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The Bago City Junior League Softball Team champions with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.*The Bago City Junior League Softball Team athletes, who recently won the 2023 Junior League Softball World Series championship in the United States, were given a hero’s welcome on their return to Negros Occidental on Friday, August 18.Upon arriving at the Bacolod-Silay International Airport in Silay City, they joined a motorcade to the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City to pay a courtesy call to Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson.The team represented the Asia-Pacific Region and defeated the USA team, 3-0, in the final’s match of the 12 to 14 age category in Kirkland, Washington on August 5.This is the second time the Philippines brought home the title after twenty years.Lacson con...

Olivia Villaflores Yanson, matriarch of the Yanson Group of Bus Companies*The University of Negros Occidental - Recoletos in Bacolod City will confer a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management (Honoris Causa) on Olivia Villaflores Yanson on August 30.It will be bestowed on Yanson, matriarch of the Yanson Group of Bus Companies, in recognition of her manifold contributions in the world of business.The conferment will be led by university president Fr. Joel Alve.Yanson has also been a recipient of the 2001 First Hamiling Bayawanon Award in the Field of Business and Entrepreneurship, the 2006 Oriental Negrense Award for Outstanding Achievement in Social Entrepreneurship, the 2007 Signum Lasallianum (Award of Excellence), the 2007 Go Negosyo Outstanding Negrense in the fie...

The 1st Sugar and Smiles Festival will be launched at the Northwing Activity Center of SM City Bacolod, September 15 to 17.The theme for this year’s maiden edition is “Solidarity and Diversity in the Philippines’ Premier Agri Industry.”Co-presented by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), Sugarsmiles Philippines Management Inc. (SPMI), and the SM Group, the 1st Sugar and Smiles Festival will bring together various stakeholders and market players to work for the overall success of the sugar industry, Festival Director Benjie Torre said Friday, August 18.Participating in the festival are the National Federation of Sugarcane Planters, Confederation of Sugar Producers’ Associations, and United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines, he said.SRA Administrator Pablo S...

Malapit sa 300 ka mga empleyado sang banwa sang Moises Padilla ang ginpaidalom sa drug test kag tanan nag negatibo.Ginpaidalom ang mga empleyado sang munisipyo sa isa ka surprise drug test bilang parte sang Drug free workplace Policy sang banwa. Malapit sa 300 ka empleyado - regular, casual, kag job order - ang gin test kahapon nga adlaw.May ara nalang sang indi magdamo sa 20 nga empleyado ang wala na test, bangud naka leave ukon yara sa official business travel.

The official Cadiz City government Facebook page was hacked on Wednesday, August 16.“Bilis Cadiz Ugyon Cadiznon”, which has about 77,000 followers was hacked and the administrator of the social media page had no access to it since Wednesday night, Lyn Regodos of the Cadiz City Investments and Promotion Office said on Thursday.The Investments and Promotions Office of Cadiz City manages “Bilis Cadiz Ugyon Cadiznon” page.The page where Cadiz City public service announcements are posted contained movie clips and short videos not related to Cadiz City on Thursday.However, late Thursday night it appeared like the administrator of the page had recovered control and had removed the unwanted posts.Regodos said they reported the hacking to Facebook to recover their page.*

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson with some of the recipients of the farm animals and feeds in Dancalan, Ilog.*Richard Malihan photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of livestock and poultry to farmers of the 6th District of Negros Occidental, which are part of the P36.5 million Typhoon Odette rehabilitation program for the province, at rites held in Dancalan, Ilog, on Thursday, August 17.He also distributed 12,000 doses of hog cholera vaccines for pig raisers of the 6th District that are part of the 74,000 doses purchased by the provincial government.The rehabilitation program is a joint undertaking of the Department of Agriculture and the Negros Occidental provincial government to replace the livestock and poultry lost during Typhoon Odette to enable affected animal raiser...

Negros Occidental is only 84 percent rice sufficient.*Ronnie Baldonado photoNegros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has made it clear that there will be no rice supply shortfall in the country this year but the challenge will be how to keep the prices down.Consumers have been complaining that rice prices in Bacolod City markets have gone as high as P10 more a kilo.“The president was very clear that there will be no rice shortfall, if we’re short of production the next resort will be to import,” he said Thursday, August 17.Negros Occidental is 84 percent rice sufficient so it will definitely need rice to come in, Lacson said.“Bringing rice prices down is a challenge right now although I know the president is trying to really bring i...

Former Negros Occidental Gov. Isidro Zayco *Former Negros Occidental Gov. Isidro Zayco debunked speculation that he plans on running for mayor of Kabankalan City in 2025.Zayco, who had also served as mayor of Kabankalan City, was seen with Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson during the distribution of assistance to farmers of the 6th District in Dancalan Ilog, on Thursday, August 17.He had gone to Dancalan to speak with the governor and was surprised that he was asked to deliver a speech, Zayco said.The former governor said was just joking when told the crowd he would run for office if pushed by the people.Zayco told the crowd to support Lacson for a third term as governor and kept them in stitches with his jokes.*

One of two Asenso Yuhum housing buildings at Arao Vista Alegre expected to be completed in October.* Mayor Albee Benitez FB page photoMayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said the city government has tapped two more contractors to hasten the construction of the 10,000 Asenso Yuhum housing units in Bacolod City.Two of ten four-story buildings with about 100 housing units each at Arao Vista Alegre are already halfway up and are expected to be completed in October, he said Thursday, August 17.The WRS contractor tasked with constructing the ten buildings at Arao plans to put an activity center and a swimming pool in the middle, Benitez said.The buildings will be built on 50 percent of the 6-hectare property allotted for the housing units so that residents will have open spaces, he sa...

Johnrey Castino, 19. said he was conscience stricken and regrets what happened.*CPG photoThe second of three suspects in the brutal killing of Binalbagan Catholic College (BCC) teacher Tony Lazaga, was arrested in Barangay Tinongan, Isabela, 3 p.m. Thursday, August 17, Maj. Randy Babor, Binalbagan police chief, said.Arrested was John Paulo Fernandez, 21, of Binalbagan town, Negros Occidental, he said.Negotiations are ongoing for the surrender of the third suspect, Babor added.Hours after Lazaga was killed in Brgy. San Pedro, Binalbagan, the Binalbagan police arrested, Johnrey Castino, 19.Babor said based on their investigation all three suspects took part in the stabbing of Lazaga, who sustained 16 stab wounds.Robbery with homicide charges will be filed against all ...