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Jan312021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Nearly 99% of SSS benefit disbursements coursed through e-channels

The Social Security System (SSS) has expanded the use of electronic disbursement channels to release benefits to its members.SSS said from January to November 2020, about P168.55 billion in social security and employees' compensation benefits were disbursed using banks, e-wallets, and remittance transfer companies/cash payout outlets (RTCs/CPOs). It accounts for 98.6% of the total disbursements worth P170.97 billion to 3.68 million members and beneficiaries during the period.Retirement, Disability, Unemployment, Sickness and Maternity Benefits of individual members, as well as Funeral and Death Benefits of beneficiaries who are SSS members themselves, are now coursed through Unified Multi-Purpose Identification card enrolled as an ATM card (UMID-ATM), UnionBank of the Philippines (...

Jan292021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Negros Occidental strengthens pig output amid ASF threat

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Capitol photoNegros Occidental is looking to strengthen the breeding capacity of local sows to sustain the province’s swine production amid the dreaded African swine fever (ASF) threat.Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena said today, January 29, that this is to secure the pig production of the province and so that those exported to other localities will already be surplus supply.“Our office was directed by the governor (Eugenio Lacson) to propose a herd infusion type - like breeder gilts or piglets to increase our breeder base since there was a decrease of production of sows since 2015,” he said.He said that Lacson wanted the province to target the 2015 sow production which was 511,000 heads. Right now, the province has 470,979 sows, he added.The provincial government...

Feb12021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

OVY, LRY remain in control of two more family firms

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Matriarch Olivia Yanson and her son, Leo Rey, remain in control of Goldstar Bus Transit Inc. and Ceres Transport Inc., a press release from the two firms said today, February 1.Goldstar Bus Transit Inc. (GBTI) and Ceres Transport Inc. (CTI) held their annual stockholders meeting today, February 1.During the meeting of GBTI, Leo Rey V. Yanson, Ginnette Y. Dumancas, lawyer Collin Derk Y. Isidto, Hernan B. Omecillo, and Danny O. Lorenton were re-elected members of the GBTI’s Board of Directors.Leo Rey and Olivia, Ginnette and Charles Dumancas, Rey C. Ardo, Daniel Nicolas P. Golez, Arvin V. Villaruel, Anita G. Chua, Joseph Ellery L. Villanueva, Hernan B. Omecillo, and Alfredo O. Ligo, also were re-elected members of CTI’s Board of Directors.The newly elected directors of both c...

Jan282021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Swine raisers ID eyed

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PVO photoThe Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office is eyeing a swine raisers identification system to strengthen its measures against the dreaded African swine fever.Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena led this year’s first Livestock Consultative Conference on Wednesday, January 27, for sustainable partnership among its partners and stakeholders on different platform developments and systematic monitoring.During the conference, the adoption of the swine raisers ID system was tackled, stressing that this is one of the priorities being implemented by the PVO for mapping of all the hog raisers in the province, he said.This means that the Alliance of Hog Raisers Association of Negros Occidental (AHRANO) members and backyard raisers will comply with this requirement ...

Jan262021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Meat prices surge

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Prices of meat in the markets of Negros Occidental have significantly increased this week.The prevailing market price of livestock and poultry weekly monitoring report of the Provincial Veterinary Office, showed that prices of beef increased by P2.34 per kilogram, from P274.45/kg on January 18 to P276.79/kg on January 25.Prices of pork also increased by P8.64/kg, from P204.76/kg to P213.40/kg during the period.Carabeef increased by P2.05/kg from P264.40/kg to P266.45/kg, while the price of chevon increased by P8.06/kg, from P329.33/kg to P337.39/kg.The price for broiler chicken increased by P16.32/kg, from P159.35/kg to P175.67, while the price for native chicken remained the same at P253.24/kg.Prices for eggs also slightly increased. They are priced at P6.64 (small), P...

Jan252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

PVO distributes feeds to poultry multiplier farms

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PVO photoThe Provincial Veterinary Office is distributing feeds to 24 local government units that are operating poultry multiplier farms in the province to boost poultry productivity.Each poultry multiplier farm will be receiving 10 bags of grower mash/crumbles as a component of this year’s establishment and enhancement of the poultry multiplier farms project under the Provincial Animal Genetic Improvement Program (PAGIP).The PVO kick off the distribution on January 22 and is expected to be completed by January 29.The first batch of feeds was distributed to the cities of Bago, and La Carlota, and municipalities of San Enrique, Pontevedra, and Valladolid.The feed distribution is said to be timely due to weather disturbances experienced for the past two weeks.The proj...

Jan242021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bing: Government spending vital to economic recovery

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City PIO photoGovernment spending is necessary for the economic recovery of every community in view of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said."When we talk about economic recovery, we should start with government spending. We should spend money so we can create jobs and we can stir the economy once again,” the mayor said during the City Development Council (CDC) meeting recently, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.Leonardia, who chairs the CDC, said cities like Bacolod should strive to catch up with the bigger cities like those in Metro Manila to maximize their economic potentials.“It’s just a matter of time. We should dream that whatever we see in the bigger cities, we should also have them in Bacolod as well....

Jan222021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

SSS appeals to Congress not to defer the new contribution rate

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The Social Security System (SSS) on Thursday, January 21, appealed to members of the House of Representatives for an objective decision on the proposed measures to postpone the contribution rate hike scheduled for this year, as it emphasized that the pension fund’s financial viability may be disadvantaged by its deferment.SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Aurora C. Ignacio, at the hearing of the House Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization chaired by Paranaque Rep. Eric L. Olivarez on Thursday urged the legislators to consider the effects of delaying the scheduled contribution hike to benefits given to members, pensioners, and their beneficiaries.Ignacio explained that provisions of the proposed legislations embodied under House bills 8304, 8310, 8313, 8315, ...

Jan212021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Task force intensifies measures vs. ASF

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PVO photoThe Negros Occidental Provincial African Swine Fever Task Force continues to intensify its measures against the dreaded virus which could affect the province’s P6 billion hog industry.Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena, co-chair of the ASF task force, said today, January 21, they “relentlessly enforced the Provincial ASF Prevention Ordinance by continuous enforcement and conduct of checkpoints and inspection of incoming vehicles and refrigerated container vans at the different ports of entry in the province as well as the monitoring of supermarkets, grocery stores, online sellers of frozen meat products” so the province will remain free from ASF.The serious campaign of keeping the status of Negros Occidental an ASF-free is through the resolute imposition of the gov...

Jan202021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Mayor to consider proposals on tax, biz permit adjustments

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City PIO photoThe Bacolod City government is open for any proposal that can help the local tourism industry recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said during the tourism stakeholders’ meeting, organized by the Department of Tourism, at the Seda Capitol Central here Tuesday (January 19).“If you (tourism stakeholders) have any proposal, we are willing to go over them; we are open to that. If we can hear your proposal, I can take it up with the SP (Sangguniang Panlungsod),” Leonardia told the stakeholders from the public and private sectors.Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat called for a tourism stakeholders’ meeting Tuesday, January 19, to discuss with the provincial and city governments, and the various stakeholders from private and publ...