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Nov92021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments
P110M nga budget para sa Negros Occidental para sa 2022 TUPAD sang DOLE

P110M nga budget para sa Negros Occidental para sa 2022 TUPAD sang DOLE

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110 million pesos sa idalom sang TUPAD ukon ang assistance para sa mga apektado sang pandemic ang gin-allocate para sa Negros Occidental sa 2022.Suno kay Labor Sec Silvestre Bello, III, tig 20 milyones pesos sa idalom sang talatapan sang gobernador kag bise gobernador kag tig 10 milyones pesos naman ang para sa tagsa ka congressional district.Paathag ni Bello ang TUPAD, ukon ang Tulong Panghanapbuhay Sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers ang sarang mapaagi sa mga local chief executives bangud sila mismo nakakilala sang ila nga mga constituents.Sa isa ka programa sa Negros Residences, 15.3 million pesos nga balor sang assistance ang ginpanagtag sa mga 1,700 ka beneficiaries sa idalom sang TUPAD, Kabuhayan, OWWA Balik Pinas, Balik Hanapbuhay and Tabang OFW.Samtang, suno ka...
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Nov92021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Guv hopes NIR revived by next administration

Guv hopes NIR revived by next administration

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Capitol photoNegros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday, November 8, that his stand has not changed; he hopes the next administration will consider reviving the Negros Island Region (NIR).Lacson said he hopes the revival of the NIR will this time be supported by a law so funding can be allocated.“Without a doubt majority, if not all Negrenses, would like to have a Negros Island Region,” Lacson said.The NIR was created by virtue of an executive order issued by then President Benigno Aquino III on May 29, 2015 but was abolished on August 9, 2017 by President Rodrigo Duterte.Presidential candidate Leni Robredo and several senatorial candidates have expressed their support for the revival of the NIR.“It was a very important first step when NIR was for...
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Nov92021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Marcos supporters gather for Red Day

Marcos supporters gather for Red Day

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The supporters of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in front of the Bacolod City Government Center on Sunday, November 7.*John Benneth photoSupporters of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. gathered in front of the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) and other parts of Negros Occidental on Sunday, November 7, to take Red Day photos as a show of support.The supporters gathered to be part of the nationwide Red Day for Marcos, John Benneth of the BBM movement said.They responded to a Facebook post calling on Marcos supporters nationwide to take selfies and photos and to post them with the hashtag - #BBMisMyPresident 2022, he said.A BBM youth member sent a message in their group chat that there would be a gathering at the BCGC at 4 p.m. Sunday and when they arrived ther...
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Nov92021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Leni supporters hold caravan from Victorias to Manapla

Leni supporters hold caravan from Victorias to Manapla

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The pink caravan that started from the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral at Canetown Subdivision in Victorias City on Sunday.*John Gerona photoA pink caravan was held from Victorias City to Manapla town in Negros Occidental in support of the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday afternoon, November 7.About 51 cars, plus bikes and motorcycles, with pink Robredo tarpaulins, balloons, ribbons and flaglets joined the caravan from the Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral at Canetown Subdivision in Victorias City to Manapla, Nonalyn Librodo, organizer of the event, said.Some residents on the side of the road flashed the L sign and chanted "Leni, Leni, Leni” and “Laban, Laban, Laban" as the pink caravan drove by.The caravan then returned to Victorias for a “Lugaw para...
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Nov82021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Bello, Tugade arriving to release assistance

Bello, Tugade arriving to release assistance

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Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III and Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade will be in Bacolod City Tuesday, November 9, to release assistance and projects to Negrenses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.They are expected to release TUPAD (Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers) assistance and Department of Labor and Employment Kabuhayan Projects at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.About 190 beneficiaries are expected at the rites, he said.*
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Nov82021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
127,440 doses of vaccines arrive for Negros, Bacolod

127,440 doses of vaccines arrive for Negros, Bacolod

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CAAP-Bacolod PIO photoThere are 127,440 doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived for Negros Occidental and Bacolod City on Monday, November 8.The vaccines arrived on board a Philippine Airlines flight at the Bacolod Silay Airport.Negros Occidental received 59,670 Pfizer doses and 45,300 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.Bacolod City received 12,870 doses of Pfizer and 9,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.*
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Nov82021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Kiko distributes solar lights, water pumps in Talisay

Kiko distributes solar lights, water pumps in Talisay

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Kasanag Para sa Buasdamlag, a solar-powered streetlighting project of Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District), was launched in the upland community of Barangay Katilingban in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, November 7.Benitez with his wife, Charlotte, and daughter, Ariana, turned over 14 solar street lamps that will be used for the posts in the barangay that will light up the 14 Stations of the Cross.Katilingban’s version of the Via Crucis is becoming a favorite pilgrimage site for Catholic devotees during the celebration of Semana Santa or the Holy Week.Punong Barangay Jude Javellana, who led about 100 residents of Katilingban representing beneficiaries from haciendas Magcorao, Hiyang-hiyang and Louie; Bantay Bukid, barangay health workers a...
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