Thirty-two vendors, who claim to be actual occupants of the Vendors Plaza at the Reclamation Area in Bacolod City, yesterday asked the city government to hold in abeyance the implementation of the notice issued by the City Administrator.

City Administrator Lorendo Dilag yesterday issued a notice declaring all stalls, blocks or tables at the Vendors' Plaza abandoned and that lease to such are automatically revoked effective immediately, pursuant to Sections 25 and 32 of C.O. 160, or the Market Code of Bacolod.

Hinigaran goes
into grouper culture

The town of Hinigaran has the makings of becoming the "Grouper Capital of Negros Occidental."

A press release from the office of Rep. Ignacio Arroyo Jr. (Neg. Occ., 5th district) said the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources recently launched in Hinigaran a fish technology for grouper culture. Arroyo, with BFAR Assistant Director Juliet Demo-os, turned over 1,000 grouper fish fry to Mayor Caroll Jack Guanco for stacking in fish cages located along the town's coastline.

Guanco welcomed the project, saying it will help boost the town's economy.

Farm output falls in 2005

MANILA - The Philippines' agricultural output in 2005 rose only 2.24 percent, missing the official target of 3.0-4.0 percent due to drough, the government said yesterday.

The Department of Agriculture blamed the lower-than-expected growth to a mild drought brought about by the El Nino phenomenon in the early part of 2005. Farm output rose 5.1 percent in 2004.

The crucial crops sector, which includes staples like rice, corn and sugar, grew by only 0.48 percent in 2005, the department said in a statement.

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