RICE DONATION. The Negros Occidental provincial government received some 7.6 tons of rice donations from the Philippine Rice Research Institute Negros Station based in Murcia town. The supply was received by Executive Assistant Francis Velez (left), together with the Provincial Agriculturist officer-in-charge Dina Genzola, through PhilRice Negros Occidental Director Gerardo Estoy Jr. at the Capitol grounds in Bacolod City on Wednesday afternoon (Feb. 16, 2022).(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) Negros Station based in Murcia town has donated some 7.6 tons of milled rice to the provincial government of Negros Occidental for victims of Typhoon Odette. The rice supply, comprised of 695 packs containing 10 kilos per pack, will be distributed to the affected local government units in southern Negros, including Candoni town, which received relief goods on Thursday. Provincial Executive Assistant Francis Velez, together w
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson greets rice farmers who received financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture in Don Salvador Benedicto. Capitol PIO photo
Dina Genzola, officer-in-charge of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist in Negros Occidental, delivers a message to farmers in Pontevedra town. Some