Tag: Negros Occidental

Oct302021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

San Carlos City bags 3rd Place in Digital Governance Awards 2021

San Carlos LGU photoSan Carlos City’s entry to the Digital Governance Awards (DGA) 2021, which is a Viral Assessment and Monitoring System (VAMOS) software application, won the 3rd place during its virtual awarding rites Friday, October 29.The DGA 2021 is a joint program of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) aimed at recognizing the best practices of municipalities, cities and provinces in their development and solutions in the field of Information and Communications Technology including efficiency, innovation, and business and citizen governance.City Mayor Renato Gustilo along with the staff of the Information Technology and C...

Oct302021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Chocolate hills sang San Carlos City kag madamo

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Oct302021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Negros displaced workers receive TUPAD payouts

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Capitol photoGovernor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) payouts to about a hundred beneficiaries from the cities of Silay and Talisay in Negros Occidental on Friday, October 29.TUPAD is a community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for displaced workers, underemployed and seasonal workers, for a minimum period of 10 days, but not to exceed a maximum of 30 days, depending on the nature of work to be performed, a press release from the Capitol said.The beneficiaries are the unemployed, displaced OFWs, disadvantaged workers such as laborers, farmers, solo parent, vendors, tricycle drivers, and fisherfolks, it added.They received P5,925 (P395 per day for 15 days).Th...

Oct282021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Photo of the Day (October 28, 2021)

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Mayor Renato Gustilo instructed the City Engineer’s Office to create a “temporary canal” beside the circumferential road to prevent flooding in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.*San Carlos PIO photo

Oct292021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Mga tul-an sang tawo nga nakita sa ibabaw sang pantyon, ginbulad lang antes himuson kay narusdak ang ginhalinan sini nga pantyon

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

May lapida sa kilid kag kompleto pa ang mga tul-an sa sulod sang barong, delargo kag medyas ni Leodoro Esponilla samtang gina bulad sa ibabaw man sang katupad lang nga mga pantyon sa Bacolod City Public Cemetery.Gin bulad ini sang isa sa mga naga remedyo heneral sa patyo nga si Chow-chow Tikarte sang kahapon matapos matalupangdan nga narusdak ang lima ka panalgan nga pantyon.Ang bangkay ni Esponilla ang yara sa 5th floor gani gin una ini ni Tikarte.Kaina ginpahimos ini sa iya sang caretaker sang public cemetery nga si Ricardo Repogio matapos nga may nga report nga nasapwan ang mga tul-an sa ibabaw sang pantyon.Paathag ni Repogio, indi malikawan nga may mga pantyon nga nagaka rusdak kag ang gina himo nila,Ipahimos ang mga tul-an, isulod sa sako kag hulaton anay ang pamilya n...

Oct292021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Superior

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"Superior" is RA Tijing’s 13th one-man show, a relevant comment in the social order that dictates the present dynamics of human living.Modeka describes "Superior" by definition, as pertaining “to a higher rank, status, or quality, however, for artist RA Tijing, superiority is a matter of politics and human behavior.Despite Tijing's bold use of bright colors, with endearing monster-like characters placed in an open landscape, upon closer inspection, these works draw inspiration from real socio-political and economic issues that plague our society.The exhibition consists of five paintings, each serving as a visual commentary on a certain matter. One example would be his piece entitled "Coke It Is!" which depicts the famous (or rather infamous) North Korean politician Kim Jong-un ...

Oct282021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

NY4L welcomes Imee’s description of Leni

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The Negros Youth for Leni (NY4L) welcomed Senator Imee Marcos’s description of presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo as “extraordinary housewife” and to “never underestimate” the latter’s capability and competence.Robredo is running against the senator’s younger brother, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.In a press release sent Thursday, October 28, the youth group said the senator “just affirmed the struggles and sacrifices of Negrosanon women who organized against the Marcos dictatorship and rallied against the construction of coal power plants – both leading successful movements in the province.”“But while the Negros Youth welcomes the senator’s statement as recognition of the power of women, we also express with deepest concern that the same words are potenti...

Oct282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

PNP: Moises Padilla councilor facing rape raps wanted

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A councilor of Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, facing rape raps cannot be located, the town’s cop chief said Thursday, October 28.PMaj. Randy Babor, Moises Padilla cop chief, said they served the warrant of arrest on Councilor Fred Villaflor Bangcaya, alias Dimpol, 45, on Tuesday but he could not be located.The councilor is facing raps for five counts of rape, Babor said.Acting Presiding Judge Eric Anthony Ateniao Dumpilo of the Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, Regional Trial Court Branch 64 issued the warrant of arrest on October 15.The case is a non-bailable offense, the judge said.An 18-year-old grade 11 student in her complaint claimed she was raped multiple times from January to April this year.Bangcaya could not be reached for comment.*

Oct282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Flooding hits San Carlos, preventive measures taken

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Mayor Renato Gustilo on Thursday, October 28, ordered the immediate clearing of clogged drainages and inspection of tributaries following flooding that hit San Carlos City as heavy rain poured Wednesday night, October 27.Gustilo, with City Administrator Estefanio Libutan Jr. and City Engineer Franuel Luranas, also inspected the areas in the city that were flooded.They visited the creeks near the national highway that may have overflowed and added to the water surge in some areas, the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) reported.Gustilo instructed Luranas to have the residuals left in the waterways cleaned and to create a "temporary canal" beside the circumferential road to ease water flow during heavy rains, so as not to exhaust the catch-basin beside the Ci...