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Seventeen scholarship grantees who belong to the Batch 4 of the Provincial Government’s Dualtech Scholarship Program will leave the province next week, to study a two-year Electro Mechanics Technology at Dualtech Training Center in Laguna.The scholars are out-of-school youth from the different cities and municipalities of the province who qualified for the said scholarship, a press from the Capitol said today, February 16.Under the program, students will be taught basic skills, industrial skills, personal development, along with lessons on digital electronics and basic automation, it said.The technical-vocational scholarship program seeks to produce high quality electromechanic technicians in response to a growing demand both domestically and abroad.The group had their fina...

City PIO photoFourteen barangays of Bacolod have received 1,000 grocery packs from 7-Eleven, an international chain of convenience stores, through its PhilSeven Foundation, at rites at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) Monday, February 15.Mayor Evelio Leonardia received the grocery packs on behalf of the City, in a ceremonial turnover at the BCGC Lobby. The grocery packs were then turned over to barangay captains for distribution to charitable institutions and beneficiary families, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.The recipient barangays were 17, 18, 30, 31, Alangilan, Alijis, Banago, Cabug, Felisa, Granada, Mansilingan, Sum-ag, Taculing, and Tangub.Leonardia said the grocery items will be highly appreciated by the beneficiaries. “It w...

Capitol photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of P630,000 in medical and shelter assistance, social pensions, and centenarian awards in Candoni, Negros Occidental, Thursday, February 11.The activity was held at Barangay West Covered Court in time with the town’s fiesta celebration.Fifty residents received P5,000 each in shelter assistance, 50 senior citizens received P3,000 each in social pension, ten beneficiaries were given P3,000 each in medical assistance and two centenarians received P100,000 each, a press release from the Capitol said.The beneficiaries of the shelter assistance are informal settlers who were affected by municipal construction and road widening projects.Present in the activity were Negros Occidental Board Member Jeffrey Tubola, Candoni...

Capitol photoA seminar-workshop aimed at defining the new normal operating practices, health protocols, and policies for the Negros Occidental Provincial Government’s Economic Enterprise Development Department (EEDD) was held Wednesday, February 10, at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City.The participants, who were all EEDD personnel, were trained on how to operate business and conduct public transactions under the new normal set by the Department of Tourism (DOT), a press release from the Capitol said.Cristine Mansinares of the DOT Region VI, who is also the province’s former tourism office head, led the conduct of the workshop.The provincial government manages three enterprises - the Negros Residences and Food Terminal Market in Bacolod City, and the Mambukal Resort Murc...

Florencia Santillan of Bago City receives her P100,000 and Centenarian Certificate from Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office OIC Merle Garcia.*Capitol photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson handed P100,000 each and Certificates of Centenarian Awards to five Negrense centenarians in Bago and Kabankalan cities, and Valladolid town, Tuesday, February 9.The centenarians are Pilar Pacite, Florencia Santillan, Arsenio Pinasas Sr., Telesforo Andres, and Cristituto Calog, a press release from the Capitol said.Lacson and Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office OIC Merle Garcia were welcomed by the LGU officials led by Mayor Pedro Zayco Jr. in Kabankalan City, and families of the centenarians.The governor has been visiting the centenarian a...

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Board Members Andrew Montelibano and Agustin Ernesto Bascon, and the barangay captains after the turn over of checks for barangay projects at the Capitol, today, February 8.*Capitol photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson turned over checks worth P15,950,000 to barangays in the cities of Talisay, Silay, Himamaylan, La Carlota, and Sipalay, and the municipalities of Manapla, Murcia, Pulupandan, Moises Padilla, Isabela, Binalbagan, La Castellana, Ilog, Cauayan, and Hinoba-an.The checks were received by barangay captains at the turn over ceremony at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, today.Among the projects were acquisition of multi-purpose vehicles, construction of multi-purpose hall, rehabilitation of health center, clearing of drainage system, purchase...

Capitol photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz led the turn over of barangay insurance benefits worth P830,000 to beneficiaries from the different districts of Negros Occidental at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City today, February 2.The checks were received by the families of tanods, punong barangays, kagawads, and barangay employees, insured under the provincial government’s Barangay Insurance Program for Barangay Tanods and Barangay Officials and Employees, a press release from the Capitol said.Lacson expressed his condolences to the families, and said he hopes it could help ease some of their financial burdens.The governor also advised them to continue practicing health and safety protocols in their respective communities in the m...

Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government has allocated P30,000 each in funeral assistance to 36 Capitol employee-beneficiaries.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, and Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees (PACE) president, Renelo Lastierre led the distribution of the assistance at rites held at the Capitol Social Hall, today, February 1.The funeral assistance program was initiated by PACE to help alleviate the difficulty of bereaved families of Capitol employees, who lost a family member, a press release from the Capitol said.Lacson said that it is a way of remembering and showing gratitude for the service rendered to Negros Occidental by colleagues in public service.*

The local government of Moises Padilla is set to build a food court this month at the town public market, with Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo leading the groundbreaking ceremony on January 29.The P3.7 million food court is sourced from the local government’s funds and has a floor area of 390 square meters with 12 stalls for its first phase, which is expected to be completed in May, while another 120 square meter floor area and four more stalls will be added in the second phase.The food court was designed by the town’s market supervisor, Jacinto Aurelio, who is also an engineer, and Engineer Edilberto Sait Jr.*