Carla P. Gomez

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Leni pushes for F2F classes in safe areas

Vice President Leni Robredo (left) at the launching of the "Palugaw ni Leni" feeding program of the Laban Leni Negros Occidental.*OVP photoVice President Leni Robredo stressed the need for the resumption of face-to-face classes in areas where the risk of COVID-19 is low or there is no community transmission.“We cannot continue under the current situation, two years of no face-to face classes has had very damaging effects on the education of students,” Robredo said in an ambush interview in Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Saturday.“So the sooner that we can do face-to-face classes, as long as our anxieties over (COVID-19) transmission are addressed, would be the most ideal,” she said.She said she has been pushing for face-to-face classes since June last year in areas where it...

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Leni joins blessing of HQ, launching of feeding drive

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Leni Robredo and her running mate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, with senatorial bets Alex Lacson and former Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat at the inauguration of their Bacolod headquarters.*OVP photoVice President Leni Robredo led the blessing and inauguration of her campaign headquarters in Bacolod City and joined the launching of a volunteer-driven provincewide “lugaw (rice porridge)” feeding program in poverty-hit areas of Negros Occidental on Saturday, November 6.She also met with the Murcia Women’s Association – Lakas ng Kababaihan (MWA–LNK) leaders at Sitio Sumbingco, Brgy. Damsite, Murcia, Negros Occidental, who have been among the recipients of sustainable livelihood subsidy grants under her Angat Buhay Project.At the meeting, the officers and chapter leaders of MWA-LNK thanke...

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We’ll double agri budget, boost organic farming: Kiko

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Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Ramon Uy Jr. and Negros organic farmers at May’s Organic Garden in Bacolod City, Saturday, November 6.*Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who is running for vice president under the ticket of 1Sambayan presidential candidate Leni Robredo, said they are looking at doubling the country’s agriculture budget in a period of six years if they win in the 2022 polls.Part of that will be a significant increase in government support for organic agriculture, said Pangilinan who met with organic farmers at May’s Organic Garden in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, on Saturday, November 6.Pangilinan, who is also a farmer, acknowledged the pioneering efforts of Negros in organic farming and assured the farmers of government support under a Robredo administr...

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Negros Occidental vaccinates 25.53% of target vs. Covid, Diaz says

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Pediatric A3 vaccination at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital.*Capitol photoNegros Occidental has vaccinated 25.53 of its target population against COVID-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Sunday, November 7.A November 7 report showed that 465,926 Negrenses out of the 1,825,370 target have been vaccinated with at least one dose.Those fully vaccinated were 355,377 or 19.47 percent of the target, the report added.Silay City had the most number vaccinated residents at 37, 636, followed by Cadiz City with 35, 628, Sagay City - 35,293, Bago City – 28, 553 and Talisay City – 28,025The area that hit the highest percentage of its target population is La Carlota City at 50.34 percent, followed by Silay City with 40.57 percent, and Pulupandan – 39.45 pe...

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More than 500 vehicles join Go caravan, VG says

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More than 500 vehicles joined a caravan in Negros Occidental in support of Senator Bong Go, who is running for vice president under the PDP-Laban Cusi wing, on Saturday, November 6, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer said.The vehicles came from the second and third districts in the north, and fourth and fifth districts in the south of Negros Occidental, and Bacolod City, he said.The vehicles, decorated with Bong Go tarpaulins converged in Bacolod City, before dispersing, Ferrer said.Ferrer said he along with former Rep. Alfredo Benitez, Rep. Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod Partylist), mayors and supporters of the senator organized the caravan on short notice but a lot of people wanted to join.“We along with the beneficiaries of Go’s assistance to Negros wanted to show our support ...

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Volunteer-driven sea of pink welcomes Leni, Kiko to Negros

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Ronnie Baldonado photoA sea of about 5,000 pink supporters onboard 1,200 stationary vehicles welcomed Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan to Negros Occidental Friday morning, November 5.The convoy of Robredo and Pangilinan, who are running for president and vice president, took more than an hour to slowly traverse the 15-kilometer stretch as excited supporters along the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road chanted their names and cheered.Supporters danced to the beat of drums with the MassKara dancers along the side of the highway from Silay City all the way to Talisay City's border with Bacolod City.Pink Robredo tarpaulins, flaglets, stars, balloons were seen on the vehicles that joined the stationary caravan, which also included a few sugarcane trucks and...

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Leni’s top Negros concerns: NIR, sugar, renewable energy

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Capitol photoVice President Leni Robredo said if she is elected president in 2022 the restoration of the Negros Island Region, the needs of the sugar industry and harnessing the renewable energy potential of the island will be top concerns.“I think those three are the top issues that the national government can help Negros with,” Robredo said at a press conference at Acacia Hotel in Bacolod City on Friday, November 5.“It was a very important first step when NIR was formed and established because it was an opportunity. It was a very big opportunity for both Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental to finally plan as an island region”, Robredo said.The NIR was created by virtue of an executive order issued by then President Benigno Aquino III on May 29, 2015 but was abolished on...

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Leni: No substitution for us, abusing it a mockery of law

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OVP photoVice President Leni Robredo said for sure there will be no substitution that will take place for her and her runningmate, Senator Francis Pangilinan, before the Commission on Elections by November 15.Under the law, if a candidate withdraws, dies, or is disqualified by final judgment, political parties can field a substitute who can file a Certificate of Candidacy by November 15.“For us for sure no substitution will take place, when we filed (our COCs) we were determined to finish this”, Robredo said at a press conference in Bacolod City Friday, November 5.The law on substitution has been abused a lot, when it is for very specific purposes such as death, disability or for one who has undergone severe suffering, it should not be used to put in a “placeholder “ to be ...

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More than 200 vehicles joining Bong Go caravan

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More than 200 vehicles are set to join a PDP-Laban caravan for its vice presidential candidate Bong Go in Negros Occidental Saturday, November 6, House Minority Floor Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod Partylist) said Friday.The caravan is part of a nationwide show of support for Go, he said, adding that the senator will not be in Negros for the caravan.The more than 200 vehicles joining the caravan will start from three points provincewide, Paduano said.All vehicles from the north will converge at the Victorias Public Plaza and take off at 8 a.m., he said. The caravan from Victorias will be joined by more vehicles from EB Magalona, Silay, Talisay and Murcia, he added.Vehicles from Granada and Abang Lingkod will proceed to the circumferential road to reach the Ban...

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Officials mourn passing of former city councilor

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Former Bacolod City councilor Lyndon Caña, 56, passed away at the Bacolod Adventist Medical Center Thursday, November 4.He earlier tested positive for COVID-19.Bacolod Councilor Renecito Novero said he was saddened by the death of Caña “but we have to bow to the will of the Almighty”.“Lyndon was a good instrument of God’s ministry on earth, he was an excellent Bible expositor. He had been a channel of blessings to many as a preacher, lawyer, public servant and person. His departure is a great loss to us,” Novero said.Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said Caña was a man of principle, one the brightest legislators with an independent mind.Senator Joel Villanueva said he joins the Citizen’s Battle Against Corruption (CIBAC) Party List in mourning the demise of Caña....