Photo of the Day (October 21, 2021)
The San Carlos city government is vaccinating market vendors to curb the spread of COVID-19.*San Carlos LGU photo
Tag: Negros Occidental
Human Resource Management officer balik trabaho na
Capitol file photoBalik na sa trabaho ang pamuno sang Human Resource Management Office sang Negros Occidental kasunod sang pagtapos sang 60 day preventive suspension sini.Suno kay Atty Alberto Nellas, Jr, ang provincial legal officer sang Negros Occidental, Oktubre 4 nagbalik report sa iya ulihi nga assignment sa Cybercentre si Atty Anabelle Palic.Nagtapos man ang iya nga preventive suspension kag balik na man ang iya nga benepisyo, padayon ang hearing sa kaso nga ginpasaka batuk sa iya. Siya ang ginreklamo sang pila ka mga empleyado kag retirees sang oppression, conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service, grave misconduct ang for being notoriously undesirable.Naga panugod pa lamang ang hearing. Samtang, ginakabig naman nga resolved ang kaso angut sa ginbakal n...
Digicast Negros X (October 21, 2021)
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OWWA providing aid but kin of Murcia OFW want justice
The remains of the overseas Filipino worker who died while in quarantine at a Makati City hotel arrived at her home in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Wednesday, October 20.*Contributed photoThe body of an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who died while in quarantine at a Makati City hotel arrived at their home in Barangay Lopez Jaena, Murcia in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, October 20, her brother said.Sheila Mae Malibong Hallares, 40, was found dead on October 13 in a room at Eurotel Makati Hotel in Makati City, where she was quarantined on her arrival from Lebanon.Her brother PO1 Nico Malibong, who is assigned to the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office, said while the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has assured them of the insurance due his sister and as...
Negros wins Galing Pook award for coastal wetlands conservation
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (center) holds up Negros Occidental’s Galing Pook award.*Richard Malihan photoNegros Occidental was named one of the ten 2021 Galing Pook Awardees for its Network Alliances for Coastal Wetlands Conservation during a virtual awarding ceremony Wednesday afternoon, October 20.The network is composed of 10 local government units, 52 coastal barangays, people’s organizations, fisheries and aquatic resources management councils, and hundreds of community-based environmental law enforcers.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson thanked the award-giving body for the recognition given to Negros Occidental.It is significant that Wednesday also marked the fifth year of the declaration of the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation area as a RAMSAR site or Wetland of ...
Negros Occidental vax drive hits 21% of target
PHO photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government has vaccinated 377,318 individuals or 21 percent of its target population of 1.8 million against COVID-19 to reach herd immunity, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, October 20.Silay City has vaccinated the most number of residents at 34,698, followed by Sagay City at 28, 017, Talisay City – 25, 383, Bago City – 24,759, Cadiz City – 23,794, Victorias City – 23, 104 and La Carlota City - 20,016.But La Carlota City was the highest in terms of target population vaccinated at 42 percent, followed by Silay City at 37 percent, Victorias City -36 percent, Talisay City – 34 percent and Pulupandan – 33 percent.Diaz said they do not have the target number of minors aged 12 to 17 years old to be vaccinated.Th...
North, south Negros power rates drop, too
The power rates in northern and southern Negros Occidental have dropped by P2.8376 and P3.8983, respectively, this October.The Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (NONECO) announced Wednesday, October 20, that its power rate for October is P11.1328 per kWh or a decrease of P2.8376 from last month.The decrease is because of the low cost of electricity purchased from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) with an average price of P3.5585 per kWh, and the deferment in the collection of congestion cost and line rental until the restoration of the damaged National Grid Corporation of the Philippines Cebu-Negros submarine cable, a NONECO advisory said.It is also caused by the refund of congestion and other applicable charges, it added.The Negros Occidental Electric Coopera...
Capitol Cab service now has 15 vehicles
Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government’s Capitol Cab service, a ride-hailing service for its employees, now has 15 vehicles available for use to protect them from COVID-19 and other dangers, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, October 20.The Capitol created a digital booking application to handle all travel demands from employees of all departments of the provincial government on official business, he said.The Capitol Cab is car-hailing application developed by the Negros Occidental Information Communication Technology Division under the Office of the Provincial Administrator that has been operating for a month.The vehicles under the Capitol Cab are those formerly used by provincial board members, as well as those that had been abandone...
Cops deployed at cemeteries
Policemen have been deployed at Negros Occidental and Bacolod City cemeteries to ensure the observance of COVID-19 health protocols as residents begin visiting the graves of their relatives ahead of All Saints and Souls’ days on November 1 and 2.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia have ordered the closure of cemeteries from October 30 to November 2 to prevent crowds from gathering that could lead to a further surge in COVID -19 cases in the province and city.Before and after the closure dates, crowds should be limited to 30 percent of the cemeteries’ capacities, both officials said.PLt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, Bacolod City Police Office spokesperson, said policemen have already been deployed at public and private cemeteries to ensure that the 30 perce...
Hydroponics farm sa Brgy. Mambulac sa Silay
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