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Mga maayo nga binuhatan sa pagtipig sa palibot ginkilala sa Provincial Wildlife Month Celebration

Mga maayo nga binuhatan sa pagtipig sa palibot ginkilala sa Provincial Wildlife Month Celebration

Balita Hiligaynon
Karon nga ginasaulog sang Provincial Wildlife Month, ginpakamaayo nga mag paambit sang mga best practices sa tinutuyo nga ma amligan ang palibot.Kadungan sa Wildlife Month Celebration ginsakdag ang First Negros Occidental Environmental Partners Conference. Suno kay Atty Julie Ann Bedrio, ang Provincial Environment and Management Officer, ang mga stakeholders ang ginhatagan sang higayon nga ipakita ang mga best practices agudto nga masunod man ini sang iban.Ang mga talakayan naga lakip sang topiko sa blue environment ukon ang sa coastal kag marine life, brown environment – ukon ang naga tumod sa urban kag green environment nga naga tumod naman sa terrestrial, ridges kag upland.Mga environment officers sa mga banwa kag siudad lakip na ang mga partners ang nagtambong sa amo nga pa...
‘F2F classes should start in June, January too soon’

‘F2F classes should start in June, January too soon’

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer in a show of support for Senator Migz Zubiri (center) who is seeking reelection at a press conference in Bacolod City Saturday, Nov. 13.*January is too soon to resume face-to-face classes, maybe they should begin in June at the start of school year 2022-23, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said Saturday, November 13.It is important to make sure that the students will be safe first, Zubiri said at a press conference in Bacolod City.The problem is the COVID-19 vaccination program outside Metro Manila is slow, he said.He said while vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 has started, children in grades one to three are not covered.Maybe there is a need to open up the COVID-19 vaccination drive to start with c...
Zubiri: Subsidies, other solutions to mitigate soaring fertilizer prices

Zubiri: Subsidies, other solutions to mitigate soaring fertilizer prices

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Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri with sugar leaders Saturday, November 13.*Senate Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said he has asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to submit a comprehensive action plan to address the soaring prices of fertilizer, and to provide farmers with subsidies to mitigate its effects.“A few days ago, I talked with Agriculture Sec. William Dar. I approved the DA’s budget for 2022, with a colatilla that the DA should submit to the Senate a plan on how to address the problem on high fertilizer prices, and what concrete steps they would take to lower the prices of fertilizer,” the senator said in a meeting with sugar industry leaders at Nature’s Village Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, November 13.Prices of urea were at P800 to 9...
Lacson, Ferrer: NIR a condition in considering  presidential bet

Lacson, Ferrer: NIR a condition in considering presidential bet

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Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri (second from left) turned over 400 cube evacuation tents to Negros Occidental through Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer and Zeaphard Caelian, Provincial Incident Management Team head, (l-r), on Saturday.*Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he is proposing to make it a condition for Negrense officials to only consider supporting a presidential candidate if the revival of the Negros Island Region (NIR) is included in his or her platform of government.If a candidate does not agree to revive the NIR, we will campaign against that person, Ferrer said.Lacson and Ferrer aired their positions on the NIR at a press conference with Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri in Bacolod City on Saturday.So far presidential candidate Leni ...
Megaworld to continue making Bacolod ‘shine’ with developments

Megaworld to continue making Bacolod ‘shine’ with developments

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Property giant Megaworld Corp. will continue to make Bacolod City “shine” with its developments, its senior assistant vice president and public relations and media affairs head, Harold Geronimo, said.Geronimo led the unveiling of the firm’s Christmas Village and the parol lighting program at Forbes Hill, its first upscale village outside Metro Manila, located at the boundary of the cities of Bacolod and Talisay in Negros Occidental, on Saturday, November 13.“I hope that this pandemic will not stop us from celebrating the true spirit of Christmas,” he said.Geronimo, a Negrense himself, said that he has been working closely with his friends and colleagues in Manila to make their township an exciting place to visit.“We hope that as we celebrate the Christmas Season – as part o...
Rotary conducts medical, surgical mission

Rotary conducts medical, surgical mission

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Rotarian-Dr. Jundad Legislador performs circumcision on one of the beneficiaries.*Club president Floressa May Castro with one of the recipients of the project.*The club officers and members with Handumanan Barangay Captain Ricardo Danoy.*More than 100 residents of Barangay Handumanan in Bacolod City availed of free medical and surgical services offered by the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central Sunday, November 14.The mission, which was held at the NEDF Farm in the barangay, was participated by doctors Jundad Legislador, who is also a past district governor of Rotary International District 3850, May Espina-Rife for obstetrics and gynecology, Noelito Recamara for internal medicine and Krisel Joy Gonzaga for pediatrics."In this time of pandemic when focus is mainly on the COVID virus,...
Murcia officials thank Zubiri for two covered courts

Murcia officials thank Zubiri for two covered courts

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Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri and Murcia officials led by Mayor Gerry Rojas, Vice-Mayor Johnny Reosura and the Sangguniang Bayan Members inaugurate and turned over the multi-purpose covered court to Brgy. Lopez Jaena officials headed by Punong Barangay and SB Member Hernan Alintana.*Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri joined the blessing and inauguration of two multi-purpose covered courts in barangays Lopez Jaena and Zone 2 in Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Friday, November 12.Murcia officials led by Mayor Gerry Rojas, Vice Mayor Johnny Reosura, Sangguniang Bayan members and barangay officials thanked Zubiri for allocating funds for the construction of two completed covered courts in the town, a press release from the town said.In behalf of all Murcia officials, the mayor expressed his...
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