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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Department of Agriculture Region VI Executive Director, Remelyn Recoter, led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a Muscovado Mill Plant, a Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) subproject, in Brgy. Oringao, Kabankalan City, Wednesday, July 14.The P25 million project had two components - the infrastructure worth P12,176,549 and enterprise component worth P13,801,177, a press release from the Capitol said.It is jointly funded by the loan proceeds from the World Bank, Department of Agriculture, Provincial Government of Negros Occidental, and Kalibutan Society, Inc., as the proponent group.PRDP Provincial Project Management and Implementation Unit (PPMIU) - Negros Occidental head, Dr. Narissa Lemocito, said the ma...

All 26 barangays of Victorias City will receive 50-inch smart television sets from Javier "Javi" Lopez Benitez, for use of their Asenso organizations, on Friday, July 16."The donation is a step towards modernizing information-education-communication (IEC) activities in the barangays of Victorias", Benitez said."The smart tv units will be first utilized in the first-ever Victorias-based Asenso Party virtual convention slated July 17, to identify candidates for the coming 2022 election," he added.Asenso leaders in all barangays will be able to participate in the process of identifying the party slate, Benitez explained."It is time for our Asenso leaders to have a bigger stake in the political decision-making process," Benitez said.Benitez, son of former Rep. Alfredo "Albe...

The new officers of RC Bacolod North immediate past president Romy Lopez, vice president Jude Quingco, director Shirley Maghari, Kendall Ang, past president Robert Cerrada, PP Alex Lee, director Vic Singh, director Baba Nellas, treasurer Con-Con Parreño and secretary Junjun Jalandoni (l-r).*Kendall “Kenny” Ang will be the 49th president of the Rotary Club of Bacolod North starting this month for the new Rotary Year.Ang is a Rotary Fellowship Exchange alumnus that represented Rotary International District 3850 to a 14-day visit to Latvia and Sweden in 2018.He will take over the presidency from Immediate Past President Romy Lopez during their induction and turnover ceremony in Hacienda Pag-asa, Cadiz City next week.*

PRRCFI photosIn celebration of Plastic Free July, a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic pollution, 11 business establishments in the cities of Bacolod and Talisay, Negros Occidental will pioneer innovations to reduce single-use plastics from their operations.These innovations include elimination of disposables and the promotion of zero-waste and circular business models and systems for refilling, reusable containers, deposit-return schemes, and native packaging.The 11 business owners who took on this challenge all come from the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) category, an important sector to tap for reducing plastic waste at source and for educating consumers and other businesses about how we can prevent more litter from ...

The Energy Development Corporation's (EDC) Southern Negros Geothermal Project has once again been bestowed the Gawad Tugas Award, this time for the Clean Air and Water-Power plant category, from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for going beyond compliance through its exemplary performance in environmental protection, conservation, and management.Now on its 6th year, the prestigious GawadTugas award is conferred to local government units, public and private organizations that have innovated and demonstrated ingenuity and significant milestones in protecting the environment, a press release from EDC said Monday, July 5.“We have to harness the so-called collaboration of one another for a better tomorrow. I would like to request our dear friends from the LGUs and var...

Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod in partnership with SMART Communications and with the Parent Teachers Association-Basic Education Department (PTA-BED) and Parent Teachers Association Tertiary Level (PTA-TL) is giving out perks to students who will officially enroll for the academic year 2021-2022.CSA-Bacolod is giving out loaded sims to the early bird enrollees of the following programs: Information Technology (IT), Hospitality Management (HM), Tourism Management (TM), Education and Engineering programs, incoming grade 11 of Humanities & Social Sciences strand, and early bird enrollees in the grade school level.Other than the loaded sim cards, the students will also have a chance to win raffle prizes from SMART such as a laptop, a smartphone, and load cards.In celebration of th...

Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas, accompanied by his staff Liezl Toledano, MSWDOfficer Ana Naranja, CanlandogPunong Barangay Reynaldo Gawan, Purok President Gina Gibara, OIC-Tourism Officer Estela Barbo and AbangLingkod Murcia coordinator Mario Naruda, distributes food packs to residents of Sitio Monark, Brgy. Canlandog.*Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas, with Canlandog Punong Barangay Reynaldo Gawan and Purok President Gina Gibara, gives a food pack to a resident of Sitio Monark, Brgy. Canlandog.*More than a year from the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Murcia Mayor Victor Gerardo M. Rojas continues to provide assistance to needy residents of the town.This time, the beneficiaries were indigents residing in remote, poverty-stricken mountain sitios of the municipality, a press release said.If th...

Acting Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Richard Sisson is visiting Bacolod City and Negros Occidental this week.Sisson is currently a senior career officer with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).On Tuesday, June 29, the diplomat will pay a courtesy call on Mayor Evelio Leonardia in the morning at the Bacolod City Government Center, where he is expected to be given a briefing by the mayor and city officials on the ongoing and future programs and projects of the city.“We hope that the visit of the Australian Ambassador will pave the way for wider cultural, tourism, and business exchanges between Australia and Bacolod City," the mayor said.Before he became Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Manila in July 2019, Sisson w...

Rep. Francisco "Kiko" Benitez marked his 52nd birthday by distributing 2,000 foodpacks to healthcare workers and patients confined at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City and at healing and quarantine facilities in the Third District of Negros Occidental.Attached to the foodpacks were cards from the congressman that read: “We thank the Lord for the gift of life, as we pray for healing. Kabay pa nga ikaw kag ang imu pamilya maka-angkon sang maayong lawas, kalinong kag kabaskug.”The foodpacks were distributed at the TLJPH, Silay Healing Facility and Silay Recovery Center in Silay City; Mambukal Resort, Murcia National High School, Murcia East Elementary School, CPAC Quarantine Facility and Alegria Elementary School in Murcia; Rafael B. Lacson Memorial H...