Marchel P. Espina

Residents of Bacolod City are urged to avail of the free scholarship program from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, which was facilitated by the office of Rep. Greg Gasataya.Interested applicants must be 21 years old and above to qualify, either high school level or graduate, and college level or graduate. Requirements include a valid Identification card and barangay indigency certificate.Those who qualified for the program can avail of the free tuition, daily allowance, and P500 load allowance.Available courses for qualified applicants include:> Shielded metal arc welding NC I> Shielded metal arc welding NC II> Gas tungsten arc welding NC II> Electrical installation and maintenance NC II> Tailoring NC II> Bread and pastry production NC II> Cookery N...

Photos from Capt. Joseph PartidasA police officer of Isabela town in Negros Occidental raffled off his painting to build a house for a senior citizen.Captain Joseph Partidas, chief of police of Isabela Municipal Police Station, said his team had been helping out 72-year-old Raymundo Remilla of Barangay 5, whose house needed repair, however, they needed funds for the project.When he checked on the senior citizen himself one day, he saw his painting materials sitting at his car trunk, and that gave him the idea to paint for a good cause. He added he did not want to ask money from the stakeholders.He said it took him two weeks to complete the “Ruins of Isabela” painting.He said he has to do the painting after his work, but there were days he could not even paint because he...

Marchel P. Espina

Scholarships up for grabs for Bacolod residents

Negros Occidental cop raffles off painting to help senior citizen