Western Visayas will get 3,850 metric tons of the iron-fortified rice being imported by the National Food Authority from Vietnam.

The supply is part of the 100,000 MTs contracted by the government, of which 34,100 MTs were unloaded in various ports in the country starting yesterday.

Within the week, a total of 15,800 MTs will be unloaded separately in Iloilo, Davao, Poro Point and La Union, NFA data shows.

In Manila, being unloaded are 7,000 MTs; Tabaco, Albay, 6,700 MTs; Cagayan de Oro, 3,600 MTs; Subic, 10,800 MTs; and Cebu, 6,000 MTs.

Training on
muscovado production set

The Sugar Regulatory Administration, through its Outreach Program for the Sugar Industry, will hold a seminar on "Muscovado Sugar Production" at Balay OPSI in La Granja, La Carlota City on Jan. 11 to 13, a press release from SRA said.

The program will be a combination of lecture, discussion and practical demonstration aimed to enrich knowledge and skills in sugarcane growing.

Updated technologies will be introduced to widen participants' knowledge in producing quality muscovado, the press release said.

Preference for OFWs
increases in 2005: DOLE

The Department of Labor and Employment said in a statement yesterday that the demand for overseas Filipino workers surged in 2005.

Secretary Patricia Sto. Tomas said that total number of overseas employment contracts processed for the OFWs reached 981,337 from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2005, or 39,615 higher than the 941,722 processed in the same period in 2004.

Sto. Tomas said in the statement that gains in the global scene have been achieved as the government relentlessly campaigned against illegal recruitment and human trafficking and pushed to improve the welfare and protection of OFWs worldwide.

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