Photo of the Day (November 8, 2021)
The supporters of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in front of the Bacolod City Government Center on Sunday, November 7.*John Benneth photo
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Digicast Negros X (November 8, 2021)
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CSA-Bacolod to kick off St Augustine festivities
Colegio San Agustin–Bacolod will celebrate its annual St. Augustine Festivities on November 10-13, 2021 with the theme “St. Augustine: A Gift to the Mission of Catholic Education and Evangelization.”This is to mark the Patron’s birthdate which is November 13.The festivities will highlight a series of webinars sponsored by the different colleges as well as virtual activities such as literary musical competition, digital literary contest, quiz bees, movie trailer/course competition, outreach visits to partner communities and the virtual Grand Alumni Homecoming organized by the Silver Jubilarians -HS Batch 96.An Institutional Mass will be celebrated on November 10, Wednesday, the first day of the festivities, followed by the Academic Recognition and the Institutional Quiz Bee. A w...
Action taken on complaints vs. minors, toddlers in mall
The Bacolod City government will look into reports of minors, including toddlers, seen roaming around a mall, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said on Sunday, November 7.That is in violation of Executive Order No. 51, Series of 2021, which sets Alert Level 4 restrictions in Bacolod City, he said.A concerned government official, who asked not to be identified, said she saw at least four to five toddlers and numerous other minors roaming around SM City Bacolod on Sunday.It appeared as if they were using the pediatric vaccination for children aged 12 to 17 years old as an excuse to roam around the mall, she said.And there were toddlers and children below 12 years old also inside the mall, she added.“The children allowed in the mall are those who qualify for vaccination and Nat...
Bacolod still under Alert Level 4 despite DOH downgrade to AL2
The National Inter-Agency Task Force has not downgraded the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 status of Bacolod City, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran stressed Sunday, November 7.He said while the Department of Health in Western Visayas has recently placed Bacolod under Alert Level 2, the NIATF had not downgraded the Alert Level 4 classification of the city that it imposed until November 14.The DOH in Western Visayas has classified Bacolod as a COVID-19 low risk area under Alert Level 2, Em Ang and Dr. Chris Sorongon of the Emergency Operations Center posted on their Facebook pages on Saturday, November 6.The DOH report posted by Sorongon said Bacolod City’s average COVID-19 daily attack rate of 19. 43 percent from October 5 to 18, dropped to 7.57 percent from October 19 to November 1.The...
Leni pushes for F2F classes in safe areas
Vice President Leni Robredo (left) at the launching of the "Palugaw ni Leni" feeding program of the Laban Leni Negros Occidental.*OVP photoVice President Leni Robredo stressed the need for the resumption of face-to-face classes in areas where the risk of COVID-19 is low or there is no community transmission.“We cannot continue under the current situation, two years of no face-to face classes has had very damaging effects on the education of students,” Robredo said in an ambush interview in Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Saturday.“So the sooner that we can do face-to-face classes, as long as our anxieties over (COVID-19) transmission are addressed, would be the most ideal,” she said.She said she has been pushing for face-to-face classes since June last year in areas where it...
2 Bacolod grads ace chemical technician board exam
Two graduates of Bacolod City schools aced the 2021 Chemical Technician Licensure Examination.John Carlo Coniendo of the University of St La Salle placed 5th in the exam with a rating of 89.50 percent, while Jelmar Santibanez of Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod finished in 7th place with an 88.50 percent grade.Topping the list was Mary Dorothy Dinampo of Cebu Institute of Technology-University with a grade of 92 percent.They were among the 1,074 of the 1,322 who passed the Chemical Technician Licensure Examination given by the Board of Chemistry in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, San Fernando, Tacloban and Zamboanga in October, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, November 5.From December 6 to 16, regi...
Leni joins blessing of HQ, launching of feeding drive
Leni Robredo and her running mate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, with senatorial bets Alex Lacson and former Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat at the inauguration of their Bacolod headquarters.*OVP photoVice President Leni Robredo led the blessing and inauguration of her campaign headquarters in Bacolod City and joined the launching of a volunteer-driven provincewide “lugaw (rice porridge)” feeding program in poverty-hit areas of Negros Occidental on Saturday, November 6.She also met with the Murcia Women’s Association – Lakas ng Kababaihan (MWA–LNK) leaders at Sitio Sumbingco, Brgy. Damsite, Murcia, Negros Occidental, who have been among the recipients of sustainable livelihood subsidy grants under her Angat Buhay Project.At the meeting, the officers and chapter leaders of MWA-LNK thanke...
We’ll double agri budget, boost organic farming: Kiko
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Ramon Uy Jr. and Negros organic farmers at May’s Organic Garden in Bacolod City, Saturday, November 6.*Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who is running for vice president under the ticket of 1Sambayan presidential candidate Leni Robredo, said they are looking at doubling the country’s agriculture budget in a period of six years if they win in the 2022 polls.Part of that will be a significant increase in government support for organic agriculture, said Pangilinan who met with organic farmers at May’s Organic Garden in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, on Saturday, November 6.Pangilinan, who is also a farmer, acknowledged the pioneering efforts of Negros in organic farming and assured the farmers of government support under a Robredo administr...
Bacolod remains top performing LGU in Covid vax drive for minors
City PIO photoBacolod City remains the top performing local government unit nationwide in the ongoing vaccination campaign of minors aged 12 to 17 years old.This was disclosed Sunday, November 7, by Dr. Edwin Miraflor Jr., officer-in-charge of the City Health Office, who shared the Department of Health updates on the national Pediatric A3 vaccination drive and the rest of pediatric population (ROPP) with the COVID-19 Vaccination Council (COVAC) headed by Coordinator Em Legaspi-Ang.Ang said the numbers for Bacolod City are indicative of the wide reach of the EOC's information efforts and parents' deep concern to ensure the health and safety of their children, including those with co-morbidities, a press release from the city government said.Bacolod City actually holds two na...