIBAN

A new eatery called 26 Herbs Garden at 6th Street, Bacolod City, uses slow food cooking, its owner Dr. Anabel Villanueva Salacata, said.

Salacata said slow food is an international movement founded by Italian Carlo Petrini in 1986 and a total opposite of fast food.

Definitely their process in cooking food is slow, starts from scratch, traditional, and has a farm to table approach, she said.

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