Tag: Bacolod

Nov112021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Gasataya, Grace Pharmacy exec, give financial aid to Bacolodnons

Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya and philanthropist Ian Manuel Lo contributed funds to assist the 111 families of Purok Herbabuena, Circumferential Road, Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City, whose houses were demolished through a court order.Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya, Negros Grace Pharmacy president Ian Manuel Lo, and lawyer Mark Steven Mayo led the distribution of financial aid to Bacolodnons at the Brgy. Montevista covered court in Bacolod City on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 9 and 10.Gasataya’s office facilitated the release of the assistance for 1,000 Bacolodnons for medical and or burial assistance through the Department of Social Welfare and Development, a press release said.Each beneficiary received P5,000 for a total of P4.5 million from the government.Lo also gave P3,00...

Nov112021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

PSFI, DOH host gender sensitivity, HIV awareness assembly in Brgy. 2

Community

City PIO photoThe Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc. and the Department of Health hosted a youth assembly that centered on sensitive issues at the Barangay 2 Hall in Bacolod City today, Nov. 11.Barangay 2 officials and the Sangguniang Kabataan Council helped in organizing the gathering where speakers discussed HIV, teenage pregnancy and gender sensitivity, a press release from the Bacolod City Public Information Office said.“This is the very first barangay to come up with this assembly. This is very relevant, especially for our young adults. It is important because this is our reality. This is what is happening in our community today,” Mayor Evelio Leonardia said after he was welcomed by Barangay 2 Captain Imelda Banguanga.The city must face these pressing issues together, the...

Nov112021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Cebu-based coop extends loans to Bacolod, Murcia farmers, drivers

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City PIO photoA total of P990,000 in loan assistance was extended by the Cebu People’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative to 63 farmers and jeepney drivers in Bacolod and Murcia on Wednesday, November 10, at the Barangay Villamonte Gym in Bacolod City.The Agri-Negosyo Loan Program or ANYO, was launched by the cooperative in partnership with the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Credit Policy Council to help strengthen the food supply chain, small farmers and other grassroots stakeholders, a press release from the Bacolod City Public Information Office said.Thirty-three farmers, mostly from Barangays Alangilan and Mandalagan and Murcia town, received their loans alongside 30 jeepney drivers and operators plying the Central Market, Fortune Towne and Eroreco routes.The ANYO Loan...

Nov112021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

EOC releases vaccination schedules, pediatric rollout set in 10 new sites

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City PIO photoThe Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) will continue its vaccination drive at Ayala Malls Capitol Central, CityMall Goldenfields, CityMall Mandalagan, Gaisano City, Robinson's Place, SM City and Jollibee East on Friday, November 12.Em Legaspi Ang, EOC-TF executive director and COVID-19 Vaccination Council coordinator, also said that during the weekend, Bacolod will have vaccination operations at SM City, Ayala Malls and Jollibee East, which operates 24 hours.On Friday, another vaccination rollout for minors will be conducted in at least 10 sites: Barangays Mandalagan, Singcang-Airport, Vista Alegre, Handumanan Punta Taytay, Pahanocoy, Sum-ag, and Barangay 39 as well as in Andres Bonifacio Elementary School and Mabini Elementary School,Dr. Edwin Mirafl...

Nov112021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

SP unanimously approves P3.2B budget of Bacolod

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The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod approved the P3.250 billion budget of Bacolod City for 2022 on third and final reading on Wednesday, November 10, Councilor Cindy Rojas, SP Committee on Finance chair, said.The budget was approved unanimously with no revisions, she said.The proposed P3.250 billion budget is 25 percent higher than this year’s Bacolod budget of P2.6 billion.Rojas attributed the budget increase to the National Tax Allotment (NTA), formerly the Internal Revenue Allotment, granted following the Supreme Court’s Mandanas ruling that raised the local government’s share of national taxes.Rojas said P2,156,905,199 or 66 percent of Bacolod’s 2022 budget will come from the NTA and P1,093,094,801 or 34 percent will come from local revenues.Vice Governor Jeffrey Fer...

Nov112021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Former Bacolod top cop now PRO-6 director

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PRO-6 photoThe former top cop of Bacolod City is now the director of the Police Regional Office in Western Visayas.Brig. Gen. Flynn Dongbo replaced Brig. Gen. Rolando Miranda as head of the police regional office, with the turnover of command led by Philippine National Police chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar at Camp General Martin Teofilo Delgado in Iloilo City on Wednesday, November 10.Miranda, who had served PRO-6 since December 2020, retired from the service Wednesday.Both Miranda and Dongbo were classmates at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) Class 1990.Prior to Dongbo’s new assignment in the region, he was the director and deputy director of the Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) and the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM), ...

Nov102021 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Motorcycle theft foiled after suspects fall in ditch

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Police Station 7 photoTwo suspects almost got away with stealing a motorcycle in Barangay Vista Alegre, Bacolod City, early Tuesday, November 9, but they fell in a ditch.The two unidentified men had just shot their victim, Ronald Sison, 42, in the thigh and were escaping on his motorcycle, with his P1,500 in cash and cellphone, a police report said.However, the motorcycle they were on fell in a ditch and they fled on foot, while the victim was rushed to a hospital.The police are still investigating the case.*

Nov102021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bill for mental health office in SUCs ok’d on 2nd reading

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The House of Representatives approved House Bill No. 10284, otherwise known as the State Universities and Colleges Mental Health Service Act, on second reading via voice voting on Tuesday, November 9.The bill authored by Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya mandates the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to require all SUCs to establish a mental health office in all campuses.Gasataya, in a press release, said that he filed the bill in supplement of Republic Act No. 11036, otherwise known as the Mental Health Act, under the belief that an aggressive national mental health policy focused on the youth who are under a lot of pressure considering the effects of the pandemic on the education sector will help curb incidences of self-harm and improve intellectual, developmental, and emotional dev...

Nov102021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Kapistahan ni St. Augustine ginsaulog sang CSA-B

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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ5D0d4M6KI&live=1[/embedyt]Isa ka institutional mass nga ginapangunahan mismo ni Fr. Arnel Dizon, school president sang Colegio San Agustin Bacolod ang gin-updan sang agustinian community kaina sang aga.Panugod sang apat ka adlaw nga pista sa pagsug-alaw sang kaadlawan ni Saint Augustine, ang ginkabig doctor of the church sang Roman Catholic.Magluwas sa mga webinars, outreach activities kag velada ukon mga pagpasundayag, natalana man ang virtual grand alumni homecoming nga pangunahan sang Batch 96.Kabahin sa selebrasyon ang pagdumdom sang kolehiyo sang mga kadalag-an, mga kultura nga napa-ambit sa mga negrense pinaagi sa catholic education kag evangelization sa sulod sang sisenta na ka tuig.Natalana man ang paglunsar sang l...

Nov102021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Ping Lacson kag Tito Sotto maga abot sa Bacolod sa Sabado

Balita Hiligaynon

Maga padulong sa Barangay Tangub sa Bacolod city sanday presidental aspirant Senador Ping Lacson kag ang iya bise presidente nga si Vicente “Tito” Sotto III sa Sabado.May pila sila ka mga lugar nga kadtuan sa Negros pero ang main event nila ang patigayonon sa community center sang barangay.Ini ang ika duha na nga ti-un sang pagbalik sang duha sa Negros Occidental.Sang nag ligad nga bulan una na sila nga nag padulong sa Talisay City kag nakig sugilanon sa mga lokal nga mga opsiyal.Si Sotto ang chair sang Nationalist Peoples Coalitionukon NPC, ang partido man ni Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson.Si Senator Lacson naman ang chair sang partido reporma. May posible nga ang alliance sa tunga sang duha ka mga partido.