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The 7th Edition of the Bakunawa Cinema of the Young - Bakunawa Film Festival will open with three films via Bakunawa’s Vimeo Channel Thursday night, May 6.Opening films include two from the Philippines – Sa Punta Sang Balangaw by young Negrense filmmaker Justine Ogapong and Ang Lalaking May ReglasaGitna ng Dagat by filmmaker James Allen Fajardo with See You Next Century by one of Malaysia’s acclaimed and award winning directors, James Lee.This year’s Bakunawa Film Festival is anchored on the tagline “The Age of Uncertainty is the Time to be Unorthodox” which is apt for the selection of films that are brave,unconventional and not the usual offerings of other festivals.The festival will have special focus on Young Vietnamese Cinema which will be announced on May 10 along with the...

Bacolod PIO photoThe Office of President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go provided assistance to the victims of the fire at Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport, in Bacolod City, on Wednesday, May 5.The Office of the President gave P2,000 each to the affected families, and grocery packs containing frozen food, vitamins, face masks, and face shields. It also sponsored the lunch of the beneficiaries during the distribution program, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.The Office of Senator Bong Go, represented by Samantha Dela Peña, in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), gave P5,000 each to the affected families, it added.The staff of Senator Bong Go also raffled out rubber shoes, t...

Sagay LGU photoThe Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Negros Occidental opened a PhilSys Registration Center at the Sagay National High School in Sagay City for enrollment in the Philippine Identification System, Monday, May 3.Sagay City Mayor Alfredo Marañon III and PSA Chief Statistical Specialist . Luis O. Gonzales led the opening ceremony.This is in line with Republic Act No. 11055 or the Philippine Identification System Act.The PSA registration center in Sagay City is open from Mondays to Saturdays from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. They will validate supporting documents and will also capture biometric information, a press release from Sagay City said.“During the registration, we continue to adhere to health and safety measures. All registrants are advised to these health pr...

Capitol photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of financial assistance worth P5,000 each to 13 displaced OFWs from the towns of Valladolid and Murcia, in a program held at the Capitol grounds Tuesday morning, May 4.The beneficiaries were part of the 100 displaced Negrense OFWs who are recipients of the Gender Responsive Intervention to COVID-19 and New Normal Project, funded through the Provincial Gender and Development (GAD) Budget,a press release from the Capitol said.GAD Provincial Action Officer, Marie June Castro, said that OFWs from the Municipality of E.B. Magalona, and the cities of Victorias and Talisay have already received the same assistance, while beneficiaries from San Carlos City and Calatrava are scheduled for next week’s distribution.A total of ...

Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, councilors Cindy Rojas and Renecito Novero, City Administrator Em Ang, and former councilor Roberto Rojas, receive the RT-PCR machine at the Bacolod-Silay Airport.*Bacolod PIO photoDavao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio donated a Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) machine with 20 sampling kits to Bacolod City Monday, May 3.Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, councilors Cindy Rojas and Renecito Novero, City Administrator Em Ang, and several city government executives received the RT-PCR machine on its arrival at the Bacolod-Silay Airport from Davao via Manila, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.“This is a big, big help in our fight against COVID and it come...

It was the biggest surprise ever for 19-year-old Cloe Anne Marie Malaga who received a text message from Smart Communications on her birthday, no less.The message said Malaga had won the Php 100,000 Grand Prize in Smart’s “Balik-Tuition” Promo. She had just made the switch to Smart when online classes began.Now, the prize money is reuniting her back with her family in Cebu, for good, press release from Smart said Tuesday, May 4.“The cash prize is a big help for me and my family. I am grateful to Smart for this opportunity and blessing,” Malaga said.“With this money, I can finally continue my education in Cebu where my family had been staying. This blessing has opened so many doors for me.”Malaga is a Psychology major at Carlos Hilado Memorial State College in Negros Occ...

YES TO VACCINATION. A billboard urging Bacolodnons to register for vaccination against COVID-19 was put up by Merzci, through its MerzciCares program, at the corner CL Montelibano Avenue-Circumferential Road in Bacolod City.

Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon (left) with the Tia Nuca community pantry beneficiaries.*Commissioner Rowena Guanzon of the Commission on Elections and her siblings have put up a community pantry in front of their home at Magsaysay Street in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.Their “Komyuniti Pantri ni Tia Nuca” is named after their mother, the late Negros Occidental Board Member Elvira Guanzon, the commissioner said.“My mother had a lifetime tradition of giving food and clothes to the poor. Our gate was always open to those who were in need,” Guanzon said.Their community pantry provides food packs and clothes to senior citizens and persons with disability.Guanzon thanked relatives, friends, and Cadiz residents and business people who have been donating to the community...