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Anna Balcells and the Kalipay children*Kalipay Negrense Foundation, which runs two homes for 102 disadvantaged children in Negros Occidental that are at risk of closure, is holding an online fundraising concert at 8 p.m. tomorrow, November 28.The “Bring Joy” concert, that will feature singers Jose Mari Chan, Kuh Ledesma, and several other artists, is geared towards raising funds to save Haven Home in Bacolod City and Recovered Treasurers in Bago City, Kalipay president Anna Balcells said today, November 27.Other artists joining the digital special concert, also being held in celebration of World Children’s Month, are Ian Veneracion, Jett Pangan, Joey Albert, Karylie, JM Rodriquez, Clara Benin, Cecile Alarcon, Tim Pavino, Joaquin Pedro Valdez, and many more, she said.The two...

Mayor Alfredo Marañon challenged the new scholars of the Alfredo G. Maranon Jr. Scholarship Program, at contract signing rites in Sagay City, to hurdle challenges they face to achieve their dreams in life.In a general assembly held today, November 27, at Balay Kauswagan, Marañon said that the scholars should always grab the opportunity to study, especially in these trying times."It is our will power to hurdle this trying times. We need to persevere and adjust. We need to be grateful that we are here and alive and have this opportunity”, he said.There are 375 scholars enlisted in the program this school year in the following courses: BS in Engineering, BS in Civil Engineering, BS in Mechanical Engineering, BS in Chemical Engineering, BS in Electrical Engineering, BS in Education...

Capitol photosA total of 223 Project FREE Paglaum teacher-scholars graduated at the University of St. La Salle–Bacolod, today, November 26, with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson as the commencement speaker.Lacson told the graduates their dedication and hard work are appreciated and will serve as an inspiration to other scholars.“Education is one of the most important components of our present administration and it is my priority to strengthen our educational policies,” Lacson said.“Lives have been deeply transformed by education and I am glad that you are going to be one of those, and that you are going to impart the same to our students,” he added.The Flagships to Reach Educational Excellence - Paglaum Program (Project FREE) is one of the scholarship programs of the Provincial...

The local government of Moises Padilla has purchased a brand new 10-wheeler dump truck worth P7 million, which was sourced from local funds.The heavy equipment was inaugurated Tuesday, November 24, which was led by the Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo and Pastor Cris Raca of Magallon Evangelical Church.This is the first among the three dump trucks that the chief executive aims to buy for the local government.Also present at the activity were Vice Mayor Adrian Villaflor, Councilor Vincent Bryan Garcia, and other department heads.*

About P5 million has been distributed to 979 indigents in a crisis situation in the Third District of Negros Occidental by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), which coordinated closely with the Office of Rep. Francisco “Kiko Benitez.There were 341 residents of the Third District who received financial aid on November 19 and 20, a press release from the office of Benitez said.Under the Assistance for Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the DSWD, qualified beneficiaries are provided cash aid for medical and burial assistance, it said.The November AICS aid totaled to P 1.9 million for indigents in the cities of Victorias, Silay and Talisay and the municipalities of EB Magalona and Murcia.Three payouts had also been made earlier this year with...

La Consolacion College Bacolod, in collaboration with La Consolacion College Pasig, will conduct a virtual symposium on "Ensuring Quality Higher Education amid COVID-19" on December 4 at 8:30-11:30 am via Zoom.The symposium aims to determine how to integrate quality standards in the ways education is being delivered by higher education institutions, and to provide an avenue for sharing of distance learning and research challenges and best practices.Registration is free and will run until November 28.To register, click here.

A fundraising campaign is on to purchase a vehicle badly needed by the Siervas de Maria (Servants of Mary) sisters in their mission to serve the poor who are sick in Bacolod City.The sisters need the vehicle to visit those who are very sick in their homes and to bring them to their charity clinic at Purok Ezequiel Moreno in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City charity diva Token Lizares said today, November 20.They not only care for the physical health but also the psychological, spiritual and social needs of patients and their family members, Sister Carmen Piña, superior of the Servants of Mary, said.“When we were established in Handumanan, we started to discover how many poor sick people were dying in their homes, without any help, for the lack of resources to avail of medical t...

The Bacolod City government has distributed 9,800 face shields to vendors and drivers from November 4 to today.The face shields, distributed on instructions of Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, were given to vendors at the Burgos, Central, and Libertad markets, flower market, and Manokan Country, and to drivers of PUJs, tricycles, and trisikads, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.The face shields, which came from the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office were distributed by the Sectoral Concerns Office.The Sangguniang Panlungsod recently passed City Ordinance 944 that requires the mandatory use of face shields in certain places in the City.Section 3 of CO 944 states that "in addition to mandatory use of face mask, face shield shall be use...

After scoring a brand endorsement agreement with Globe to be its newest brand ambassador, Senator Manny Pacquiao announced that he is donating his fees to victims of typhoons Rolly and Ulysses.At the recently held contract signing at the Mireio, Raffles Hotel in Makati with Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu and Globe Chairman and Ayala Corporation Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Pacquiao offered to give his earnings to support relief efforts.“I said yes to Globe because I believe in the company, and I use the company’s services. Not only that, I am given another God-given opportunity to be of help to our kababayans in any way I can. That is why my endorsement fee for this will go to relief efforts to help our kababayans who were affected by the devastation of typhoons Rolly ...

Capitol photosNegros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson personally distributed the P100,000 cash assistance to the eight Negrense Centenarians in the cities of Escalante, Sagay, and Cadiz and the municipalities of Manapla and E.B. Magalona, Friday, November 20.The centenarians were Adoracion Monido, Josefina Gonzaga, Encarnacion Alegado, Juan Diesma, Lilia Deocampo, Rosario Guintalaga-an, Marcela Lucareza, and Nieves Concerman.They were also given a Certificates of Centenarian Award.Also present in the distribution were Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office OIC Merle Garcia and staff.Second District Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva, Mayors Salvador Escalante, Jr. of Cadiz City, Thirdy Marañon of Sagay City, Melecio Yap, Jr. of Escalante City, and Vice Mayors Eric M...