Tag: Bacolod
Pay RPT early, avail of 20% discount, Bacolod CTO urges
City PIO photoThe Land Tax Division of the Bacolod City Treasurer’s Office is encouraging taxpayers to settle their real property tax early to avail of the 20 percent discount on advanced payment.The CTO will limit the number of clients that they will serve starting Dec. 1 in observance of the minimum health protocols set by local government and the national IATF to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Acting City Treasurer Arlene Memoria announced Tuesday, November 23.The CTO – LTD will accept advanced RPT payments from Dec. 1 to 31 at the 3rd floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Sundays, Memoria said in a press release.The CTO will also be open on Dec. 4, 11 and 18 (Saturdays) and on Dec. 8 and 30 (non-working holidays) to accommodate taxpayers, ...
Be ready for bigger things to come, Leonardia tells city folk, business
City PIO photoMayor Evelio Leonardia has called on members of the City Development Council, including business leaders and Bacolodnons in general, to be ready for better and bigger things to come with the goodwill and positive image resulting from the recent declaration of Bacolod as the Most Business-Friendly Local Government Unit for 2021 outside of Metro Manila.Speaking before the council Monday, Leonardia, the concurrent CDC chairman, was upbeat as he expressed confidence that the city will get back on track, under the new normal, and pursue greater economic progress after the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday awarded the LGU the most prestigious award it won in 2007 when he was also mayor."I hope that with this now, we had set our standards high and l...
Capitol requires S-PaSS, Diaz, Ang dispute erupts
Capitol and City PIO photosThe Negros Occidental provincial government will continue to require all incoming passengers at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City to register for an S-PaSS prior to travelling to the province to protect Negros and Bacolod residents from another COVID-19 surge, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Monday, November 22.Even Bacolod residents should obtain an S-PaSS since the airport is in Silay City that is part of Negros Occidental, he said.Emergency Operations Center – Task Force Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang on Sunday said that an S-PaSS is no longer required for fully-vaccinated Bacolod-bound passengers travelling by land, sea or air.Diaz said National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) Resolution 101 states the S-PaSS or Safe, Swi...
Bacoleño gold medal awardee for topping worldwide CMA exam
A University of Saint La Salle 2009 magna cum laude accounting graduate is the Institute of Certified Management Accountants Gold Medal Awardee for garnering the highest score in the United States Certified Management Accounting (CMA) examination.The awardee is Rodrigo Casiano Jr., 33, of Brgy Estefania, Bacolod City, who took the two-part CMA examination at an authorized testing center in Makati City in May and June.“This is similar to our local CPA, but this one is a global certification”, said Casiano, who now works for Accenture in Manila.He currently has no plans of working abroad or in the in the Unites States, but topping the CMA examination “will come in handy later if an opportunity comes”, he said.“A CMA certification is recognized globally. If I move abroad or to...
USLS limited face-to-face classes for nursing, medical students start
The University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod City reopened its campus Monday, November 22, for limited face-to-face classes for nursing and medical students.Anamae Quezon, USLS College of Nursing limited face-to-face classes focal person, said the students adhered to the mandatory health requirements so they could participate in the face-to-face instruction. This includes full vaccination against COVID-19 and submission of their health declaration forms.The school clinic will not give them clearance if they show COVID-like symptoms, she added.On November 8, the Commission on Higher Education in Western Visayas granted a certificate of authority to USLS after it complied with the requirements of the CHED and Department of Health (DOH) under a Joint Memorandum Circular effect...
Negros Muscuvados naga handa na para sa Chooks-to-go MPBL basketball tournament
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Nilibo nag upod sa unity caravan para sa kandidatura ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ez-HUSu2jI&live=1[/embedyt]Gikan sila sa nagkalain lain nga mga banwa kag siudad sa Negros Occidental… Kag gikan sa nagkalain lain nga sektor pero may isa ka kandidato nga luyag suportahan para sa 2022 elections…Si anay senador Ferdinand Marcos Jr.Suno sa kay Aurora Blanca, chairman sang Silent Majority BBM 2022 indi sila kilalahay pero pinaagi sa mga ginpang himo nga mga group chats, naka plano sila nga magpatigayon sang isa ka unity caravan.Ini para man mapa bati ang ila nga tingug nga ila gina suportahan si Marcos Jr.Ang caravan sa norte nag sugod sa Talisay City, kag sa Bago City kag Barangay Pahanocoy naman sa Bacolod ang sa sur.Ginlibot nila ang mga mayor nga dalanon sa bacolod kag nagtabo ang gikan sa norte kag sa sur sa...
SPaSS gina require gihapon sang Negros Occidental sa mga nagapinauli nga pasahero bisan pa wala na ini gina require sa Bacolod
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Photo of the Day (November 22, 2021)
FIGHT VS. COVID. Persons deprived of liberty at the Kabankalan City Bureau of Jail Management and Penology get their COVID-19 vaccine shots.*Capitol photo