ILOILO CITY—Two hydropower plants are being eyed in Aklan province to help address its increasing energy and that of  Panay Island.

Aklan Gov. Carlito Marquez said a feasibility study being conducted by California Energy (CalEn) on the proposed site in Libacao town is expected to be completed by middle of this year.

The plant is expected to generate around 80 megawatts (mw). This is more than the current energy needs of the province reaching from 20-23 mw.

SMEDSEP, DTI sign MOA
with 2 new BDS partners

Two new partners of the Small and Medium Enterprise Development for Sustainable Employment Program in Bacolod City will offer business development services for small and medium enterprises engaged in agriculture and food processing in Negros Occidental.

Teaming up with SMEDSEP, a technical cooperation project between the Philippines and Germany, are the Multi-Sectoral Alliance for Development-Negros and the Negros Economic Development Foundation Inc. which were introduced yesterday in launching rites held at the Business Inn.

ARBs, kids join call
for adequate support

Agrarian reform beneficiaries and child laborers yesterday joined the call of Governor Joseph Marañon for adequate support services in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program in Negros Occidental.

Agrarian reform beneficiary Eleserio Handumon said he was forced to lease half of the 1.4 hectare of land awarded to them by the Department of Agrarian Reform in Brgy. Camandag, La Castellana, to support his family, while tilling the remaining parcel of land.

“We may have been given a parcel of land, but there is no adequate support from DAR,” Handumon said.

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