Tag: Negros Occidental

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Lacson inks MOA with OISCA for Japanese language training

Capitol photoNegros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson signed a Memorandum of Agreement with OISCA International, Japan and OISCA Bago Training Center (OBTC) for a three-month Japanese Language and Culture Training of nine scholars bound for Japan in a virtual meeting at the Governor’s Office, on Monday, November 15.OISCA International, Japan was represented by its Secretary-General Yasuaki Nagaishi while OISCA Bago Training Center was represented by its director, Shigemi Watanabe.This program is a pioneering collaboration between the provincial government of Negros Occidental and OISCA International Japan on education and employment for highly-skilled young Negrense professionals, a press release from the Capitol said.This scholarship program is aimed at providing and...

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

WV coast guard head promoted to commodore

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Commodore Edgar L. Ybañez*President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has promoted the head of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) District in Western Visayas and three others from captains to the next higher rank of commodore’ based on the recommendation of Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade.Promoted were Captain Edgar L. Ybañez of Western Visayas, along with captains Ramon S Lopez, Joeven L Fabul and Mitzie S. Silva-Campo, a press release from the PCG said Tuesday, November 16.Ybañez from Quezon City was part of the PMA Class of 1993. He currently serves as District Commander of the PCG District Western Visayas after his assignment as Commander of the PCG District Northeastern Luzon and Deputy Commander of the Coast Guard Surface Support Force.He also performed var...

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

28 brgys get P8.4M

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Capitol photoA total of P8.4 million was distributed to 28 barangays in Negros Occidental on Monday, November 15.Each of the beneficiary barangays received P300,000 each for various development projects such as improvement of water system, repair of evacuation center, installation of street lights, road concreting, improvement of multi-purpose building, rehabilitation of overflow bridge, purchase of multi-purpose vehicle, construction of senior citizen building, concreting of fish wharf, riprapping of creek and canal, construction of perimeter fence, construction of covered court stage, and concreting of pathway, a press release from the Capitol said.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of checks to the punong barangays at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City,in the ...

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Orola calls for OHCC in Negros Occidental

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Negros Occidental gubernatorial aspirant, lawyer Juan “John” N. Orola Jr., is calling for the immediate efficient implementation, operation, and dissemination of information of the One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) in the province of Negros Occidental for a better management and coordination of Covid cases.In August the palace had already highlighted the role of OHCCs in COVID-19 response and the Department of Health and the Inter-agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases, in coordination with the Department of Interior Local Government, Department of Tourism, Metro Manila Development Authority, and Bases Conversion and Development Authority, had officially launched the OHCC at the MMDA Arena, Makati City for efficient, effective and comprehensive response to the rising Covid ...

Nov162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv moves Negros target for herd immunity to February

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Capitol photoGovernor Eugenio Jose Lacson has moved Negros Occidental’s COVID-19 vaccination target for hitting herd immunity from December to February 2022.The provincial government needs to vaccinate 1.82 million Negrenses or 70 percent of its 2.6 million population to reach herd immunity.Dr. Adriano Suba-an, Department of Health (DOH) Western Visayas regional director, met with Lacson on Friday, November 12, to raise the need for Negros Occidental to ramp up its vaccination drive.Lacson said he did not give any excuses for the slow vaccination drive, but assured him that in the next two months there will be an increase in the vaccine rollout.“We may not reach our target for herd immunity by December, the more realistic target is February”, he said.“What is import...

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

447 Isabela contractual workers unpaid

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There are 447 contractual workers in Isabela town, Negros Occidental, who have not been paid since October 15, Mayor Irene Montilla said Monday, November 15.She said the non-payment is due to the failure of the Sangguniang Bayan, led by Vice Mayor Renato Malabor Jr., to fully approve Supplemental Budget No. 2 on July 13 amounting to P3,393,717.28. It only approved P1,880,012.90.The SB also did not approve the allocation for their salaries in Supplemental Budget No. 3, she said.“This is the reason why we cannot pay our job order employees," she said.As a temporary measure, she and her son, Juan Miguel Montilla, distributed rice assistance to these employees who were affected by the budget impasse, Montilla said.A pattern of political obstructionism is being played again ...

Nov162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

No presidential bet yet for Lacson, Benitez

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod mayoral aspirant Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez have yet to name the presidential candidate they will support for the 2022 polls.Personally he does not want to make a decision right away, he will wait until next year, Lacson said Monday, November 15, as the deadline for substitution of candidates ended.Lacson is a member of the Nationalist People’s Coalition.Benitez, who heads the PDP Laban in Negros and Bacolod, on Monday would also not name the presidential candidate he will support in 2022.“This is the most confusing election I have ever seen with so many substitutions,” Benitez said.Asked if he would support the PDP Laban anointed candidate for president, Benitez said “we don’t know yet which one, we will just...

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Substitution in Toboso

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The substitution of a candidate for councilor in Toboso, Negros Occidental, took place before the deadline Monday, November 15, ended.Barangay Captain Efren Mandajoyan replaced Sangguniang Federation chair Paolo Villanueva who earlier filed his certificate of candidacy to run for councilor of Toboso, Mayor Richard Jaojoco announced on his Facebook page.Villanueva is a member of the Lakas Christian Muslim Democrats.Mandajoyan is supported by all of the barangay captains of Toboso, Jaojoco said.Jaojoco’s wife, Madonnah Marañon Jaojoco (PDP Laban) is running for mayor against Evello Valencia (Nationalist People’s Coalition) in the 2022 polls.*

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

UNIFED calls for fertilizer subsidy

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The United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) is urging the Department of Agriculture to subsidize the cost of fertilizers by immediately issuing a P1,000 voucher per bag of fertilizer for sugar farmers who have been greatly affected by the continuing rising cost of the commodity.UNIFED President Manuel Lamata said Monday, November 15, that the cost of urea fertilizers have more than doubled in just months from the P800 to P900 per 50-kilogram bag to almost P1,900 per bag.“This is unacceptable and we want the Department of Agriculture to act on this, otherwise our production will definitely go down again,” Lamata said.This is one problem that needs immediate action especially since more than 80 percent of the sugar producers are small planters, Lamata added, saying “how else c...

Nov152021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Motorcycle rider patay, angkas nga menor de edad pilason sang matumba ang ila motor sa DSB

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DSB PNP photoPatay ang 23 anyos nga si Arjan Penes samtang pilason naman ang iya menor de edad nga angkas matapos matumba kahapon sa dalan sa Barangay Igmayaan sa banwa sang Don Salvador Benedicto.Suno kay Lt Everly Canto, deputy chief sang DSB PNP, gikan sa ilimnan ang duha ka biktima kag mabakal pa sila kuntani sang dugang nga ilimnon sang sila ang matumba sa kurbada nga bahin sang dalan.Wala sang kontra suno sa pulis ang motor kag posible bangud sang kahulugbon sang driver amo nga natumba sila.Padayon nga bulongn sa 17 anyos nga angkas.