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Jan52023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

City set to give pensions to indigent senior citizens

About 12,000 targeted indigent senior citizens in Bacolod will avail of P500 monthly social pensions each starting 2023 or a total of P6,000 a year.The qualified indigent senior citizens do not need to apply for coverage as they have already been identified in a survey conducted by the Department of Social Services and Development Office, Pacita Tero, DSSDO head, said on Thursday, January 5.Senior citizens qualified for coverage must not have any other sources of income or pension, no family supporting them and cannot fend for themselves, she said.Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, in his first 100 days report, said targeted for assistance are about 12,000 lest privileged senior citizens.The Department of Social Welfare and Development is providing assistance to 5,800 ...

Jan32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Jobless saleslady wins car in Bacolod NY raffle

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Gelline Gayaran Alunan in her new car.*Romeo Subaldo photoA 22-year-old jobless saleslady won the Toyota Vios grand prize at the Bacolod City New Year’s countdown raffle draw.An excited Gelline Gayaran Alunan of Purok Paho, Barangay Taculing, Bacolod, claimed her car at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) on Tuesday, January 3.She and her family were watching the raffle draw at the BCGC on New Year’s Eve online from their home when it was announced that she won, Alunan said.“We all jumped up and down in joy, we were so happy…it is hard to describe how I felt,” she said.“Our New Year’s celebration became much more fun after that,” she said.Alunan did not expect she would win the car since thousands of Bacolodnons had also joined the raffle.Her job as a sale...

Dec292022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bago’s info office, officer win Hall of Fame awards

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Bago Information Officer I Ace Balboa (second from right) with his Hall of Fame award from the Philippine Information Agency with PIA Negros Occidental Information Center Manager Lorenzo Lambatin Jr., Region 6 Officer-In-Charge Jemin Guillermo and Director-General Undersecretary Ramon Lee Cualoping III (l-r) at the awarding rites.*Bago PIO photoThe Bago City Information Office and its information officer received the Hall of Fame awards from the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Western Visayas for their exemplary contributions in the field of development communication (DevCom) during the Regional Year-End Conference of Information Officers held in Iloilo City on Wednesday, December 28.Both were hailed as hall of famers for winning in their respective categories for three cons...

Dec282022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Student club from CHMSU Alijis 1st runner-up in filmmaking tilt

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The Young Inventors and Innovators Society (YIIS) of Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) Alijis Campus was 1st runner-up in IP CIRCLE League: The Story, a film-making competition hosted by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines recently.IP CIRCLE League: The Story, with the theme "IP And the youth: Propelling the youth to further innovation amidst global challenges,” aimed to showcase the youth’s pivotal role in economic development through their intellectual property assets, tackle IP issues in relation to the youth, and inspire solutions and strategies for IP in the country, a CHMSU press release said.YIIS President Irish Jhon Despues and members Victor Alabi, Jemar Apohen, and Merjohn Judar, with their adviser Marvin A. Margarito, MSIE, produced their wi...

Dec222022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

EBM shares best practices in nutrition program with DSB

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After winning the Green Banner Seal of Compliance regional award for its nutrition program last month, the Municipality of E. B. Magalona was chosen by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) - Regional Office 6 to share its best practices with the Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) during a project visit on Wednesday, December 21.E. B. Magalona was one of only two municipalities in Negros Occidental that won the GBSC this year, which was given to local government units (LGUs) in recognition of their sustainable intervention programs to combat and eradicate malnutrition, especially among children, a press release from the town said.The EBM Municipal Nutrition Council (MNC), chaired by Mayor Marvin Malacon, who was represented by Vice Mayor Eric Matulac at the program, welcom...

Dec192022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

65.22% of Neg. Occ. brgys now drug cleared – PDEA

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PDEA Provincial Officer Jyxyvzcky Escrupolo delivering her report.*Richard Malihan photoThere are now 392 drug cleared barangays in Negros Occidental, or 65.22 percent of the 601 provincewide, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency reported on Monday, December 19.PDEA Provincial Officer Jyxyvzcky Escrupolo gave her report at the fourth quarter joint meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council and Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, presided by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.She said 79 of the 392 barangays were declared drug cleared in 2022.“Although there was some improvement, there were also some barangays that were not renewed as far as being declared drug free”, Lacson said.“Definitely we want to have a bigger and better ac...

Dec192022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Rojas: Tinabu-ay Festival ‘memorable, meaningful’

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“Our recently concluded Tinabu-ay Festival was a fiesta which will linger in our memories as the first patronal fiesta of our patroness, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, after the pandemic and after two devastating typhoons in Typhoon Odette and Typhoon Paeng,” said Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas.“The festival was also a heart-felt celebration of our gratitude for God’s protection and blessings which allowed us to survive the life-threatening Covid-19 virus and the damage of the two destructive storms,” the mayor added.With the theme, “Bugay kag Bugana sa Murcia (Blessings and Abundance in Murcia)”, the 26th Tinabu-ay Festival kicked off December 5 and culminated on December 8, the feast day of the town’s patroness, Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception.Almost all sectors of Mu...

Dec182022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod job order worker wins car at city gov’t party

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Luzviminda Gerada thanking Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez for the car.* Bacolod PIO photoA job order employee won a car at the Christmas party for the Bacolod City government employees Friday night, December 16.Luzviminda Gerada, a city government job order worker at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, won a Mitsubishi Mirage donated by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, his executive assistant Carmela Arcolas Gamboa said Sunday.The winners of five scooters also donated by the mayor were Warlito Vallente of the City Health Office, Rolado Ocampo - Public Order and Safety Office, Audie Zolayvar - Public Affairs and Assistance Division, Ronniel Montano – City Mayor’s Office and Zheena Rose Sancho – City Veterinarian’s Office, Gamboa said.Numerous cash prices were ...

Dec142022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Splash Park opens

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The Water Park*Millie Kilayko photoBacolod's newest waterpark located in front of the Bacolod City Government Center will be open to the public starting Thursday, December 15.Bacolod Councilor Jason Villarosa and Ma. Angela Gonzaga cut the ribbon to signal the soft opening of the park Wednesday afternoon.They wanted to put up something different in Bacolod where families and friends can gather, relax, commune with nature and have fun, Maria Regina Tanpinco Piccio, president of the Fernando F. Gonzaga Corp. that owns the park, said.Bacolod Councilor Jason Villarosa and Ma. Angela Gonzaga cut the ribbon to signal the soft opening of the park Wednesday afternoon.* Chrysee Samillano photoAt the Plaza Mayor at the entrance of the park is the La Vida Fountain designed by arti...

Dec132022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

830 in EB Magalona get cash-for-work pay

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A total of 830 beneficiaries in E. B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, received their wages from the Department of Social Welfare and Development -Regional Office 6 under the Risk Resiliency Program - Cash-for-Work for Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and Disaster Risk Reduction on Tuesday, December 13.Mayor Marvin Malacon told the beneficiaries that the assistance they received is a result of the strong partnership between the local and national governments, a press release from the town said.Leading the payout were DSWD-RO6 focal person Jane Hervilla, MSWDO social welfare officer Emy Lyn Hibionada, and MENRO-designate Jojo Vargas.The beneficiaries belong to the indigent members of various sectors like the fisherfolk, farmers, women, PWDs, and solo parents.Under the CSW ...