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Close to half the paddy cultivation area in Punjab has been sown with a faster-maturing variety that leaves behind less stubble, potentially reducing pollution caused by farm fires in November. Typically, farmers use a variety that takes longer to mature and produces more stubble. Due to floods in July, farmers were forced to re-sow the shorter duration variety. This year, nearly 50% of the paddy area is under the faster-maturing variety. However, rice millers fear less rice yield from the new v...

MORE VACCINES. Some 84,900 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) jabs from the Department of Health arrive at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Negros Occidental on Wednesday (March 9, 2022). The additional supply included Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines for both adult and minor Negrenses.(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government received an additional 84,900 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) jabs from the Department of Health (...

BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government aims to inoculate more elderly population against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) to increase its coverage rate in the 60 and above age group. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Tuesday representatives of the World Health Organization (WHO) who visited the province last week pushed the need to prioritize vaccination among the seniors. "There is still a large number of senior citizens that have not been vaccinated. That is our ...