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Jul102023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

NOLITC digital literacy training held for special needs persons

About 24 deaf and persons with special needs completed a digital literacy training at the Negros Occidental Language and Information and Technology Center in Bacolod City on Friday, July 7.This is a pioneer training of NOLITC in partnership with the Bacolod Integrated Deaf Association (BIDA) where they trained 19 deaf and five persons with special needs.NOLITC Administrator Ma. Cristina Orbecido said on Monday (July 10) that the digital literacy training is part of the digital inclusion advocacy of the center.“Beyond the conventional work offered to the deaf like massage, and cooking, among others, NOLITC wanted to introduce nontraditional skills such as technology-driven work and online or virtual jobs”, she said.She also said that a lot of companies are campaigning for in...

Jul102023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Former rebels undergo 15-day tech-voc course

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Former rebels underwent a 15-day technical-vocational course in Brgy. Poblacion, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, last week.The project was conducted by the Guihulngan City Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (GCTF-ELCAC) in collaboration with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and 62nd Infantry “Unifier” Battalion, a press release from the 62IB said.The former rebels underwent a 15-day tech-voc course on hilot (wellness massage) with national certificate II and graduated on July 6, it said.The course was participated in by 20 individuals, including the 10 former rebels and 10 participants from ELCAC barangays of Guihulngan City, previously cleared of Communist rebels, the 62IB said.All participants were trained and each of them ...

Jul102023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

NFA eyes partnering with Bago for better prices for rice farmers

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NFA-Negros Occidental acting branch manager Glenda Paz with Bago City Agriculturist Marvin John Blance discuss the PALLGU program.*The National Food Authority (NFA) -Negros Occidental is working on a partnership with Bago City to buy palay from local rice farmers at a premium amount.NFA-Negros Occidental Acting Branch Manager Glenda Paz told DIGICAST NEGROS on Monday, July 10, that they already met with the Bago City Agriculturist Marvin John Blance last week to lay down the proposal subject to the approval of Mayor Nicholas Yulo.This project is under the Palay Marketing Assistance Program for Legislators and Local Government Units (PALLGU) of NFA.Under the program, the legislators or local executives enter into a marketing agreement with NFA.After the agreement, the lo...

Jul92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Espina inducted governor of Rotary District 3850

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Outgoing governor John Michael Ng turns the gavel over to Rotary International District 3850 governor Maria Ester “Mate” Espina*Ronnie Baldonado photoThe need to put service above self and to create hope in the world were the key messages of the new governor of Rotary International District 3850 and a business leader who was a Paul Harris scholar.Maria Ester “Mate” Espina was inducted as governor of Rotary International District 3850 at rites held at the Acacia Hotel Convention Center in Bacolod City, Saturday night, July 8.Guest speaker at the event was Jose Antonio "John" Alonte, Jr. who is chairman, president, founder and/or part owner of BREDCO Port Services, Bacolod Reclamation and Port Development Corporation, Bacolod Harbor Tug Services, Acacia Hotel Bacolod and several ...

Jul92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros hog industry losses now P186.6M

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The Negros Occidental hog industry losses hit P186,633,250 on Sunday, July 9, the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) reported.The pig deaths in Negros Occidental from hog cholera, African swine fever and other diseases were at 16,361, with the bulk of the fatalities in the 4th District with 10,466.This has affected 3,546 pig raisers in 148 barangays in 19 out of 31 local government units in Negros Occidental, the PVO reported.*

Jul92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

5 potential investors expected at bulk water forum on Aug. 9

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Five potential investors are expected to join the Negros Occidental investor's forum for bulk water on August 9, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.The date of the forum was suggested by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and the provincial government consultants, Diaz said Sunday, July 9.The forum will be held face-to-face and online.“All the terms of reference (TOR) for the bidding of the Bulk Water Project will be discussed during the forum. The team will also answer questions from all interested private partners relative to the TOR,” he said.Expected to join are Aboitiz InfraCapital, Manila Water, Suez Water Technologies, Bulacan Bulk Water (San Miguel), and Genesis Water Technologies, Diaz said.*

Jul92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

‘Sugar buffer stock needed to absorb delay in milling’

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Sugar Order No. 7 authorizing the importation of an additional 150,000 metric tons (MT) of sugar will provide the country with a needed buffer stock, Manuel Lamata, United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) president, said Sunday, July 9.“UNIFED agrees with SO 7. The industry needs a buffer stock to absorb the one month delay in the harvest season…The 150,000 imported refined sugar is just enough for that”, he said.Lamata pointed out that harvesting of sugarcane will be delayed to September.“The reason behind this is with the one month delay in harvesting our sugarcane will be sweeter because it will be matured so there will be more sugar content. The president is doing the correct thing,” Lamata said.Enrique Rojas, National Federation of Sugarcane Planters president, said...

Jul92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Make sure heinous crimes in NegOr don’t happen again, Abalos tells PNP

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Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin C. Abalos Jr. flanked by Negros Oriental Governor Manuel L. Sagarbarria and Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo (left) on Saturday.*DILG photoSecretary of the Interior and Local Government Benjamin Abalos Jr. called on the Philippine National Police in Negros Oriental to make sure that incidents similar to the killing of Gov. Roel Degamo and nine others in Pamplona town on March 4 do not happen again.“For the men and women of the PNP, ang issue noon ay isang karumaldumal na akto, siguraduhin natin na hindi na mauulit ito (the issue then was a heinous act, let's make sure it doesn't happen again”, he said during his visit to the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, on Saturday, July 8.Abalo...

Jul92023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

NPA arms cache seized in Calatrava, Himamaylan

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The arms cache was buried in the ground in Sitio Bandul, Brgy. Maaslob, Calatrava.*79th IB photoThe Army discovered an arms cache allegedly owned by members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Bandul, Brgy. Maaslob, Calatrava town, Saturday morning, July 8.Personnel of the 79th Infantry “Masaligan” Battalion of the Philippine Army, Philippine National Police Special Action Force, Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company, and Calatrava police discovered an arms cache believed to be owned by the NPA, the police reported Sunday.They recovered an M-14 rifle with magazine, live ammunition, M-16 rifle magazines, Garand rifle clips, commercial radios, and subversive documents, the police said.Lt. Col. Arnel Calaoagan, 79th IB commander, commended the Masaligan trooper...

Jul92023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Police nab 9 persons, seize P256K in drugs

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The buy bust operation in Purok Season, Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod City, Sunday morning.*BCPO photoThe police arrested nine persons, including three brothers and live-in partners, and seized P256,292 worth of suspected shabu in a series of buy-bust operations in four cities and a town in Negros Occidental from Friday to Sunday, July 7 to 9.Brothers Jude, Jove, and Jose Dela Cruz, who are 27, 30, and 40 years old respectively, and live-in partners Abundio Castañeda, 31, and Rona Mae Dalisay, 24, were arrested in Purok Season, Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod City, in a buy-bust operation at 12:49 a.m., Sunday, July 9, the police reported.Confiscated were10 grams of suspected shabu estimated to cost P68,000, the police said.The suspects are detained at Bacolod City Police Station 8, PCpt. Me...