Tourism Secretary Ace Durano yesterday said that tourism traffic in the country has not been affected by the early onset of rains as flooding occurred mostly in non-tourist destinations.

As an archipelago, he said, bad weather can hit one island or province without affecting the neighboring areas, and as long as weather disturbances are localized, tourism traffic will not be affected.

Durano, who was in Bacolod City yesterday for personal reasons, boarded the maiden flight of the Philippine Airlines Express from Bacolod-Silay Airport to Cebu’s domestic airport.

‘CENECO merely collector
of charges on systems loss’

The Central Negros Electric Cooperative said in a press release that it is only a collecting agent of the systems loss charges and does not benefit from it.

The CENECO statement came in the wake of the controversies involving Manila Electric Company that is being accused of passing on its “systems losses” to its consumers.

The press release said that under Republic Act 7832, systems loss  refers to the unaccounted power consumption in kilowatt-hours or the difference between the energy purchased and/or generated from the energy billed or sold. 

RDSPI confab set May 21-23

The Rural Developers Society of the Philippines Inc. will hold its 7th Scientific Seminar and Annual Convention starting tomorrow until May 23 at the La Granja Agricultural Research and Development Center, Sugar Regulatory Administration in La Carlota City, a press release from organizers said.

The theme of this year’s convention is “Enhancement of Farmer’s Productivity through Partnership.”*

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