Tag: Negros Occidental

Nov252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

DTI launches Negosyo Center in Murcia

Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas (center) with DTI’s Engiemar Tupas, and Councilor Kedy Yu, cut the ribbon during the launching of the DTI Go Negosyo Center at the second floor of the Murcia Tinabuay Public Market.*The Department of Trade and Industry – Negros Occidental Office recently launched the 29th Go Negosyo Center in the province in Murcia, town.The remaining four towns of Ilog, Candoni, Don Salvador Benedicto and Moises Padilla are expected to get their Negosyo centers before the year ends.The Murcia center is located at the second floor of the town’s Tinabuay Public Market.“Your presence here means a lot to our businessmen, especially to our small entrepreneurs. When they need to register or renew their business names and permits with DTI, they don’t have to go to Bac...

Nov252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Digicast Negros X (November 25, 2021)

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Nov252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Migz: Bicam approves bill raising statutory rape age

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The congressional bicameral conference committee has approved a measure raising the age of statutory rape from the current 12 years old to below 16 years old to protect young people from sexual exploitation and abuse, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said Thursday, November 25.The Senate and the House of Representatives held a bicameral conference committee meeting Wednesday on Senate Bill No. 2332 and House Bill No. 7836, amending the Revised Penal Code to raise the age for determining statutory rape, he said.“No one should become a victim of rape or of sexual violence, more so our young and innocent children. So I have taken this issue as a personal advocacy—as a parent, as a Christian, and more importantly as a legislator”, said Zubiri said, who authored the Sena...

Nov252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Megaworld, Habitat for build 100 homes for poor in La Carlota

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Jennifer Palmares-Fong, Vice President for Sales and Marketing for Megaworld Visayas (left), and Lili Fuentes, Chief Operating Officer of Habitat for Humanity Philippines (right), hold up their signed copies of the Memorandum of Agreement formalizing the partnership between the two organizations to build homes for vulnerable families in La Carlota City.Continuing its commitment to uplift lives, impact society, and help shape the nation, property giant Megaworld Corp. has forged a P65 million partnership with Habitat for Humanity Philippines to build more than 100 safe and decent homes for informal settler families in La Carlota City.During a virtual event held in September, Jennifer Palmares-Fong, Vice President for Sales and Marketing for Megaworld Visayas, and Lili Fuentes, Chief...

Nov252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

9th GMEA celebrates media, content creators who inspire positive change

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The rapid adoption of digital technology has dramatically changed people’s lives and society. With this global shift to virtual spaces, the 9th Globe Media Excellence Awards (GMEA) aims to recognize the importance of digital platforms in delivering relevant news and content to the public.With the theme “#PadayonDigital: Uplifting Lives Through Digital Technology,” Globe invites media and content creators in Visayas and Mindanao to be part of these meaningful awards and be recognized. Storytellers can submit works that show how they embraced digital to provide inspiring narratives that mirror today’s challenges and triumphs.Padayon is a Cebuano term that means to move forward or to continue. In some cases, it is also used for cheering someone, ushering them to go on.“The 9th GME...

Nov252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

DILG response to Bacolod: Negros Occidental can require S-PaSS

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The Negros Occidental provincial government can require an S-PaSS (Swift, Safe, Smart Passage), DILG regional director Juan Jovian Ingeniero said Wednesday night, November 24.In a text message to DIGICAST NEGROS, he said they have already responded to the letter of Bacolod City questioning the authority of the Negros Occidental provincial government to require Bacolod-bound passengers arriving at the Bacolod–Silay Airport in Silay City to obtain an S-PaSS.“We have provided them the policy direction towards the use of S-PaSS based on the existing IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) Resolution. In as far as the RIATF is concerned, we are in abeyance to the policy set by the IATF on the use of S-PaSS; in which the LGUs have the means to set depending on their travel restriction,” he said. ...

Nov252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Ang says airline advisory requires false information

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Flag carrier Philippine Airlines in an advisory is now requiring Bacolod residents to declare that they are Barangay Airport, Silay City, residents when applying for an S-PaSS, Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center-Task Force, said Wednesday, November 24.“Rather than ridding some of the inconvenience, they are instructing Bacolod residents to mis-declare personal information in an official government platform,” she said on her Facebook page.She said it is tantamount to instructing inbound travelers to lie by supplying fake or false information.Sadly, it leaves a bad taste on the mouth, Ang said.“According to (Negros Occidental) Provincial Administrator Ray Diaz, SPaSS is used as a ‘primary contact tracing system’. How is this new polic...

Nov252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Occidental, Bacolod have 78 new Covid-19 deaths

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The number of new COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City may be going down, but the deaths from the virus are still high.There were 78 new deaths reported by the Department of Health on Wednesday, November 24.Bacolod City had 45 new deaths and Negros Occidental had 33.Negros Occidental has a total of 792 COVID-19 deaths and Bacolod City has – 707, the DOH report added.Bacolod City has 562 active COVID-19 cases, the DOH said.The Provincial Incident Management Team reported 523 active COVID-19 cases and a total of 1,677 COVID-19 deaths in Negros Occidental.*

Nov252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv hopes next admin supports creation of NIR

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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...