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Thursday, January 17, 2019

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Tanduay eyes stronger international market presence

IN ITS bid to develop more products and expand markets, the country’s top rum maker Tanduay Distillers Inc. is eyeing to strengthen its international presence starting this year.Chief financial officer of Nestor Mendones, at the sidelines of the media tour ...

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DOT-Western Visayas pushes for more roads to boost tourism industry

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) in Western Visayas is pushing for more road networks to boost the region's tourism industry.DOT-Western Visayas Director Helen Catalbas, in a statement on Tuesday, January 15, said there were 168 proposed tourism road projects in ...

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Pregnant Irrawaddy dolphin found dead

THE decomposing Irrawaddy dolphin recently found at the mangrove area of Barangay Sampinit in Bago City was pregnant.Members of the Center for Research and Engagement of the University of Saint La Salle-Bacolod, who examined the animal, discovered a young dolphin ...

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DTI-Negros Occidental registers 12,536 enterprises in 2018

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Negros Occidental has registered 12,536 businesses in the province last year, almost 17 percent higher than 10,706 in 2017.In the data obtained from DTI-Negros Occidental it showed that of the total number ...

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PVO designs rabies control action plan

THE Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) in Negros Occidental, through its Rabies Control Action Plan for 2019, has designed activities and strategies as measures to lessen, if not eliminate, cases of the deadly virus in the province.Under the plan, PVO will ...

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P5 Cola for sugar workers in W. Visayas effective Jan. 17

THE P5 cost of living allowance (Cola) for workers of sugar industry enterprises under the agricultural, industrial, and commercial sectors in Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental, will take effect on January 17.Wennie Sancho, labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages ...

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Canadian business chamber affirms growth of Bacolod

THE Canadian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines (CanCham) affirmed that Bacolod City is growing tremendously, particularly in terms of economy.Now on his second visit in Bacolod City, CanCham president Julian Payne said the economic growth in Bacolod has been ...

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PCIC pays P87M in claims to NegOcc rice, corn farmers

THE Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) has paid indemnity claims totaling to almost P87 million to 18,005 enrolled rice and corn farmers in Negros Occidental for 2018.Records from the PCIC-Negros Occidental showed that bulk of the claims amounting to almost ...

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Gawa: Higher excise tax on alcohol, tobacco to encourage right spending among workers

A LOCAL labor leader said increasing the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products, also called sin taxes, will encourage right spending of income among workers.Wennie Sancho, secretary-general of General Alliance of Workers Associations (Gawa), said on Tuesday, January 8 ...

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USAid-academe-biz collab seen to boost billion fishery industry in NegOcc

A COLLABORATION among the United States Agency for International Development (USAid), academe, and business sectors is seen to boost the billion worth of fishery industry in Negros Occidental.Frank Carbon, chief executive officer of Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry ...

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