The city of Kabankalan outranked two urbanized cities and 13 others in Region 6 in net income, the Commission on Audit Financial Report for 2005 disclosed.

Kabankalan posted a net income of P109.52 million to rank 32nd among 117 cities in the country, a press release from the city government said.

The city's gross income amounted to P398,888,000, placing third after the cities of Bacolod and Iloilo.

Brownout
scheduled on Sunday

Power consumers in Bacolod City and Silay City will experience service interruptions on Sunday, Aug. 27, as the Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Transco will conduct preventive maintenance work over the weekend.

Portions of Reclamation Feeder 1, covering Mabini, Rizal, Galo and 12th-Lacson Streets, will experience as nine-hour brownout, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., a CENECO press release said.

Fifteen-minute interruptions, from 8 to 8:15 a.m. and 4:45 to 5 p.m., will also be experienced by consumers in the San Sebastian-Dawis area; San Juan Street, from Thunderbugs to Gonzaga Street; portion of City Hall facing Luzuriaga; Plaza Mart, Mabini Street, from CENECO to Galo; Galo Street, from Mabini to Gatuslao; Gatuslao Street, from Burgos to Rizal Street; Locsin Street, from Galo to Rizal; Nueva Street, McDonald's;

Negrense in Top 25
of int'l BID planning

Negrense agriculturist Roberto Alaban made it to the Top 25 of the Business in Development Challenge, an international business planning competition that drew 1,600 entries from 90 countries.

The BID Challenge, organized by the Philippine Business for Social Progress, supports innovative business ideas that reduce poverty in developing countries at a profit. Participants are also able to start their business through investor financing. In his entry, Alaban proposes to produce high-yielding vegetables using simplified, non-circulating hydroponics to seize the opportunity brought about by the increase in vegetable salad consumption across all economic classes.

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