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Philippine Spotted Deer progeny, code-named “Sarah,” is seen at the Silliman University Center for Tropical Conservation Studies facility.*Leandro Cabrera photoSilliman University (SU) received a research grant of P9.2 million from the Forestry and Environment Research Division of the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) to support the Biology Department’s project on the conservation of the endangered Philippine Spotted Deer.Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora, DOST-PCAARRD executive director, relayed the grant award letter to Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann, SU President, on July 8, a press release from the university said.Titled “Enhancing the Conservation and Breeding Program of the Philip...

Phoebe Pastera, VMC Chief Operating Officer, Engr Linley Retirado, VMC President, Aladino Moraca, CPSU President, Romelyn May Cuizon, CPSU Scholarship Coordinator (VMC) at the recent MOA signing between VMC and CPSU.*Victorias Milling Company Foundation Inc. recently inked a Memorandum of Agreement with the Central Philippines State University to offer scholarships for deserving students taking up sugar technology courses as their contribution to ensure the sustainability of the sugar industry.The MOA, signed by VMC President Linley Retirado and CPSU President Aladino Moraca, ensures that VMC’s Miguel Ossorio Scholarship Grant Program will provide financial assistance to qualified 2nd year students enrolled in Sugar Technology courses offered by CPSU in their Kabankalan Campus up u...

Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez went on a two-day Tour De Negros Benchmarking, visiting a total of 10 municipalities and cities in Negros Occidental, August 8 to 9.“It was an insightful and inspiring experience for all of us. The knowledge sharing and the best practices we learned are valuable to each other,” Benitez said on his Facebook page.Manapla, Escalante, Toboso, Sagay, Sipalay, Hinoba-an, Cauayan, Ilog, Candoni, and Kabankalan are the LGUs he visited.“As the Negros ACE President, I intend to show full support to my fellow chief executive and members of our organization. I know they are busy with their executive functions, so I decided to visit them myself,” he said.Victorias ABC President Councilor Richard Julius Sablan, City Planning and Developme...

VMC President Linley Retirado and MENRO Head Victor Lapides with the workshop participants.*The Manapla Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO), in partnership with Victorias Milling Company (VMC), recently conducted a 2-day workshop on effective solid waste management with members from both the private and government sector held in Northland, Manapla, Negros Occidental.The 2-day workshop brought in experts from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau Region VI (DENR-EMB), to educate Barangay Purisima leaders and its constituents on how to reduce waste disposal and proper waste segregation to protect the environment, a press release from VMC said.DENR-EMB Resource Speaker Sheelamite Labrador said it is essential for...

Enriquita Quillano Olitan, a 101-year-old woman from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, receives her birth certificate from OIC City Civil Registar Monalisa Tabujara (left) and PhilSys Birth Registration Assistance Program (BPRAP) agent Jesirie Marie Gedorio at her residence in Barangay Tampalon.*PSA-Negros Occidental photoA 101-year-old woman from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, has finally obtained a birth certificate in official security paper (SECPA) through the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) Birth Registration Assistance Program (PBRAP) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).Enriquita Quillano Olitan, who was born on Sept. 5, 1921, became the province’s oldest PBRAP beneficiary when she received her birth document at her residence in the remote Purok Nar...