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Oct142022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Ejercito meets sugar leaders, seeks inputs to improve SIDA

Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito*Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito met with sugar leaders in Negros Occidental on Friday, October 14, to discuss how the Sugarcane Industry Development Act can be improved to make it more effective.“I’m frustrated because after its passage it seems nothing happened because of too much importation”, he said.“I am against too much sugar importation,” Ejercito said.The intention of the law was to aid the sugar industry to improve its production and competitiveness, he said.Ejercito said he met with leaders of the United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines and Confederation of Sugar Producers to get their recommendations.“We gave him some insights, talks are ongoing,” UNIFED president Manuel Lamata said.Ejercito said he is also a...

Oct142022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Neg. Occ. bans entry of pigs, pork products from Panay, Guimaras

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The ban was issued to protect Negros Occidental’s P6 billion pork industry.*Richard Malihan photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Friday, October 15, banned the entry of live pigs, boar semen, and pork products from Panay and Guimaras into Negros Occidental effective immediately.The ban was issued to protect Negros Occidental’s P6 billion pork industry.Lacson said he issued the ban following a report from the Provincial Veterinary Office of Iloilo on Thursday, October 13, that there is a suspected case of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Oton, Iloilo.“The incidence of ASF poses a great threat to the province, being one of the major producers and a gateway of live pigs being supplied to Luzon, Central and Eastern Visayas”, Lacson said.ASF is a highly contagious and deadly viral d...

Oct142022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Feminine Touch exhibit

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Nanette Milabo, Board Member Rita Gatuslao, Dolly Gatuslao, and Marie June Castro (l-r) at the opening of an all-female art exhibit "Women Strokes" at Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City Monday*The Feminine Touch artists launched a group art exhibit for-a-cause at the ground floor of the Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City, Monday that will run until October 19.Titled "Women Strokes", the show features the works of Dolly Gatuslao, Genevieve Abeto, Miriam Bayles, Doreen Dofitas, Sony Golez, Pablita Nava, Patty Jane Ong, Sandy Solinap, Svetlana Sevilleno, Konica Faustino, Chin Guanzon-Romorosa, and Chrysee Samillano.Genevieve Abeto, Svet Sevilleno, Pablita Nava, Patty Jane Ong, Nenette Milabo, Board Member Rita Gatuslao, Dolly Gatuslao, Sony Golez, Doreen Dofitas,...

Oct142022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Elemental Majica: A magical world

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Rafael Paderna's towering sculpture "Rock On."*This year’s art offering for the 43rd MassKara Festival from the artists’ community in the Orange Project is a mix of the unknown and the reality.“Elemental Majica” which opens its doors on Saturday, October 15, is the most in-depth and wide-range collaborative exhibition of over 60 artists who worked ceaselessly for months to transport art lovers to a world of magic through art installations, sculptures, paintings, music, dance and an interactive AI installation from foreign artists, among others.Guest artists Juliana and Andrey Vrady with Charlie Co and Bong Lopue (l-r).*At the helm of it are artists, Charlie Co and Bong Lopue, the men behind Orange Project that has nurtured and provided space for local artists for almost two...

Oct142022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Ceneco workers’ union awarded P30.82 million in CBA benefits

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Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez turned the check over to CURE president Stephanie L. Montaner*A check amounting to P30, 822, 095.95 was awarded to the CENECO Union of Rational Employees (CURE).Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez turned the check over to CURE president Stephanie L. Montaner in compliance to the resolution of the Case No. OS-AJ-2022-0207-0001 dated October 13.Rodriguez said he turned over the check for the immediate implementation of all economic provisions of the 2017-2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement between CENECO and CURE.Montaner said the order will benefit 348 CENECO employees and its retirees.*

Oct142022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Another encounter in Guihulngan, one suspected rebel killed

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Another encounter between the government and rebel forces transpired in Brgy.Calupaan, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental Thursday, October 13.The gun battle between the 62nd Infantry “Unifier” Battalion, and the New People’s Army lasted for two minutes.There was no casualty on the government side.The Army in a press statement claimed that there was at least one casualty from the enemy side, which was based recovery of one .45 mm pistol with one fully loaded magazine with live ammunition and one backpack with personal belongings.The Army is calling on the rebels, especially those who were wounded, to lay down their arms and go back to the fold of the law.*

Oct142022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Evacuees express concern over safety

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Evacuees at the Barangay Carabalan gym in Himamaylan City.Some evacuees at Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental have expressed concern over their safety.Barangay Carabalan chief Mildred Titular said only tanods are securing the area.She said that 192 families or 451 individuals are currently staying at the open village gym in the upland area.She also said that other residents don’t stay at the gym because it’s too hot.Sitio Sig-ang leader Melvin Parcon aid he was worried as they left their livelihood when they sought refuge, as he lamented what will happen to them if the situation continues. “Indi na ka trespaser (it could not sustain us),” he added.He said they initially thought that the gunfire was fireworks, but when the burst continued, they ...

Oct142022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Interviews with evacuees barred At Himamaylan evacuation center

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Media barred from entering the Cong. Agustin M. Gatuslao Memorial Center in Barangay 1, Himamaylan, on Thursday.*The evacuees in Himamaylan City have one common sentiment, they want to go back to their homes but are willing to wait, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Thursday, October 13.It has been a week since the evacuees left their homes following clashes between government and rebel forces in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, that began on October 6.Lacson, Mayor Raymund Tongson, Rep. Emilio Yulo III (Neg. Occ., 5th District), and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officials visited the evacuees at the Cong. Agustin M. Gatuslao Memorial Center in Barangay 1, Himamaylan, but the media was barred from entering the facility.Men manning the entrance said ...

Oct142022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Another hospital tapped for BACCHP

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Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital is the third private hospital tapped for BacCHP.*BQMC photoThe Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City has approved the proposed memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the City of Bacolod and a private hospital during its 15th session on Wednesday, October 12.Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital will soon sign a memorandum of agreement with the city to underpin the Bacolod City Comprehensive Care Program (BacCHP), which is a flagship project of Mayor Alfredo Benitez in his response to mitigate hospitalization conflicts he witnessed in public hospitals.It would be the third private hospital to strengthen the curative service of BacCHP for free hospitalization after the MOA signing with the Metro Bacolod Hospital and Medical Center and South Bacolod Gener...

Oct132022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Employment, economy in WV improving: NEDA

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, NEDA regional director Arecio Casing Jr. and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran (l-r) at the Regional Development Council meeting at L' Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City on Thursday, October 13.*National Economic and Development Authority OIC Regional Director Arecio Casing Jr. reported on Thursday, October 13, that the economy and employment rate of Western Visayas has improved, after a drop during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.However, for four consecutive weeks the prices of basic goods in Western Visayas have been higher than the national average as the inflation rate jumped to 7.4 percent in August 2022, Casing said in his State of the Region Address delivered during the Third Quarter Regional Development Council (RDC) meeting at L’ F...