The Negros Occidental Productivity Center was inaugurated yesterday with Gov. Joseph Marañon, leading the blessing and inauguration rites.

The project is part of thrust of the Technology Livelihood and Development Center to strengthen the delivery of technology transfer and livelihood trainings to community-based entrepreneurs in the province.

Marañon said the operation of the Productivity Center marks another milestone towards the fulfillment of the trade and investment promotions agenda of his administration.

Toll packaging
plant eyed in Visayas

The Packaging Research and Development Center of the Industrial Technology Development Institute is planning to establish Satellite Packaging Service and Testing Centers in strategic areas nationwide to fast track packaging assistance outside Metro Manila.

The Department of Science and Technology said in a press release that the first of these satellite plants established in Bulacan started operation in December 2005.

The implementation of a Toll Packaging Plant and Services project is seen to boost the development of Small and Medium Enterprises especially in raising product quality systems.

SuperFerry offers
perks to Negrenses

Shipping company SuperFerry is offering lower fares and free shuttle service and giving away cash prizes in its promo for passengers in Negros Occidental.

SuperFerry said in a press release that they have cut fare rates by 40 percent to only P1,200 for its Manila-Bacolod trips and vice versa.

Andrew Deyto, assistant vice president for sales and marketing, said that the reduced fares indicate Superferry's serious effort to make travel more affordable.

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