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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...

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...

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...

“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...

A total of 940 provincial government teacher-scholars and diocesan scholars of the Project FREE Paglaum program earned their post-graduate degrees at the University of St. La Salle and were lauded by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson during their graduation rites held at the St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City on Friday, December 9.The scholars are beneficiaries of grants provided by the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental through Lacson as project grantor and the Dioceses of Bacolod, Kabankalan and DumagueteLacson, in his message, emphasized the importance of education and its capacity to determine and influence the future.“As the governor of the Province, I believe in the potential of Negrense talents and capacities. And I know that with proper opportunities and enhanceme...