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Aug122022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Contemplate the ‘Unknown’ with Jadon

Anxiety and hope fuse when confronted with the unknown. Such is human nature.Instead of succumbing to the loneliness of the enforced lockdowns, the uncertainty of the Covid pandemic brought forth the creativity of 18-year-old Bacolod-based artist Jadon Kilayko.“I’ve been painting for two years. I started during the pandemic, but I have always loved art and designing. In the past two years, I have joined around 10 group shows/art related events, one of which was in Manila and the rest here in Bacolod”, he said.With the support and help of Art District and local artists Charlie Co, RA Tijing and the Team at Orange Project, Jadon launched his first solo show on January 9. He continues to participate in art shows, while receiving guidance from various artists.Now the young arti...

Aug102022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Badjaos allowed to sell goods but begging banned – DSSD

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The Bajaos will not be allowed to beg on Bacolod City's streets*Nico Delfin photoMembers of an indigenous ethnic group called Badjaos can sell their goods in Bacolod until October but will not be allowed to beg on the city’s streets, Pacita Tero, Department Social Services and Development head, said Wednesday, August 10.There are 14 Badjao families who have rented three houses in Barangay 16 in Bacolod, she said.Tero said the Badjaos agreed that the male heads of their families will vend their goods, which include fancy jewelry, on the city’s streets only until the MassKara Festival in October.However, their wives and children will not be allowed to beg on Bacolod’s streets as accidents could happen that could cause their injury, Tero said.The Badjaos ...

Aug92022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Guv leads commemoration of International Day of IPs

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The participants in the celebration of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Bago City*Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Lacson led the commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs) at the Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center in Bago City, Tuesday, August 9.Lacson said that globalization, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic worsened pre-existing inequalities and vulnerabilities faced by indigenous peoples."For national unity and development, we have to ensure that our Indigenous Peoples are not left behind, and should be able to participate on all matters affecting them," he said.The governor assured the IP communities in the province that they can count on the support of the provincial government ...

Aug82022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bago City hosts 4th ‘Halad kay Kang-laon’

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The City Government of Bago is hosting this year’s Mount Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP) Festival beginning Tuesday, August 9, until August 11.Dubbed “Halad kay Kang-laon,” the fourth edition of the festivity is themed “Pagsanyog sang Kumunidad, Nasandig sa Pag-amlig sang Dunang Manggad.”Aside from Bago City, the three-day event will also be participated by five other member-local government units (LGUs) including La Carlota City, La Castellana, San Carlos City and Murcia in Negros Occidental, and Canlaon City in Negros Oriental.Mae Ann Furtos, senior tourism operations officer of Bago City, said the annual activity in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Protected Area Management Board (PAMB), among other stakeholders, is aimed at promo...

Aug82022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Rotary Club officially turns over computer laboratory to NOHS

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The members of the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central, led by President Juliana Carbon and District Governor-Elect Maria Ester Espina, are joined by the NOHS teachers, NOLITC director Cristina Orbecido and some of the graduates of Batch 1.*Two years after launching the program entitled, “3Cs Towards Global Competitiveness,” the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central officially turned over the 40-unit computer laboratory to the Negros Occidental High School.The program was made possible through a global grant by The Rotary Foundation with international support from the Rotary Club of Cheongyu-Wawoo of District 3740 in South Korea. The club also partnered with the NOHS Batch 85.It was designed to provide a facility that will enable training on contact center services and other information te...

Aug82022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Globe lauds law vs online child sexual abuse, to champion private sector role in enactment

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The Globe Group lauds legislation that aims to protect children against online sexual abuse and exploitation, which recently lapsed into law in what advocates described as a victory for child rights. The leading digital solutions group has long been campaigning for online child safety, and has vowed to fully support implementation of the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC) law by championing private sector participation in shielding children from dangers they face on the internet. “We share in the excitement of our fellow child rights advocates and in celebrating this milestone in our quest to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation online. This law is fully aligned with our long-standing programs against OSAEC, as Globe has been at the forefront of th...

Aug72022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Star of ‘Easter Sunday’ wins to help Tapulanga Foundation

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Lydia Gaston and Jo Koy who star in "Easter Sunday"*Lydia Gaston website photoThe Gaston family led by singer, dancer, and actress Lydia Gaston won in the Family Feud game show and named Tapulanga Foundation in Silay City as their charity of choice.Gaston, a longtime New Yorker who grew up in Negros Occidental, and her family played against the family of Filipino-American stand-up comic and actor Jo Koy in the July 31 edition of Family Feud hosted by Steve Harvey. Gaston plays the role of “Tita Susan”, the mother of Jo Koy, in the all-Filipino main cast comedy film entitled “Easter Sunday” that opened in the United States on August 5. It will open in the Philippines on August 31.Gaston and her family won $20,000 for Tapulanga Foundation Inc., a non-profit charitable or...

Aug52022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Over P20M agri projects turned over in Calatrava

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More than P20 million in irrigation, farm machinery and equipment were turned over to farmer associations in Brgy. Minapasuk, Calatrava in Negros Occidental on Friday, August 5.The SPUR 2 Magtuod Irrigation Project costs P19.9 million, while the rice mill shed, multi-purpose drying pavement, walk-behind rice transplanter, mechanical reaper, and floating tiller costs P1.7 million, a press release from the Capitol said.The project beneficiaries are the SPUR 2 Irrigators Association of Minapasuk, Calatrava and Pakigdaet sa Kalambo-an of Bug-ang, Toboso.The project was implemented through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist.The Himoga-an River is the water source for the irrigation project, with a potential service area of 200 hectares.Board Member Araceli Somosa sai...

Aug42022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Kabankalan farmers receive loan assistance

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of P5.7 million worth of Survival and Recovery Loan Assistance to 570 farmer-recipients of Kabankalan City, Thursday, August 4.It is a loan assistance project that aims to finance the emergency and production capital requirements of marginalized, small farmers and fisherfolk whose income were affected by Typhoon “Odette”.It is being implemented through the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Credit Policy Council (ACPC) Survival and Recovery (SURE) Loan.The eligible borrowers are marginalized, small farmers and fisherfolk listed in the Typhoon “Odette” Damage Report submitted by the LGU.The beneficiaries were enrolled in the Registry System for Basic Sector in Agriculture to avail of a non-collateralized l...

Aug22022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Pinta Negros exhibit for a cause opens

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Dr. Christine Joan Ragudo, Jean Gancia, Chrysee Semillano, Sugar Cuenca Tonogbanua, Startlene Portillo, Alvin Infante and Jenevieve Abeto cut the ribbon at the opening of the Pinta Negros exhibit on Sunday.*“Pinta Negros: A group art exhibit for a cause” opened at the Ayala Malls Capitol Center ground floor in Bacolod City on Sunday and will run until August 14, artist Sugar Cuenca-Tonogbanua said.She said 30 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the art pieces at the exhibit will be donated for a heart patient’s medications and angioplasty procedure.Sugar Cuenca-Tonogbanua with her acrylic painting "Tulips".*The exhibit features the works of Negrosanon artists Agustin Chavez Alvin Infante, Andrea Locsin, Arlene A. Gomez, Bamboo Tonogbanua, Christine Joan De Villa Ragudo...