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May42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Capitol gives aid to displaced OFWs

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 ...

May42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

DILG secretary lauds Bacolod on response versus Covid-19

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Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año has commended the functional and efficient response efforts of Bacolod City against COVID-19 through its Emergency Operations Center."The DILG commends the efforts of the local government of Bacolod City in ensuring the functionality and efficiency of its EOC," Año said in his letter to Mayor Evelio Leonardia dated April 26, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said Tuesday, May 4.“It is heartwarming to receive this commendation, which is richly deserved by our government workers and volunteers working so hard at the EOC and its various service clusters”, Leonardia said.“While Secretary Año was primarily referring to how we contained the spike in COVID cases during those critical days last September 2020, it is still ...

May42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Davao mayor donates RT-PCR machine to Bacolod

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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...

May42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod college student wins Smart’s grand prize

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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...

Apr302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

PHOTO STORY | Merzci cares

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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.

Apr272021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Tia Nuca community pantry up

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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...

Apr62021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Raffle on to raise funds for indigents’ ambulance

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Charity Diva Token Lizares is appealing to the public to purchase raffle tickets to help pay for an ambulance being used for sick indigents under the care of the Servants of Mary in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City.“We live dedicated to the care of the sick, serving them through our charity clinic in Handumanan, and visiting them in their own homes,” Sister Carmen Piña, superior of the Servants of Mary community, said Tuesday, April 6.They not only care for the physical health of the sick, but also attend to their psychological, spiritual and social needs and of their family members, she 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 seek medical services,”...

Apr62021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

COVID-hit policemen get aid

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BCPO photosThe Police Regional Office 6 headed by Brig. Gen. Rolando Miranda has extended financial assistance to the seven policemen in Bacolod City Police Office who were hit by coronavirus.The financial aid amounting to P6,000 each was handed to the police personnel in rites held at the city police headquarters recently.The initiative was hailed by the personnel as it helped their expenses.*

Apr62021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

IRCC increasing anti-fraud efforts in Philippines

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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is increasing its resources in its Manila office to combat fraudulent activities as IRCC Minister Marco Mendicino has identified the Philippines as one of three countries where there is rampant immigration fraud.The other two countries identified are India and China.Peter Liang, Communications Advisor, IRCC Communications, said IRCC is also working on risk assessment efforts, adding that it “has worked with fellow Migration Five (M5) countries UK, U.S., Australia and New Zealand on coordinated social media campaigns to address fraud.”IRCC anti-fraud activities in the Philippines also included outreach sessions to engage applicants and make them aware of their rights and protect themselves from fraud, Liang added.Similarly,...

Apr52021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Lacson releases P6M for barangay projects

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Capitol photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed P6 million in checks for the implementation of various projects in the different barangays of Negros Occidental Monday, April 5.The activity was held at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City attended by the punong barangays and LGU authorized representatives.The beneficiary barangays were Brgy. 5, San Carlos City; Brgys. Banquerohan, Mabini, Daga, and Zone 6, Cadiz City; Brgy. Guinhalaran, Silay City; Brgy. Burgos, Pontevedra; Brgys. Zone 4, Zone 1A, Zone 4A, Mabini, and Palaka Norte, Pulupandan; Brgys. Sag-ang and Nato, La Castellana; Brgys. 4 Poblacion and Sikatuna, Isabela; Brgys. Pinggot, Ilog; Brgy. Banga, Candoni; and Brgys. Orong and Tabugon, Kabankalan City, a press release from the Capitol said.The projects includ...