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Oct312021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Renewables ‘real solution’ to high power rates, climate woes: bishop

Renewables ‘real solution’ to high power rates, climate woes: bishop

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San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza is calling on government leaders in Negros Island and surrounding provinces, national policymakers and energy authorities to turn to the development of renewable energy in the country as a readily available and genuine solution to high power costs burdening Filipinos.Alminaza's call for action was made during a House Committee on Energy (COE) hearing held Friday, October 29, which sought to tackle the increase in electricity rates of electric cooperatives in Negros and Iloilo in light of the damaged submarine cable of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) connecting Cebu to Negros and Panay, and the consequence of purchasing electricity from the Wholesale Electricity Market (WESM)."We support the several recommendations for the u...
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Oct312021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Farmers group in Silay severe connection with NFSW

Farmers group in Silay severe connection with NFSW

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About 750 farmers in Silay City formally disaffiliated themselves from the National Federation of Sugarcane Workers (NFSW) during mass condemnation rites at the Eustaquio Lopez Covered Court in Brgy. E. Lopez on Saturday, October 30, an Army press release said.Members and key leaders of Hacienda Pula-Silay Agrarian Reform Cooperative; Purok Sunshine, AIDSISA Agriculture Workers Association; Purok Langka, AIDSISA Farmer and Farm Workers Association; Hacienda Caridad Farmers and Farm Workers Association; and Agricultural Farmers and Farm Worker Association (AFFWA) participated in the activity.They took their oath of allegiance to the Philippine government before Brgy Captain Memia Gallego, burned the replica flags of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) ...
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Oct302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Negros Open Chess Champions named

Negros Open Chess Champions named

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Capitol photoNegros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the awarding ceremony of the champions of this year's Negros Open Chess Championship, held at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, Saturday, October 30.The winners are Lorenzo Mark Raffaele of Kabankalan City (10 boys), Summer Ellaine Abanco of Bacolod City (10 girls), Christian Pelione of Bacolod City (13 boys), Jasmine Tanizin Mijares of Bacolod City (13 girls), Clark Ken Pelione of Bacolod City (19 boys), Arnie Joanne Suravilla of Bacolod City (19 girls), Amalio Bayot of Sagay City (open category), and Joshua Panes of Pontevedra (25 boys).Leo Romitman is the tournament manager.The activity is spearheaded by the Provincial Sports Office led by Anthony Carlo Agustin, Executive Assistant to the Governor and...
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Oct302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
San Carlos City bags 3rd Place in Digital Governance Awards 2021

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

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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...
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Oct302021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
Negros displaced workers receive TUPAD payouts

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...
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Oct302021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Bacolod, Negros Oriental on Alert Level 4, for special monitoring – IATF

Bacolod, Negros Oriental on Alert Level 4, for special monitoring – IATF

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The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has placed Bacolod City and Negros Oriental under COVID-19 Alert Level 4 from November 1 to 14, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque announced Friday, October 29.Alert Level 4 refers to areas where case counts are high or increasing, and where the total bed and intensive care unit utilization rate is high, the IATF said.Meanwhile, the IATF placed Negros Occidental under Alert Level 2.Bacolod City and Negros Oriental, along with Aurora and Davao Occidental that are under the highest alert level of four have been tagged as areas for special monitoring, Roque said.Em Ang, Bacolod Emergency Operations Center executive director, said under Alert Level 4 all minors cannot go out. Under the previou...
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