Only licensed agencies are allowed by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration to hire workers thorugh the Internet, the Department of Labor and Employment said in its latest advisory.

Labor Secretary Arturo Brion said the POEA Governing Board, through Resolution No. 6-2007, gives the registered recruitment agencies and their legitimate representatives such authority to curtail illegal recruitment. Brion, who chairs the POEA Board, urged workers looking for overseas jobs through the Internet to check with POEA whether the agency or individual posting vacancies are licensed and whether the vacancies are complemented with appropriate job orders, the advisory said.

Capitol sets public forum
on GMO ban ordinance

The Provincial Government of Negros Occidental, in coordination with the Negros Island Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Foundation, will discuss the ordinance banning the entry of genetically modified organism in a forum on August 28 at 8 a.m. , at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.

The forum seeks to strengthen partnership and advocacy in the promotion of sustainable agriculture, clean environment and healthy lifestyle in the province, the Office of the Provincial Agriculture said.

Provincial Ordinance No. 07-2007, or "The Safeguard Against Living Genetically-Modified Organisms," was passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in April this year. NISARD executive director Patrick Belisario said the ordinance will help bring Negros Island a step closer to its goal of becoming the organic food bowl of Asia.

Copra price reaches
highest in five years

The price of copra has reached its highest level in five years due to high demand for the commodity, the Philippine Coconut Authority development manager Jeffrey Delos Reyes said.

Copra has been fetching P19 per kilo in recent past months because of scarcity in supply, Delos Reyes also said. The increase in price is attributed to the very low production of coconut brought about by calamities that hit the country particularly, Luzon and Visayas areas, he said.

The average selling price of copra is only P14.50 per kilo.

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