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The Garden Club members at the Balaan Hills Mountain Resort*The Negros Occidental Garden Club (NOGC), one of the most active gardening groups in the country, recently held a major tree planting activity in Brgy. Caridad in Bago City.Some 64 club members assisted in the planting of 150 bamboo saplings along the banks of Bago River  running through the grounds of Balaan Hills Mountain Resort. The resort, with stunning panoramic views of Pataan, Bago City, was created both for recreation and religious pilgrimage. The saplings were provided by DENR and the City Environment Office of Bago City."The bamboo plant is an exceptional marvel of nature and its attributes are often overlooked. It has a great ability to abstract carbon emissions  and therefore contributes ...

Members of the Rotary Clubs of Kyoto-Fashimi, Bacolod-Marapara and Silay with Murcia Vice Mayor Johnny Reosura and Leah Tinsay, president of TriCastle International Inc.*Members of the Rotary Club of Kyoto-Fushimi in Japan returned to Negros Occidental last week to announce they have secured the funding to buy medical equipment for the benefit of the people of the municipality of Murcia.The project’s funding, through a Rotary Global Grant, will be used to provide much-needed equipment including an ultrasound machine, delivery table and incubator.Hideki Yomoda, incoming president of the Rotary Club of Kyoto-Fashimi and April Mendoza, vice-president and incoming president of the Rotary Club of Bacolod-Marapara.*These will be of particular help to mothers and their babies....

The Lions Clubs International District 301-B1 Philippines, with an Emergency Relief Grant funding from the Lions Clubs International Foundation, conducted a relief operation for evacuees affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption in La Carlota City and La Castellana in Negros Occidental on Saturday, Jan 11.Members from 47 Lions Clubs in Western Visayas distributed essential aid, including 600 emergency food packs, 600 hygiene and toiletry kits, 2,000 ready-to-eat food packs, and 600 kiddie happy packs for children, a press release from the Lions said Monday.The following evacuation centers in La Carlota City and La Castellana were the primary beneficiaries of the relief operation:• La Carlota City College Cubay Campus: 108 families and 328 individu...

        The Rotary Club of Bacolod and Bacolod Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade recently turned over the Laos Elementary School Multi-Purpose Covered Court at Sitio Laos, Brgy. Binobohan in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.          Past District Governor Edgar Sy, Club President Marjorie Dino, Past President and Club Secretary Frederick Anthony de Leon, Past President Pauline Cuaycong, President Nominee Edlyn Agraviador, Rotarians Michael Gaerlan, and Marilyn Dormido witnessed the blessing and turnover of the special project for the people of Brgy. Binobohan on Dec. 17, a press release from the club said.Guihulngan Mayor Filomeno “Mikoy” Reyes delivered his keynote message, while Fr. Raymand As...

Opting to cancel the employees’ Christmas gathering this year, the City of Bago in Negros Occidental instead brought the celebration to the evacuation centers of residents affected by the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon.Through the “Adopt an Evacuation Center” initiative with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Western Visayas, four groups of employees sponsored the parties and gift-giving activities in the evacuation centers on Monday.In a statement on Tuesday, Mayor Nicholas Yulo commended the City Hall personnel for extending a hand to fellow Bagonhons in a time of disaster and also assured the internally-displaced persons (IDPs) of continuous assistance from the city government.“Don’t lose hope. This is just temporary. We hope and pray that you will be able to go back ...

Miguel Mondia Elementary School students with Canlas, Jude Ledesma, Lymel John H Pasquin, teacher Marjolyn Locton, Ed Go, Robert Harland, Chaim Tionko and Dan Salazar.*Among the many groups and individuals providing much needed assistance to victims of the December 9  Kanlaon volcano eruption have been Masonic Lodges in Negros Occidental.Recently, members of the Manuel M. Abello Masonic Lodge #260 delivered food for the students of their adopted school, the Miguel Mondia Elementary School located in Sitio Bais, Brgy Yubo, La Carlota City, a press release from the group said. Students and their families have been evacuated to the La Carlota City College Cubay campus.The school, just a few kilometers from the crater of Mt. Kanlaon, is considered as a "Last Mile" s...