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Tag: Negros Occidental

Dec132021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Sillimanian tops nursing board exam, 3 from Negros schools also in top 10

Sillimanian tops nursing board exam, 3 from Negros schools also in top 10

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Photo from Kiarra Belle Poblador FBSilliman University graduate Kiarra Belle Poblador topped the November 2021 Nurse Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Friday, December 10.Poblador, who grew up in Bacolod City, scored a 89.40 passing rate.She said in a Facebook post that she is truly grateful to all her mentors at Silliman University as “they have equipped us with the best resources to further our skills, knowledge, and attitude.”She added, it wasn't an easy four years of nursing school, but it was all worthwhile.Fellow Sillimanian Esther Faith Padilla and Ia Hanna Samillano of Riverside College finished in the fourth spot. Both got a score of 87.80 percent.Another Sillimanian on the list was Nicole Allyson Fry, who was ...
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Dec132021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
11 former rebels receive P20k livelihood assistance

11 former rebels receive P20k livelihood assistance

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Eleven former rebels received livelihood settlement grants (LSG) of P20,000 each under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) held in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, on Friday, December 10.The assistance was based on Executive Order No. 70 series of 2018 entitled “Institutionalizing the Whole-of-Nation Approach in Attaining Inclusive and Sustainable Peace, Creating a National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, and Directing the Adoption of a National Peace Framework", a press release from the Army said.Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Brigade commander, said the 11 former rebels were from Guihulngan City. "The government is sincere in helping our brothers and sisters, who were vi...
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Dec122021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
WV officials told: Prepare for potential tropical cyclone

WV officials told: Prepare for potential tropical cyclone

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The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council alerted all local government officials and DRRMCs in Western Visayas on Sunday, December 12, to prepare for a potential tropical cyclone.The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported that a potential tropical cyclone is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday, December 14, and will be named “Odette”, Ma. Aletha Nogra, Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas OIC, said.It may intensify into a typhoon before making landfall on Wednesday evening, December 15, or Thursday morning, December 16, over Eastern Visayas, she said.She reminded local government officials to strengthen risk communication and localize warnings to communities within ...
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Dec122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
McDonald’s first NXTGEN store in Negros opening at Forbes Hill

McDonald’s first NXTGEN store in Negros opening at Forbes Hill

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The first-ever, full-scale McDonald’s NXTGEN store in Negros Island in front of Megaworld’s exclusive Forbes Hill residential village and beside the iconic Bacolod Welcome Marker will officially open on Tuesday, December 16.The much-awaited opening of the unique and first-in-the-province McDonald’s NXTGEN store is finally happening as Megaworld continues to bring excitement to its 53-hectare Northill Gateway township along the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road, Harold Geronimo. Megaworld Corp. senior assistant vice president and head of PR and media affairs, said Sunday, December 12.In yet another first in Negros Island, the interiors and exteriors of McDonald’s Forbes Hill are designed following the Ray Palette, the fast food giant’s latest, global standard design scheme that puts...
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Dec122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Army’s 79IB intensifies info drive vs. NPA recruitment in Toboso

Army’s 79IB intensifies info drive vs. NPA recruitment in Toboso

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The Army’s 79th Infantry (Masaligan) Battalion has intensified its awareness campaign to counter the recruitment and extortion activities by the communist rebels, particularly among the government officials in Toboso, Negros Occidental.An information awareness drive was conducted on Friday, December 10, at the Municipal Hall of Toboso, and was participated by Mayor Richard Jaojoco, barangay captains and representatives from the nine barangays of Toboso headed by Roberto Villasis and PNP personnel led by PCpt Paul Kenneth Magan, an Army press release said.Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, 79IB commander, provided the overview of the activity highlighting how the barangay officials can contribute to the government’s whole-of-nation approach to end local armed conflict and finally eliminate ins...
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Dec122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Pink volunteers join Valladolid Our Lady of Guadalupe feast

Pink volunteers join Valladolid Our Lady of Guadalupe feast

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More than a thousand parishioners of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Valladolid, Negros Occidental, got to taste the “Lugaw ni Leni” handed out by supporters of presidential candidate Leni Robredo after the mass celebrating the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Saturday, December 11.Laban Leni Negros Occidental (LLNO) spokesperson, Pinky Ocampo, said that volunteers were “overwhelmed with the warm reception we got from the parishioners and we are thankful that other volunteer groups worked with us to serve the people.”Aside from lugaw, the group also distributed pink juices, pink pandesal, siopao and entertained the crowd with their signature Pink Mob dance.“We would also like to thank Fr. Aniceto “Mao” Buenafe for the invitation,” Ocampo said, adding that the presence ...
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Dec122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Be happy

Be happy

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“Rejoice in the Lord always; again, I say, rejoice.” Our entrance antiphon on this Third Sunday of Advent sets the mood of our Eucharistic celebration. From the color of the candle and the vestments (a lighter shade of purple or pink) to the prayers and the readings, the whole liturgy is bursting with uncontainable joy and anticipation. The reason is that “the Lord is near” (second reading), so near as to be actually “in your midst.” (first reading)Today’s liturgy and the readings, in particular, remind me of the story of St. Dominic Savio. When he heard Don Bosco preach in one of his homilies that God’s will for everyone is to be holy, the young student resolved there and then to become a saint. Since then, he changed from a lively typical teenager to a serious loner. He stopped playi...
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