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May’s Organic Garden owners May Aileen Uy (third from left) and Ramon Uy (center) with (from left) JCI Bacolod Executive Vice President and Project Chair Aljon Candelasa, May’s Organic Garden manager Jane Balontong, JCI Bacolod president Josel Osal, vice president Mary Chell Hinojales and director Daisy Talapiero during the Memorandum of Agreement signing for a one-year partnership at May’s Organic Garden.*The May’s Organic Garden has partnered with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Bacolod Inc. to hold a Halloween kids party for a cause that will benefit a community of indigenous people (IP) in Barangay Katilingban, Talisay City.Dubbed “Spooky Trick or Treat,” the activity will be held at May’s Organic Garden at Barangay Pahanocoy in Bacolod City from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on October ...

Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas, with Vice-Maytor Johnny Reosura, SB Members Hernan Alintana, JR Gravino, Pidong Villarosa and Philip Belleza and other municipal officials, led the inauguration and turnover of the newly-refurbished Manokan Country Food Stalls.*Mayor Gerry Rojas recently led inauguration and turn over of the newly-refurbished Manokan Food Court in Murcia town to the Manokan Country Tenants Association.He urged the tenants to maintain the peace and order, as well as the cleanliness in the area, which now has comfort rooms for men, women and persons with disabilities, so that more guests and clients will patronize the food stalls, a press release from Mucia said Thursday, October 5..During the program, the mayor inducted the new officers of the Manokan Country Tenants As...

After a hiatus during the pandemic, VMC Foundation, in collaboration with Victorias Milling Company Inc. (VMC) is re-launching its annual VMC Interschool Art Competition which is now on its eight year, with the theme “My Role in Society.”The competition is open to all elementary and secondary students in the Province of Negros Occidental. Since its inception, the VMC Interschool Art Competition has become a platform for budding talents to be discovered and provides them a venue to be recognized, a press release from VMC said.Part of the nurturing of talents is the annual Summer Art Workshop where winners get an opportunity to be mentored by experts in the field of visual arts and inculcate in them the love and preservation of Negrense heritage.The competition which started in 2...

The grand cultural show of the third and fifth districts of Negros Occidental attracted mall goers and capped the district variety shows as part of the 23rd Negros Occidental Tourism Week Celebration at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City on Friday, Sept. 22.The event entitled “Pasigarbo de los distritos Tres y Cinco” included performances by the Sidlak Kadalag-an Dancers who won fifth place in Aliwan Fiesta 2023 Festival Dance Competition, Bailes de Luces of La Castellana, the Kabataang Silay Ensemble Rondalla of Silay City, Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1 grand finalist Reyshagne Joy Luntayao of Hinigaran, Juvenile Latin Dance Sport dancers of Himamaylan City who won during the 2023 Palarong Pambansa, the Murcia Tinabuay Dancers, among others, a press release from the organ...

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...