Presidential Adviser Rafael Coscolluela said attempts to reach a win-win solution yesterday on the installation of Task Force Mapalad farmer beneficiaries in Hacienda Velez-Malaga in Barangay Robles, La Castellana, next week failed.

The meeting in Manila yesterday where another proposal from landowner Roberto Cuenca was presented, was attended by DAR officials and TFM representatives led by Christian Monsod, he said. Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Panagandaman has said there are no longer any legal impediments to the installation of farmer beneficiaries but it was hoped that a solution acceptable to both sides could be reached to ensure the peaceful coexistence of the TFM and pro Cuenca beneficiaries, Coscolluela said.

Electric bills can be paid at SM

Member-consumers of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative can now pay their monthly electric bills at SM City-Bacolod, a press release from the coop said. CENECO has forged a partnership with SM City-Bacolod in collecting the coop consumers' electric bill payments through over-the-counter scheme starting today.

There will be designated collection counters within the mall for the member-consumers of CENECO who want to pay their electric bills. SM City-Bacolod will accept payments for non-overdue bills from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, it said.

Acceptable payments are in the form of cash and local clearing checks drawn in favor of CENECO.

Organic marketing lecture held

An officer of a Manila-based organic market cooperative yesterday conducted a lecture on marketing plans and product preservation methods with local organic producers at the Organic Market Pavillon in Bacolod City.

Mara Pardo de Tavera, managing director of Plant Heritage Marketing Cooperative which has three branches of organic markets in Manila, had initially joined the Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival in Dumaguete City, before conducting the lecture yesterday, Gov. Joseph Marañon said.

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