Tag: Negros Occidental
Photo of the Day (November 8, 2021)
The supporters of Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in front of the Bacolod City Government Center on Sunday, November 7.*John Benneth photo
Digicast Negros X (November 8, 2021)
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Leni pushes for F2F classes in safe areas
Vice President Leni Robredo (left) at the launching of the "Palugaw ni Leni" feeding program of the Laban Leni Negros Occidental.*OVP photoVice President Leni Robredo stressed the need for the resumption of face-to-face classes in areas where the risk of COVID-19 is low or there is no community transmission.“We cannot continue under the current situation, two years of no face-to face classes has had very damaging effects on the education of students,” Robredo said in an ambush interview in Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Saturday.“So the sooner that we can do face-to-face classes, as long as our anxieties over (COVID-19) transmission are addressed, would be the most ideal,” she said.She said she has been pushing for face-to-face classes since June last year in areas where it...
2 killed in multiple vehicle collision
Murcia PNP photoA motorcycle driver and his passenger were killed after they figured in a multiple vehicle collision at the national highway in Purok Manman Ko, Barangay Pandanon Silos, Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, November 6.Killed were motorcycle driver Julieto Cañete, 47, of Barangay Rizal and Jimmy Gadiane of Barangay Prosperidad in San Carlos City.The victims, both construction workers, were thrown off the motorcycle due to the impact of the accident. They were rushed to the Murcia Health Unit where they were declared dead on arrival.The motorcycle of the victims was hit by a delivery van loaded with freezers of ice cream head on after it encountered mechanical trouble, a police report said.This, after the delivery van driven by Micheal Cabugwason, 33, o...
Army brings home bodies of 2 soldiers slain in Moises Padilla
303rd IB photoThe Philippine Army's 79th Infantry (Masaligan) Battalion and 12th Infantry Battalion accorded military honors to Corporal Biencent John Trero and Private Cesar Ian Eleuterio on the arrival of their cadavers at the Bacolod-Silay Airport and Roxas City Airport via an NC212i aircraft of the Philippine Air Force from Cebu City on Saturday, November 6.Trero and Eleuterio were killed during an encounter with New People’s Army rebels in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, on November 3.The cadaver of Trero was transported to his family in Barangay To-uy, Himamaylan City, while Eleuterio was brought to his residence in Brgy. Jaena Norte, Jamindan, Capiz.Four other soldiers were also wounded in the encounter. They are now recuperating at a hospital in Cebu City."We...
We’ll double agri budget, boost organic farming: Kiko
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Ramon Uy Jr. and Negros organic farmers at May’s Organic Garden in Bacolod City, Saturday, November 6.*Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who is running for vice president under the ticket of 1Sambayan presidential candidate Leni Robredo, said they are looking at doubling the country’s agriculture budget in a period of six years if they win in the 2022 polls.Part of that will be a significant increase in government support for organic agriculture, said Pangilinan who met with organic farmers at May’s Organic Garden in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, on Saturday, November 6.Pangilinan, who is also a farmer, acknowledged the pioneering efforts of Negros in organic farming and assured the farmers of government support under a Robredo administr...
Negros Occidental vaccinates 25.53% of target vs. Covid, Diaz says
Pediatric A3 vaccination at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital.*Capitol photoNegros Occidental has vaccinated 25.53 of its target population against COVID-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Sunday, November 7.A November 7 report showed that 465,926 Negrenses out of the 1,825,370 target have been vaccinated with at least one dose.Those fully vaccinated were 355,377 or 19.47 percent of the target, the report added.Silay City had the most number vaccinated residents at 37, 636, followed by Cadiz City with 35, 628, Sagay City - 35,293, Bago City – 28, 553 and Talisay City – 28,025The area that hit the highest percentage of its target population is La Carlota City at 50.34 percent, followed by Silay City with 40.57 percent, and Pulupandan – 39.45 pe...
FULL STATEMENT | Youth 4 Climate Hope on #GlobalDayOfAction
The climate crisis is a global emergency that is drastically affecting the planet. It’s devastating effects have now rapidly worsened and already cost lives and destruction in every corner of the world. Extreme flooding events, rapid glacier melting, soaring global temperature, and sea level rise are one of the climate crisis’s repercussions that are already felt in every country, especially in the Philippines—tagged as the most vulnerable country to climate change. Almost every aspect of our lives, from our food security, shelter, and social systems are projected to be at risk if the global temperature continues to rise.We, Youth For Climate Hope and other allied organizations in Negros Occidental stand unwavering along with other countries striking for #GlobalDayOfAction. We demand a...
Isa ka Bacolodnon may masobra sa isa ka libo na ka mga ido nga na rescue
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