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The book features food stories from the people of Negros Occidental, authored by Jo Anne V. Coruña.*The second edition of the book, “Halin sa Kusina”, was launched as part of this year’s Provincial Tourism Week celebration at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central Activity Center in Bacolod City on Thursday, September 22.The Food Crawl that showcased the delicacies from the different cities and municipalities of the Negros Occidental, was also held.The book features food stories from the people of Negros Occidental, authored by Jo Anne V. Coruña.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that the book is an excellent way to preserve heirloom recipes that can be passed down through generations.He also said that Negros Occidental is admittedly one of the prime food destinations in the Philip...

Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Jose Miguel Habana and Dr. Cristina Orbecido (l-r) cut the ribbon at the launching of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) computer shared laboratory*The Negros Occidental provincial government launched the first International English Language Testing System (IELTS) computer shared laboratory in the Visayas at its Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) in Bacolod City on Thursday, September 22.The IELTS shared laboratory will be operated by NOLITC in partnership with IDP Philippines.“We are proud to open the first shared lab in the Visayas that will provide computer-delivered IELTS exams,” Lacson said.This development, which makes IELTS more accessible, wil...

The 12-year-old who needs help.*A campaign is on to raise funds for the purchase of a small ventilator needed at the Siervas de Maria clinic for indigent patients in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City.They need to raise P180,000 for a ventilator that is urgently needed for a 12-year-old boy to survive, charity diva Token Lizares said on Thursday, September 22.Jeffrey Mayordomo Jr., 12, of Sipalay City is currently confined at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City after he fell from a parked truck and hit his head.The patient can eat, talk and is aware but cannot breathe when the ventilator he is currently on is removed, she said.The doctors are saying that even after he is released from the hospital he will need to be kept on a ventila...

Janiree Rubrico-Dacles*A resident of Bacolod was invited by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for cycling, to participate in the 1st Gravel World Championship in Venice, Italy, on October 8.Janiree Rubrico-Dacles, 29, of Brgy. Granada, Bacolod is slated to compete with other invited winning cyclists from 22 countries in the Women’s Open Elite Category after landing third place in a gravel cycling race last April in Bongabon, Nueva Ecija.Gravel racing became popular in recent years and it’s a cross between road and mountain bike racing which takes place on open gravel roads, dirt and singletracks. It is said that this competition is a true test of endurance and handling skills in the fastest time possible.Italy boasts of the most number of cyc...

The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod session*SP photoThe Bacolod City Health Office is expected to receive P6 million from the Department of Health for the completion/upgrade of its facility.The proposed memorandum of agreement between the city of Bacolod and the Department of Health-Western Visayas Center for Health Development represented by its director, Adriano Suba-an, for the transfer of P6 million for the completion/upgrading of CHO and the request for authority for Mayor Alfredo Benitez to sign the same was tackled during the Sangguniang Panlungsod regular session Wednesday, September 21.Councilor Al Victor Espino, chair of SP committees on laws, ordinances and good government, health and sanitation, accepted the proposal.The funding for the completion of the CHO will...

The grand prize of the MassKara Festival streetdance and arena competition in Bacolod City on October 23 will be P1 million, festival director Pinky Mirano Ocampo said Wednesday, September 21.The top prize for the Electric MassKara Float and Dance Off Competition on October 22 will be P300,000, she added.The streetdance and arena competition will be held at the Paglaum Stadium, while the Electric MassKara will be held at Megaworld’s Upper East and will proceed to the Bacolod City Government Center.The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Wednesday, September 21, also approved the allocation of P5.35 million for 30 barangays joining the two MassKara competitions.The 17 barangays of Bacolod City that will be joining the MassKara Streetdance and Arena competition will each g...

A City Prosecutor’s Office inquest resolution on Wednesday, September 21, found probable cause to file charges against a Bacolod resident for the illegal collection of Small Town Lottery bets without a permit.It was recommended that charges for violation of Republic Act 9287, an act increasing the penalties for illegal numbers games, be filed against Carlito Ausan Sanchez Sr.The National Bureau of Investigation arrested him for soliciting “STL” bets without the necessary permit at Sitio Sibucao, Purok Paraiso, Barangay Banago, Bacolod, on Tuesday, September 20, NBI Bacolod chief Renoir Baldovino said Wednesday.He said on September 15 the NBI received information that “bookies operators” were continuing to illegally collect bets and were using the results of Super Lucky Beagler ...

The 16 former rebels who surrendered to authorities in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, Tuesday, September 20.*303rd IB photoSixteen suspected rebels, including three ranking leaders of the New People’s Army, surrendered to the Guihulngan City Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and state troopers Tuesday, September 20, at rites held at Brgy Poblacion, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.The ceremonial declaration and turnover of the former rebels was spearheaded by Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander.Among those who surrendered were the commanding officer of the Sentro de Grabidad Platoon, a political instructor and a medical officer. They were part of the Central Negros 1, Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor (KR-NCBS) und...

Nagpadala sang mga water sampling ang Bacolod City Health Office para ma usisa ang kalidad sang tubig sa gina istaran sang 37 anyos nga babaye nga nagpositibo sa cholera.Suno kay City health officer Dr. Carmela Gensoli, ginapabaskog naman karon ang inspection kag pag-usisa sang environment sanitation division sang CHO sa mga water refilling stations sa mga kabarangayan.Ang makuha nila nga water specimen ang ginapadala sa Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital kag sa Negros Prawn Producers Cooperative Analytical and Diagnostic laboratory para ma usisa.Ginpasaka na sang siudad ang alert threshold kadungan sang pagpasanyug man sang CHO sang education campaign kontra sa cholera dugang pa diri nga nagasaka man karon ang kaso san...