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Nov302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Refusing unvaccinated workers entry to worksites illegal, ‘Marcosian’ – labor

Capitol photo“Refusing unvaccinated workers to enter worksite premises is patently illegal and Marcosian, Roland dela Cruz, National Congress of Unions in the Sugar of the Philippines (NACUSIP) president, said Monday, November 29.“We are warning the Department of Labor and Employment and the Civil Service Commission that illegal dismissal cases will flood your offices as well as notice of strikes and work stoppages will be implemented nationwide unless this inhumane, dictatorial, anti-worker and anti-Filipino policy of the IATF is withdrawn,” he said.Resolutions No. 148 and No. 149 dated November 12 and 18 issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), ordered all establishments and employers to require their employees who must ...

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Seda lights up Christmas tree as hotel business picks up

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Seda Capitol Central hotel in Bacolod City lights up its Christmas tree Thursday night.*Ronnie Baldonado photoThe hotel business in Bacolod is picking up with the downgrading of the city’s COVID-19 status to Alert Level 2.Seda Capitol Central hotel in Bacolod City kicked off the holiday season on an upbeat note with the lighting of its Christmas tree Thursday night, November 25.“The lighting of the Christmas tree is a message of hope not only for our guests but for everyone,” Seda Capitol Central manager Kim Guimba said.Lighting the tree will spark that hope that things will be better, he said.He said at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic their hotel business drastically suffered but with the city now under Alert Level 2 it has been picking up, he saidIn November, ...

Nov252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

DTI launches Negosyo Center in Murcia

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Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas (center) with DTI’s Engiemar Tupas, and Councilor Kedy Yu, cut the ribbon during the launching of the DTI Go Negosyo Center at the second floor of the Murcia Tinabuay Public Market.*The Department of Trade and Industry – Negros Occidental Office recently launched the 29th Go Negosyo Center in the province in Murcia, town.The remaining four towns of Ilog, Candoni, Don Salvador Benedicto and Moises Padilla are expected to get their Negosyo centers before the year ends.The Murcia center is located at the second floor of the town’s Tinabuay Public Market.“Your presence here means a lot to our businessmen, especially to our small entrepreneurs. When they need to register or renew their business names and permits with DTI, they don’t have to go to Bac...

Nov232021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Pay RPT early, avail of 20% discount, Bacolod CTO urges

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City PIO photoThe Land Tax Division of the Bacolod City Treasurer’s Office is encouraging taxpayers to settle their real property tax early to avail of the 20 percent discount on advanced payment.The CTO will limit the number of clients that they will serve starting Dec. 1 in observance of the minimum health protocols set by local government and the national IATF to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Acting City Treasurer Arlene Memoria announced Tuesday, November 23.The CTO – LTD will accept advanced RPT payments from Dec. 1 to 31 at the 3rd floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Sundays, Memoria said in a press release.The CTO will also be open on Dec. 4, 11 and 18 (Saturdays) and on Dec. 8 and 30 (non-working holidays) to accommodate taxpayers, ...

Nov232021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Be ready for bigger things to come, Leonardia tells city folk, business

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City PIO photoMayor Evelio Leonardia has called on members of the City Development Council, including business leaders and Bacolodnons in general, to be ready for better and bigger things to come with the goodwill and positive image resulting from the recent declaration of Bacolod as the Most Business-Friendly Local Government Unit for 2021 outside of Metro Manila.Speaking before the council Monday, Leonardia, the concurrent CDC chairman, was upbeat as he expressed confidence that the city will get back on track, under the new normal, and pursue greater economic progress after the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday awarded the LGU the most prestigious award it won in 2007 when he was also mayor."I hope that with this now, we had set our standards high and l...

Nov212021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Ceneco residential rates down by 11 cents per kWh in November

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The Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. announced Friday, November 19, that its average residential rate for November is P10.0621/kWh.It dropped by P0.1167/kWh from last month’s P10.1788/kWh, Danny Pondevilla, CENECO acting general manager, said in a press release.The decrease can be attributed to the reduction in generation, transmission and system loss charges, implementation of Time-Of-Use rate for 24MW due to the directive of the Energy Regulatory Commission as well as the other pass-through charges such as value-added tax, he said.He added that the pass-through charges equivalent to P8.8755/kWh of the total power rate include the generation and transmission charges, ERC-approved adjustments, government subsidies and taxes.Only P1.1866/kWh of the power rate goes to...

Nov212021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

VMC takes ‘desperate moves,’ group claims; mill mgmt replies

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Sugarcane trucks at Victorias Milling Co.* Ronnie Baldonado photoCorporate giant Victorias Milling Co. appears willing to lose hundreds of millions of pesos by extending additional milling incentives to attract individual planters to deliver their sugarcane to VMC for crop year 2021-2022, a press release from the Vicmico Planters’ Association Inc. said Sunday, November 21.Industry sources indicated that VMC, fearing a reduced volume after unilaterally severing ties early this year with long-time business partner Vicmico Planters Association Inc. and consequently, with Vicmico Planters’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative, is giving milling incentives of as much as P300, or a total package of P550 per ton cane, to attract farmers to deliver their sugarcane to the mill, the press release said....

Nov192021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

‘Bacolod most business-friendly LGU in the Philippines for 2021’

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Mayor Evelio Leonardia celebrates Bacolod’s winning the Most Business-Friendly LGU award at the Bacolod City Government Center on Thursday, November 18.*Archie Alipalo photoBacolod City was named the “Most Business-Friendly Local Government Unit” for 2021 by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, besting 10 other finalists in the highly-urbanized city (HUC) category of the nationwide search.Mayor Evelio Leonardia received the award in a virtual ceremony attended by PCCI President Ambassador Benedicto Yujuico and Chamber Chairperson Alegria Limjoco at the PCCI Innovation Center at the Global City in Pasig as a highlight of the 47th Philippine Business Conference and Expo Thursday, November 18.The 2021 recognition came 14 years after Bacolod won a similar accolade in ...

Nov192021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Birkenstock opens store in Bacolod

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German footwear brand Birkenstock opened its second retail concept store in the country at SM City Bacolod Thursday, November 18.The iconic brand, which has established itself as a global icon for more than two centuries, is expected to give Bacolodnons and Negrenses a new brand of footwear style that is both comfortable and trendy.Carlo Cecilio, Philgear International Inc.’s brand manager, said they are optimistic that Birkenstock will be a “hometown favorite.”He said they are looking forward to bringing more collections to the brand that are more innovative and seasonal.He added that the Philippines is one of the countries in Southeast Asia where they have focused their distribution, stressing that there is an emerging market in the country, which loves fashion and comfor...

Nov172021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Negrense farmers receive P11M in agricultural and fishery inputs

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Capitol photoGovernor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the turnover on Tuesday, November 16, of Agri-Abanse agricultural and fishery inputs to farmers from the different cities and municipalities of the province, to help them enhance agricultural and fishery productivity, ensure food security and provide livelihood opportunities.The ceremonial turn over was held at the Negros First Organic Technology Center (NFOTeC) in Brgy. Tabunan, Bago City, this morning.Lacson said that aiding the farmers and fisherfolks with the opportunity and technology is a step towards the realization of the collective goal to empower and enhance one of the most important sectors of the province – our farmers and fisherfolks.He also assured the farmers of the provincial government’s support, for them to reach t...