Digicast Negros X (November 11, 2021)
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Tag: Negros Occidental
Soaring fertilizer prices, imports threaten food security: Confed
“Farmers need help from the government to address soaring costs of production.”The call was issued by Raymond Montinola, Confederation of Sugarcane Planters’ Associations national president, following a CONFED board meeting in Bacolod City on Thursday, November 11..“The cost of Urea and other fertilizers have gone beyond affordable levels, especially for our small farmers,” Montinola explained, adding that “with urea at Php2,000 per bag, our farmers will most likely reduce their inputs, leading to sudden drops in production.”“We are not talking only about sugarcane growers, but also about rice and other farmers who depend on fertilizers to maintain their production,” Montinola said in a press release.This development would constitute a serious threat to the country’s quest for ...
Capitol gets safety seal
Capitol photoGovernor Eugenio Jose Lacson received the Safety Seal Certificate of the Negros Occidental Capitol from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday, November 11.The provincial Capitol in Bacolod City passed the on-site inspection and evaluation on Wednesday.The Safety Seal signifies the compliance of the Capitol with the minimum health standards required to contain the transmission of COVID-19.The approval was given by DILG Negros Occidental OIC Provincial Director Roselyn Quintana at the Capitol Social Hall, in the presence of Negros Occ. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz.The Inspection and Certification Team for the Safety Seal is composed of representatives from the DILG, Bureau of Fire Protection and the Philippine Natio...
1.3 milyones pesos nakuha sa banko sa Hinobaan
Hinobaan PNP photosGinkumpirma ni Hinobaan PNP chief, Major Clifford Batadhay nga kapin 1.3 milyones pesos ang nakuha kaina sang kaagahon matapos gin sulod ang isa ka banko sa kilid sang highway sa Barangay 1 sa Hinobaan.Suno kay Batadhay, wala sang forcible entry bangud sa nakabukas lang ang sliding nga crystal nga bintana sang banko kag didto gin kuot sang kawatan kag gin off ang alarm kag ang CCTV sang banko.Nahibaluan man suno sa pulis sang suspek ang mga combination number sa vault gani dako ang posibilidad nga inside job ang natabo kag ang suspek ang isa man lang sa mga empleyado sang banko.Padayon karon ang imbestigasyon sang kapulisan.
P168M agricultural machinery distributed to Negros farmers
Capitol photoA total of P168 million in rice farm machinery and equipment under the Department of Agriculture’s Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Mechanization Program, were distributed to various rice farmer cooperatives and associations in Negros Occidental, Thursday, November 11.Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Philmech Director Baldwin Jallorina led the distribution of the projects at the Panaad Park in Bacolod City.Distributed were 36 four-wheel tractors, 24 rice combine harvesters, 13 riding type transplanters, and 5 walk-behind transplanters.This project aims to reduce the cost of rice production and reduce postharvest losses, that will eventually help the farmers increase their productivity and income, a press release from the Capitol said.The impleme...
Cebu-based coop extends loans to Bacolod, Murcia farmers, drivers
City PIO photoA total of P990,000 in loan assistance was extended by the Cebu People’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative to 63 farmers and jeepney drivers in Bacolod and Murcia on Wednesday, November 10, at the Barangay Villamonte Gym in Bacolod City.The Agri-Negosyo Loan Program or ANYO, was launched by the cooperative in partnership with the Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Credit Policy Council to help strengthen the food supply chain, small farmers and other grassroots stakeholders, a press release from the Bacolod City Public Information Office said.Thirty-three farmers, mostly from Barangays Alangilan and Mandalagan and Murcia town, received their loans alongside 30 jeepney drivers and operators plying the Central Market, Fortune Towne and Eroreco routes.The ANYO Loan...
Masobra 1 ka milyon ka pesos gin-alegar nakuha sang ginsulod sang wala makilal-an nga persona ang banko sa banwa sang Hinobaan
Ginkumpirmar ni Mayor Ernesto Estrao nga wala sang gwardiya kag wala man sang mga na-install nga CCTV camera sang ginsulod ang Rural Bank of Ilog-Hinobaan, Miyerkules sang gab-i.Gina padalman na sang Hinobaan PNP ang pagpang-usisa bangud wala man sang forcible entry sa natabo nga pagpangawat sa banko.
SP unanimously approves P3.2B budget of Bacolod
The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod approved the P3.250 billion budget of Bacolod City for 2022 on third and final reading on Wednesday, November 10, Councilor Cindy Rojas, SP Committee on Finance chair, said.The budget was approved unanimously with no revisions, she said.The proposed P3.250 billion budget is 25 percent higher than this year’s Bacolod budget of P2.6 billion.Rojas attributed the budget increase to the National Tax Allotment (NTA), formerly the Internal Revenue Allotment, granted following the Supreme Court’s Mandanas ruling that raised the local government’s share of national taxes.Rojas said P2,156,905,199 or 66 percent of Bacolod’s 2022 budget will come from the NTA and P1,093,094,801 or 34 percent will come from local revenues.Vice Governor Jeffrey Fer...
Negros Occidental curfew to stay, hours likely to be reduced
Curfew in Negros Occidental will definitely continue, but the hours are likely to be reduced, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Wednesday, November 10.“The majority of the local chief executives would like to continue having curfew,” Lacson said, adding that he will issue an executive order on the matter on Thursday, November 11.He is just waiting for the mayors’ reply to his question on whether curfew should be from 12 midnight to 4 a.m., Lacson said.The current curfew in Negros Occidental is from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., Provincial Administrator Rafyfrando Diaz said.A separate curfew for minors could be imposed, Lacson said.Although minors in Negros Occidental towns and cities usually don’t stay out late, he said.The National Inter-Agency Task Force has placed Negros Occiden...