Tag: Negros Occidental

Dec222021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Negros Occidental nagtalana sang P50M nga ipang bakal sang construction materials

Probinsya sang Negros Occidental ang nag pain sang 50 milyones pesos nga pondo bilang bulig para sa mga nagub-an kag nadulaan sang puluy-an bangud sang bagyo Odette.Ang supplemental budget kadungan nga gin pasar sang sangguniang panlalawigan kahapon sa pag paidalom sang Negros Occidental sa state of calamity.Suno kay provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz, ang pondo panugod nga bulig kag natalana nga iga bakal sang GI sheets para sa mga nagub-an ukon nawad-an sang balay.Sa 8am December 22 nga report sang Provincial Disaster Management Program Division naman, 42,432 ang totally destroyed houses kag 159,832 ang partially damaged nga balay.Suno kay Diaz maga counterpart ang tagsa ka LGU bahin sa pag hatag sang bulig sa mga nawad-an sang balay. Samtang, ang Department of Trade...

Dec222021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Digicast Negros X (December 22, 2021)

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Dec222021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Colorless aid

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Help for those affected by Typhoon Odette has been pouring in the province, particularly in southern Negros that was severely beaten by the storm.It took a day for everyone to realize the devastation it caused, particularly in Kabankalan City, and three more days to discover the extent of destruction it also caused in other LGUs further down south, particularly in Sipalay City which has the highest death toll.I’m not new to disasters and have covered many through the years as a reporter on the ground. You view it with a different lens, trying to stay stoic even while looking at the tragic scene around you, in your attempt to get the figures and report it back immediately.Last Sunday, the experience was different. I joined Rotarians from Negros deliver aid to affected areas....

Dec222021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

CSC okays permanent appointments of three SRA deputy administrators

Business

The Civil Service Commission had approved the permanent appointments of the three deputy administrators of the Sugar Regulatory Administration, setting aside the letter issued by its National Capital Region office disapproving the appointments on the ground of failure to comply with the 2017 Omnibus Rules on Appointment and Other Human Resource Action.In three separate decisions, the Commission approved the permanent appointments, effective April 30, 2020, of lawyers Brando D. Noroña, Ignacio S. Santillana, and Guillermo C. Tejida III as Deputy Administrator II for Administrative and Finance Department (AFD); Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) Department; and Regulation Department, respectively.Ruling that the disapproval by the CSC NCR of the permanent appointments to ...

Dec222021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Globe services resumed in Antique, Biliran, Guimaras, Samar

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The provinces of Antique, Biliran, Guimaras, and all of Samar are the latest areas where Globe has successfully restored services enabling customers to make and receive calls as well as send and receive text messages to their loved ones.Globe is also the first to restore network services in Del Carmen, Siargao Island, San Jose in Dinagat Islands, Lipata Seaport, Surigao City and Surigao Airport.Our teams are working tirelessly on simultaneous cell site restorations across different areas affected by typhoon Odette.Free and unlimited GoWiFiGlobe is also providing FREE and UNLIMITED GoWiFi in select malls, government offices and airports in Visayas and Mindanao areas affected by Typhoon Odette.AGUSAN DEL NORTEButuan AirportRobinsons ButuanAKLANGaisano Capi...

Dec222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Vice president, Kris Aquino bring aid to typhoon victims

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Vice President Leni Robredo was joined by actress Kris Aquino in the delivery of food assistance to typhoon “Odette” victims in southern Negros Occidental on Tuesday, December 21.Robredo said the distribution on Tuesday was not a one-time delivery. She is leaving a team in Negros Occidental to look into what else they can do to help the typhoon-hit residents.The team will also deliver assistance to typhoon victims in other areas of Negros Occidental that she was unable to visit Tuesday, Robredo said.The vice president met with typhoon victims in Barangay Daan Banwa, Kabankalan City, and Himamaylan City.Robredo said she personally met with the typhoon victims to assure them that they are not alone in their ordeal, and that they will not be forgotten.Many of the typhoon v...

Dec222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv: Duterte raising P2B for WV typhoon-hit areas

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DSWD-6 photoPresident Rodrigo Duterte told Negros Occidental officials on Monday that he is raising P2 billion for typhoon-hit areas in Western Visayas, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Tuesday, December 21.The P2 billion will be for the entire region, and not for each typhoon-hit province, Lacson explained.The president said he is raising P10 billion for all of the typhoon-hit areas in the country, Lacson said.The president met with officials of Negros Occidental and Oriental at the Kabankalan City Hall on Monday to look into their needs following Typhoon “Odette”, and to also address other concerns, Lacson said.Social Welfare Secretary Rolando Bautista said they would provide P15,000 each to families whose houses were damaged and P30,000 to those whose houses were destro...

Dec222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Kabankalan cops, evacuees clung on to trees to survive

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Screen grabbed from Kabankalan PNP videoSix policemen clung on to trees like tarsiers for twelve hours when floodwaters rose as typhoon “Odette” lashed Kabankalan City on Friday, December 17, Mayor Pedro Zayco said Tuesday.The policemen had gone to Sitio San Jose in Barangay 6, Kabankalan to rescue residents, when there was a sudden surge of water in the wee hours of Friday, he said.The policemen and the 17 adults and children they rescued jumped out of the patrol vehicle and climbed pili trees to avoid being carried away by the floodwaters.Their Hyundai H-100 vehicle disappeared and maybe at the bottom of a river, Zayco said.Lt. Col. Raymond Cruz, Kabankalan police chief, said they tried to rescue the trapped policemen and the evacuees but they could not reach the area...

Dec222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros SP approves state of calamity, 93,756 houses damaged, destroyed

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The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved on Tuesday, December 21, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson’s declaration of a state of calamity in Negros Occidental due to Typhoon “Odette,” Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer said.The resolution noted that 181,110 Negrenses have been affected by the typhoon that has caused P6.2 billion in destruction.The typhoon damaged 60,799 houses and destroyed 32,957 in Negros Occidental for a total of 93,756, the Office of Civil Defense reported Tuesday.The SP in adopting the governor’s declaration of a state of calamity approved the allocation of a portion of the calamity fund to extend immediate assistance to those affected by Typhoon “Odette”.It also approved a price freeze on basic necessities and prime commodities over the entire province...

Dec212021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Pres. Duterte nagpromisa sang bulig, VP Leni nagpalab-ot man sang bulig sa mga nahalitan sang Bagyo Odette

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Presidente Rodrigo Duterte kag Vice President Leni Robredo ang nag bisita sa mga apektado sang bagyo sa Southern Negros.Lunes nag patigayon sang inspection ang presidente sa Southern Negros. Suno kay Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson 2 billion pesos ang gin pledge sang presidente sa mga lugar nga apektado ni bagyo Odette sa Western Visayas.Ang presidente mismo ang nag pamuno sang ceremonial distribution sang family food packs, repair kits, hygiene kits pagkatapos ginpatigayon ang post typhoon briefing sa Kabankalan City Hall.Nag patuman man sang aerial inspection ang presidente. Suno kay Governor Lacson, iya ginpadangat man kay Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi nga kun mahimo mahatagan sang dugang nga personnel ang mga electric cooperatives agudto mapadasig ang pagbali...