Tuesday, November 10

Tag: Negros Occidental

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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Dec112021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
SP to hear complaint vs. ‘Hepatitis C outbreak’

SP to hear complaint vs. ‘Hepatitis C outbreak’

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The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Health is set to hold a hearing on a complaint of an alleged “outbreak of Hepatitis C virus” at the hemodialysis facility of a private hospital in the city.Councilor Cindy Rojas, SP Committee of Health chair, said on Friday, December 10, that she has set the hearing at the SP session hall at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.Representatives of the City Health Office, Department of Health and the City Legal Office, and the stakeholders from both sides have been invited so all sides can be heard, Rojas said.Rojas said the hearing is being held in response to a letter sent by Alma Lamis Desabille, a representative of the complainants, to Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran.It was alleged that more than 60 patients were affected, Rojas said.Desabill...
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Dec112021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
5th District congresswoman, 4 mayors for Marcos, Carpio

5th District congresswoman, 4 mayors for Marcos, Carpio

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Candidate for board member Rolito “Bebot” Espinosa, Binalbagan Vice Mayor Ursecio Inodeo, Hinigaran Vice Mayor Teresita Gabrido, La Castellana Mayor Rhumyla Mangilimutan, Rep. Ma Lourdes Arroyo, Isabela Mayor Irene Montilla, Binalbagan Mayor Alejandro Mirasol, Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Celestina Yulo and candidate for board member Anthony Occeño (l-r) at the Isabela Socio Cultural Center in Isabela, Negros Occidental, Friday, December 10.*Rep. Ma. Lourdes Arroyo and four mayors of the fifth district of Negros Occidental are supporting the tandem of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential aspirant Sara Duterte-Carpio.Two other mayors of the fifth district have yet to announce whom they are supporting.Arroyo, in an interview Friday, Decembe...
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