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Local and international students can now take agri- and eco-tourism courses in Sagay City through the StudyPH program of the Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology and the Commission on Higher Education, which was launched at the school’s SUNN Hotel on Wednesday, March 15.Study in the Philippines (StudyPH) program is a CHED initiative to position the country as a global education hub, while providing opportunities for “internationalization-at-home to the locals” through increasing international learners in the Philippines, a press release from Sagay City said.NONESCOST is one of the state colleges and universities that have partnered with CHED for this project.CHED’s Acting Deputy Director for International Affairs Service Lily Freida Milla said that state univ...

Participants tour the cane farms in Hda. Chiquita, E.B. Magalona, and witness for themselves the growth performance of different sugarcane HYVs propagated by the Philippine Sugar Research Institute (Philsurin).*The farm tour organized by the Philippine Sugar Technologists Association (PHILSUTECH) at La Carlota City and E.B. Magalona last March 9-10 featured bio fertilizers as viable alternative or as supplement to expensive chemical fertilizers, as well as the performance of different high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of sugarcane.Almost 150 participants, including sponsors and presentors, joined the Annual Educational Farm Tour, which was spearheaded by Philsutech’s Agriculture an and Farm Engineering Division Vice-President and Director Elsie A. Monteclaro and Director Helen B. Loba...

Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) students and volunteers joined the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWFT) in a coastal clean-up in Brgy. Zone 3, Talisay City, on Friday, March 10.The Technical University of the Philippines Visayas (TUPV), Dungganon Bank Inc., and the Talisay LGU and City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) also participated in the activity.THE NWTF organized the clean-up in line with its initiatives for the environment and in celebration of International Women’s Day.The activity kicked off with a message from NWTF Assistant Manager for Strategic Partnerships Andy L. Coscolluela.“It is our responsibility to practice keeping our environment and surroundings clean all the time, not just today,” Coscolluela said. This was follo...

In commemoration of the 4th year anniversary of the Coal-Free Negros declaration through Executive Order 19-08, environmental group Youth for Climate Hope declared their position for a Fossil-Free Negros, emphasizing the role of Negros Occidental in the country’s renewable energy transition amidst escalating climate impacts.This comes after recent developments following the issue of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant project proposed by REDI-SMC in San Carlos City, which withdrew its ECC application last November, its press release said Monday, March 6.The Provincial Government of Negros Occidental issued a Resolution of Non-Objection (RONO), which the group deems as “a concerning decision from the provincial government that publicly declared its rejection of dirty energy ...