A resolution urging the President to seriously consider the transformation of the area occupied by the present Bacolod City Airport into a special economic zone so the city can avail of the benefits of R.A. 7916 was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday.

R.A. 7916 or the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995, could provide investment promotions, employment creation and export generation for the people of Bacolod, Negros Occidental and the whole Western Visayas region, the resolution said.

The Committee on Communications and Energy chaired by Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue was tasked to recommend the development of an economic zone within the City of Bacolod in order to improve its economic situation and that of the Province of Negros Occidental, as well, as the whole Region 6.

TFM to hold hunger strike
until farmers are installed

The Task Force Mapalad yesterday said its members will continue to hold a hunger strike until their 122 farmer-beneficiaries, who are holders of a collective title for 144 hectares in Hda. Velez- Malaga in Brgy. Robles, La Castellana, are installed.

The group, headed by Jose Rodito Angeles, were on the third day of a campout in front of the Department of Agrarian Reform central office in Quezon City.

Fourteen farmer-beneficiaries of Hda. Velez-Malaga, whose ages range from 20 to 60, are participating in the hunger strike. Doctors from the Medical Action Group conducted a physical examination of the participants to check their fitness.

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