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Nov252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv hopes next admin supports creation of NIR

Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Wednesday, November 24, that he does not think the passage of a law creating the Negros Island Region will happen in the 18th Congress, but he is hoping the next administration will support it.“Obviously our leaders in the island are looking forward to a more accommodating administration as far as the Negros Island Region is concerned,” Lacson said in reaction to the filing of House Bill No. 10534 by nine Negros representatives seeking the creation of the NIR.“I’m glad they filed the bill…It is very encouraging and I hope the next administration will support such measure,” Lacson said.Lacson said he does not think such measure will pass in the 18th Congress but thinks it may pass in the next Congress.Former Agriculture secreta...

Nov252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv backs Piñol for senator, cites agriculture advocacy

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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (left) is endorsing the senatorial bid of Former Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny” Piñol.*CPG photoFormer Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny” Piñol said he is running for senator to prevent another six years of anti-agriculture policies that put emphasis on importation and dependence on foreign sources of food.Piñol, who is running for senator under the Nationalist People’s Coalition under the ticket of presidential candidate Panfilo Lacson, turned over seedlings of 500 giant bamboo and 70 jackfruit trees to Negros Occidental through Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Wednesday, November 24.Lacson said the turnover is very timely because the provincial government is propagating bamboo for the province’s watersheds.The governor said he is definitel...

Nov252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Woman busted at cemetery, yields over P400K in shabu

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Bago PNP photoA woman was arrested in a buy-bust operation at a public cemetery in Barangay Sampinit, Bago City, Negros Occidental Tuesday night, November 23.Nabbed was Rica Sharina Ginete, 29, of Brgy. Sa Guwa Banwa, Valladolid.She sold a sachet of suspected shabu worth P27,000 to a police poseur buyer.When she was arrested, she yielded five sachets of suspected shabu weighing 70 grams and worth P476,000.She is now in police custody and is facing drug charges.*

Nov242021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Buhi ang espiritu sang Paskwa sa Bantayan Park sa Bago City

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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKYEkoeZmbI&live=1[/embedyt]Isa sa mga gina kadtuan karon nga Christmas season sa sur nga bahin sang Negros Occidental amo ang Bantayan Park sa Bago City.Napuno sang mga Christmas lights ang mga puno sang acacia nga nag pasanag pa gid sang palibot!

Nov242021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

2 ka masulod sa Negros Occidental nadakpan nga peke nga mga vaccination certificate ang gingamit

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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVHnQ2IWBrw&live=1[/embedyt]Isa ka pasahero nga kuntani magapadulong sa Bacolod kag isa pa gid nga nag-abot sa siudad sang Sagay ang nadakpan nga nag gamit sang peke nga vaccination certificate.Suno kay provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz ang pasahero nga maga padulong kuntani sa Bacolod ang wala nadayon sa iya nga biyahe matapos ini nga madakpan nga nag gamit sang peke nga vaccination certificate sa iya nga pag apply sang S-Pass, samtang ang nagpadulong naman sa Sagay nga nagbiyahe paagi sa barko ang gin quarantine.Ang natungdan suno kay Diaz ang wala sang S-Pass. Wala naga require ang Bacolod sang S-Pass sa kuntani fully vaccinated.Pagkatapos sang quarantine period, ini siya ang iga test kag ang natungdan ang maga bayad sa...

Nov242021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Digicast Negros X (November 24, 2021)

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Nov242021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

9 Negros reps file bill for creation of NIR

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Nine Negros Island representatives filed House Bill No. 10534 on Tuesday, November 23, that seeks to create the Negros Island Region for greater economic coordination and more efficient delivery of public services in Negros Occidental and Oriental, Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) said.Consolidating the two Negros provinces in one administrative region through the “Negros Island Region Act” will promote sustainable and inclusive economic development, he said.The signatories of the bill introduced by Benitez, are Negros Occidental representatives Gerardo Valmayor (1st District), Leo Rafael Cueva (2nd District), Juliet Marie Ferrer (4th District), Ma. Lourdes Arroyo (5th District), Rep. Greg Gasataya (Bacolod) and Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod).Neg...

Nov242021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv stands pat on S-PaSS rule; Two caught with fake vax cards

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Bacolod DRRMO photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government will not back down on requiring all passengers bound for the Bacolod Silay Airport in Silay City to apply for an S-PaSS prior to arrival, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Tuesday, November 23.Lacson said the S-PaSS will continue to be required even from Bacolod-bound passengers to enable the provincial government to validate the authenticity of their vaccination cards and negative RT-PCR results prior to arrival as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19.Em Legaspi Ang, Emergency Operations Center – Task Force executive director, on Monday reiterated that the S-PaSS is no longer required for fully-vaccinated Bacolod-bound passengers.A Bacolod-bound passenger and another who arrived in Sagay City submitted fake ...

Nov242021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv: Negros Occidental can’t hit 3-day vax target, but daily output increasing

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Capitol photoNegros Occidental's local government units (LGUs) will not be able to vaccinate 516,807 residents in three days but they have already increased their daily vaccination performance, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Tuesday, November 23.The Department of Health has set the vaccination target of Negros Occidental at 516,807 and Bacolod City’s at 66,171 for the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" Days on November 29 to December 1.Lacson said they will definitely not be able to meet that target in three days; a more realistic target for the 31 LGUs of the province is to each vaccinate 1,000 residents a day for a total of 31,000 daily, or 93,000 vaccinees in three days.The number of Negrenses vaccinated has already improved from 29,000 a week to 66,000 a week, he said.“We are tr...