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Unveiling of the building’s marker by Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas and Vice Mayor Johnny Reosura*The Murcia Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) formally inaugurated its newly-constructed two-storey building with high-tech conference hall in the second floor and floor-to-ceiling CCTV monitors at the ground floor.Murcia Mayor Victor Gerardo Rojas spearheaded the blessing and inauguration Friday, May 28, together with Vice Mayor Johnny Reosura, Sangguniang Bayan Members, MDRRMO head Vicente Leonida and other department heads of the town, a press release said.“I am glad that the MDRRMO now has its own permanent building, which serves as a command center and 24/7 monitoring center of the more than 80 CCTV cameras in strategic places around the town proper. T...

The offices of Provincial Environment and Natural Resources-Negros Occidental (PENRO) and Community Environment and Natural Resources-Bago City (CENRO) conducted a Key Informant Interview (KII) with the component barangays of Bago River Watershed on May 25-28.Sixteen out of 32 barangays in Murcia and Bago City have completed the activity, while the remaining barangays will continue in the coming weeks.The KII targeted at least 35 residents living along the Bago River and its tributaries and hopes to gather data on the community’s adaptive capacity to flooding and soil erosion incidents.The data will be incorporated in the Integrated Watershed Management Plan which will help policy-makers and the Department formulate regulations, projects and interventions that are both time-sen...

Personnel from the Community Support Program Team of the 32nd Civil Military Operations Company under the operational control of 303rd Infantry Brigade provided security assistance to Guihulngan Cityl farmers during the Department of Agrarian Reform's check distribution at the Old Market in Brgy. Poblacion, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, on May 26.A total of 198 farmers received P1.1 million as cash-aid subsidy from the office of the Department of Agriculture, a press release from the Army said.It was attended by Guihulngan City Vice Mayor Ernesto Reyes, Sangguniang Panglungsod member Melbourne Bustamante, City Veterinary Doctor Niño Perez, Philippine Crop Insurace Corp. headed by Rene Ardiña, City Agricuturist Roberto Bustamante, Joel Cadiz, representative from Department of Ag...

The Level 2 Water System in Barangay Kapitan Ramon, Silay City in Negros OccidentaL was recently inaugurated with Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Neg, Occ., 3rd District) and Silay Mayor Mark Golez.The P 5 million Level 2 Water Supply System or facility is composed of a source, a reservoir, a piped distribution network with adequate treatment facility and communal faucets. It has a capacity of 4,000 liters and serves 300 households in Barangay Kapitan Ramon.Also present at the inaugural rites were former senator JV Ejercito, Department of Public Works and Highways District Engineer Abraham Villareal, Silay City Councilors Edwin John Dennis Velez, Andrew John Penuela, Lyndon Bernardo, Ramon Celebre, Henry Belleza, and Punong Barangay Ronnie Aguirre.*

Rep. Francisco Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) led the inauguration of the P47 million Malisbog Bridge in Barangay E. Lopez, Silay City, Tuesday, May 25.The Malisbog Bridge spans 60 lineal meters or an area of 791.8 square meters, a press release said.Benitez cited the joint effort of the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Silay City government, Barangay E. Lopez, the people of the community, the contractors, and the Congressional Office for making possible the construction of Malisbog Bridge.Underscoring the importance of the bridge in connecting people to other communities, facilities and economic activities, he also stressed how such linkages make a difference in people’s lives.It eases the transport of people and goods, he said.Benitez was joined...

San Miguel Corporation’s power unit is set to plant 1.1 million seedlings this year as part of its seven-year upland and mangrove forest rehabilitation initiative covering 4,000 hectares of land that has expanded to more than seven provinces in the country.It involves the rehabilitation of 2,800 hectares of upland forests and 1,204 hectares of mangrove forests in Negros Occidental, Pangasinan, Zambales, Bataan, Bulacan, Quezon, Albay, and Davao Occidental, a press release from SMC said Tuesday, May 25.The program, dubbed “Project 747” and spearheaded by SMC Global Power Holdings Corp., was first launched in 2019 and has so far planted 1,994,988 seedlings and propagules over 620 hectares of land as of December 2020, it said.It brings together employee volunteers and partner farm...

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and the representatives of the recipient schools at at the turnover rites.*Richard Malihan photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson turned P38,350,000 in checks to the Department of Education – Division of Negros Occidental, Neg. Occ. High School (NOHS), and Neg. Occ. National Science High School (NONSHS) Monday, May 24, for the implementation of Special Education Fund Projects in public schools in the province.The checks were received by the district supervisors under DepEd - Division of Negros Occidental and other school beneficiaries, at the turn over ceremony held at the Capitol Grounds in Bacolod City.The district schools of Moises Padilla, Don Salvador Benedicto, San Enrique, Murcia, Pontevedra, EB Magalona, Valladolid, Toboso, Hinigaran, and Ilog received P...

ChuaMore than 2,000 employees and service providers under Victorias Milling Co. Inc. are scheduled to be inoculated against COVID-19 in the coming months as the vaccines are expected to arrive by June.VMC President Minnie Chua said they have already submitted the names of their employees who agreed to sign-up for vaccination, including those who are not directly employed by the company but are outsourced.Chua said that “the safety and well-being of our people will always be our top priority. As such, the vaccination program is necessary to protect their employees and their families from getting severely affected when infected by the virus. The program will also help in restoring normalcy in our operations and allow us to continue serving our planters”.“We’ve had a few emplo...