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Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office and Negros First Provincial Blood Center spearheaded a bloodletting activity with the theme, “Give Blood and Keep the World Beating” at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, July 29.The activity is in line with the National Blood Donors’ Month this July.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that there is a need for constant and stable supply of blood throughout the year especially in this time of crisis.He also said that blood donation remains to be the only way of providing blood, and engaging blood donors remains to be the only lifeline.“A well-organized blood service is incumbent if we are to meet the varied blood necessities of the province. As what I always emphasize with regard to the importance of blood dona...

Capitol photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of P566,666 in insurance benefits to the families of barangay tanods, officials, employees, and health workers enrolled in the Provincial Government’s Barangay Insurance Program, Thursday, July 29.The distribution was held at the Provincial Capitol Grounds in the presence of Board Member Agustin Ernesto Bascon.The beneficiaries were from the cities of Victorias, Bago, Himamaylan, Kabankalan and Sipalay, and the towns of San Enrique, Hinigaran, La Castellana, Candoni, and Cauayan.The activity was spearheaded by the Special Programs and Concerns Division headed by Jose Maria Amugod.*

The Victorias City Alliance of Tricycle Owners and Drivers Association (VCATODA) recently received financial assistance for members who are direly hit by the pandemic so they can start alternative livelihood activities.Javier “Javi” Benitez of Asenso Victorias met with the association officers and turned over the P 200,000 financial aid for a group of tricycle owners and drivers of Victorias City, a press release said.“The transport sector in Victorias is one of the most affected during the pandemic,” Benitez said.Since the Covid-19 pandemic started more than a year ago, the drivers shared that there are fewer passengers and their daily income has been greatly affected.There was a time when they could not go out to ply their routes because restrictions and health protocol g...

Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva (Negros Occidental, 2nd District) allocated P1.12 million worth of scholarships to the first three batches of the first ever “School Heads Academy” program of the Department of Education- Sagay City Division that aims to train public school teachers to become school leaders.The partnership was inked through a memorandum of agreement signed by Cueva, DepEd-Sagay Acting Superintendent Arlene Bermejo, and Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology president Renante Egcas at Vito National High School on July 15, a press release from Sagay City said Monday, July 26.The “School Heads Academy” is a first of its kind program in the city that aims to institutionalize a platform to formally train and prepare aspiring public school teachers in Sagay to becom...

Thirty Sagay City government employees received review subsidy for the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Computerized Exam for Professional and Sub Professional levels scheduled in September.The subsidy covers 84-hour review sessions with a competent reviewer, and payment for the CSC examination fee including the travelling expenses during the examination day, a press release from Sagay City said..A pre-test was initially conducted to show their baseline knowledge level and to help them focus their subsequent learning for weaker areas.The program was spearheaded by the Human Resource Management Office.Sagay City Mayor Alfredo D. Marañon III said “we are giving better opportunity and necessary support to non-eligible employees who worked equally hard for many years. He stressed...

The province of Negros Occidental is supporting the celebration of the first World Drowning Prevention Day.Drowning is an issue that affects every nation of the world. According to the World Health Organization, around 236,000 lives are lost to drowning every year. Thus, the United Nations General Assembly has approved the first ever resolution on Drowning Prevention. An opportunity to raise awareness on the importance of drowning prevention to reduce preventable deaths.In the previous years, the provincial government of Negros Occidental conducted Basic Water Safety, Rescue, and Life Guarding Trainings through the initiative of the Provincial Tourism Office in partnership with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office and the Philippine Lifesaving Society.The tr...

The Negrense Volunteers for Change (NVC) has launched a worldwide ‘Write to Fight Hunger’ essay writing contest.The essay writing contest is open to young writers aged 9 to 18 years old from all over the world, NVC president Millie Kilayko said Friday, July 23.“It is National Nutrition Month in the Philippines and we wanted to kick off a special project to feed Mingo Meals” to more kids, she said.Mingo Meals produced by NVC are nutritious instant complementary food made of rice, mongo (mung beans), and malunggay (moringa) that it provides to undernourished children.Judges will determine the top five essays. They will then be posted on NVC Foundation’s Facebook page and people can vote for their favorite essay, Kilayko said.The essay with the most number of votes wins, s...

Rep. Francisco Benitez (center) with Mayor Gerry Rojas (right) and Vice Mayor Johnny Reosura at the blessing of the ambulances for Murcia.*Five new ambulances were recently turned over by the Department of Health regional office to the Third District of Negros Occidental, Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez said Thursday, July 22.Murcia and EB Magalona got two ambulances each and Victorias City received one.Benitez, who facilitated the release of the ambulances, said they are a big boost to the delivery of health programs and services especially in the far-flung communities of the Third District.The turn-over program was held at the Western Visayas Sanitarium in Barangay Inangayan, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo, with the DOH Western Visayas Center for Health Development represented by ...

CHMSC president Norberto Mangulabnan and TUP president Jesus Rodrigo TorresThe Carlos Hilado Memorial State College and the Technological University of the Philippines signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in a ceremony held on July 16 at the Function Hall, Green Building, CHMSC Talisay campus.This is to promote friendship, cooperation, and advance their shared vision and common goals.As stated in the MOA, there will be exchanging/sharing of academic information, publications, and expertise.Also, conducting joint research, extension and community development, advocacy, and training, as well as providing internship, on-the-job training, and professional development opportunities were also declared.In a welcome remark given, Rhoderick Samonte said that this pandemic is n...

Asenso Party leaders from all 26 barangays of Victorias City in Negros Occidental received 50-inch smart television sets from Javier “Javi” Benitez Friday that will be used for the Asenso Party convention, a first in Metro 3rd and in the province, on Saturday, July 17.The virtual party convention will tackle the identification of candidates for the 2022 local election in the city and is designed to give access to all leaders to participate in the process of naming the most qualified to the party slate, Benitez said in a press release.“It is time for our Asenso leaders to have a bigger stake in the political decision-making process,” Benitez said.He also stressed that the process of getting all leaders to participate in party activities further strengthens party unity.“The d...