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Mar102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Lacson appeals to Cebu guv to lift ban on Neg. Occ. pork

Gov. Eugenio Jose Laccson said on Friday, March 10, that he has appealed to Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia to lift the ban on the entry of Negros Occidental pork and pork related products into Cebu province.Negros Occidental remains a green zone or an African Swine Fever (ASF) -free province, he pointed out.Lacson said he is still waiting for the reply of the Cebu governor.The ban has affected large shipments from Negros to Cebu and neighboring areas, which has affected Negrense hog raisers financially, Lacson said.He said the hog raisers have had to sell their products to Metro Manila at lower prices.Garcia had issued Executive Order No. 9, Series of 2023, declaring a temporary ban on the entry of pork products from Negros Island.“There is no definite basis to or reason to ...

Mar102023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

SSS issues orders to 14 non compliant employers

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Social Security System (SSS) personnel visited non-compliant employers during their Run After Contribution Evaders (RACE) Campaign in the cities of San Carlos, Canlaon and Sagay in Negros recently, and ordered them to pay their delinquencies.The SSS San Carlos and Sagay branches served written orders to 14 employers for non-remittance ofcontributions and non-submission of the monthly collection list, the SSS announced on Friday, March 10.SSS Vice President for Visayas West 1 Division, Lilani Benedian, reiterated the legal obligations of the employers as mandated by Republic Act No. 11199 or Social Security Act of 2018.Employers who were subjected to the operation were given 15 days to respond to the written notice by visiting the SSS San Carlos or Sagay branch for settlement of...

Mar102023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Pag-IBIG Board approves contribution hike postponement

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The Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees officially approved the postponement of the agency’s contribution hike in 2023, citing the continuing recovery of both workers and business owners from the pandemic, its top officials announced Monday (06 March).Secretary Jose Rizalino L. Acuzar, who heads the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and the 11-member Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees, said that they unanimously approved the recommendation of the Pag-IBIG Fund Management to defer the hike in the monthly contributions of its members in 2023 – affirming pronouncements made by the agency earlier this year – and move the implementation by one year to January 2024.The deferment also applies to the share of their employers, a press release from Pag-IBIG said Friday, March 10...

Mar102023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Teleperformance supports youth education for talent-building

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Teleperformance, the global leader in outsourced customer and citizen experience management and related digital services, recently announced the annual results of its sustainability initiative to support children’s education.Through various partnerships Teleperformance, which has a branch in Bacolod, has supported around 10,000 young people to become future business services professionals.The company has partnered with universities, student organizations, government and industry institutions to help develop and hone the talents of young people, a press release from Teleperformance said.In Negros Occidental, Teleperformance has partnered with the Negros Occidental Language Information Technology Center, where graduates of NOLITC and its associated institutions are given priority...

Mar102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Imported sugar classified as ‘C’, charges filed against smugglers

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Senator Imee Marcos, Agriculture Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista and Sugar Board Member Paul Azcona (l-r) at a press conference at the Yanson private beach resort in Talisay City on Thursday.*Sugar Board Member Paul Azcona said of the 440,000 metric tons of refined sugar allowed to be imported only about 38,000 MT has entered the country, which has been classified as “C” or reserve.As the farmers’ representative on the Sugar Board he is trying his best to ensure that there is no flood of imported sugar into the domestic market, said Azcona, who joined Senator Imee Marcos at a press conference in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, on Thursday.However, if sugar retail prices do not drop they may have to release some of the “C” sugar into the market, he said.He said the...

Mar102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Imee says NIR good idea; JV to set second hearing

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Senator Imee Marcos with Vallacar Transit matriarch Olivia Yanson and Valladolid Mayor Enrique Miravalles in Talisay City Thursday afternoon.*Senator Imee Marcos said on Thursday, March 9, that the proposed Negros Island Region sounds like a good idea but she still needs to study the bill seeking its creation."I haven't studied it completely but I've heard so much about it already. I don't think I'm in a position to say yes or no right now simply because I haven't looked at it carefully," she said at a press conference held at the private beach resort of of the Yanson family in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.“But it sounds like a good idea quite frankly because in this day and age you really have to group together to be able to negotiate better for goods and services from the ...

Mar102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Teves tagged as alleged mastermind; Culprits must be punished, Imee says

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The wake of slain Negros Oriental Governor Roel Ragay Degamo was transferred to the Negros Oriental Capitol in Dumaguete City on Thursday*No matter how influential or how powerful the persons behind the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo are, it is essential that the culprits should be punished, Senator Imee Marcos said on Thursday, March 9.Marcos, at a press conference in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, was responding to a report that one of the suspects in the Pamplona massacre had named Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr. (Neg. Or., 3rd District) as the mastermind.Degamo and eight others were killed, and 17 others were injured, when heavily armed men opened fire on them at the governor’s residence in Pamplona, Negros Oriental, on Saturday, March 4.“I heard that and...

Mar92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Silay availing of P1.4B loan for various projects: mayor

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Senator Imee Marcos accompanied by Mayor Joedith C. Gallego (1st and 2nd from left) distributed aid to indigent residents in Silay City on Thursday, March 9.*The Silay City government is availing of loans totaling P1.4 billion for its new city hall, college, public market, and a possible sports facility, Mayor Joedith C. Gallego said Thursday, March 9.Gallego said a P900 million loan from the Land Bank of the Philippines has been approved by the Silay Sangguniang Panlungsod and a Memorandum of Agreement has been signed.He said P300 million from the loan will be used for the construction of a city college and P300 million for a public market.The use of the remaining P300 million is still being determined, it was supposed to be for a sports complex or coliseum, Gallego said. ...

Mar92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Benitez: 4,000 jobs available to pump prime city’s economy

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Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez named the 4,000 jobs now available to Bacolodnons with the start of the construction of 10,000 Yuhum housing units in Bacolod City soon.More landowners are now offering their properties, some for free, for the mass housing program of the city, Benitez also said on Thursday, March 9.He said the 10,000 housing units for the city’s informal settler families (ISFs) is just the start, as the total target is 50,000 units.Benitez signed a contract with WRS Holdings and Pag-Ibig on Tuesday for the start of the first Pambansang Pabahay Program in the country.The private investor is putting in P2 billion for the project.He said the housing project will be the best pump priming industry for the city because it will decrease unemployment.It will a...

Mar92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

It’s up to Villarosa to reply to NBI charges: Benitez

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said it is the look out of Tangub barangay captain Noli Villarosa to respond to the complaint filed by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) against him for being an alleged “financier” of illegal Small Town Lottery (STL) operations.Benitez said he was surprised because he had no reports about that, but the NBI must have their basis for whatever their doing.It would be up to Villarosa to clear his name and prove it in the proper forum, he said.Benitez said barangay captains should not participate in anything that is illegal.The NBI filed criminal charges against Villarosa, and Kabankalan City barangay captains Franz Leonard Seguero and Joel Alibango and one alias Ma’am, NBI Bacolod Chief Renoir Baldovino said on Wednesday.NBI ...