Tag: Negros

Nov292021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Negros Occidental award for wetlands

Negros Occidental has another feather in its cap with the recent award it received for building an alliance for wetlands conservation.The site is the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA), which has been inscribed as the 7th Wetlands of International Importance of the Philippines under the Ramsar Convention of the United Nations.The GalingPook Foundation, an award-giving body that searches and recognizes the innovative and best practices of the local government units in the Philippines, bestowed this 2nd GalingPook Award for Negros Occidental on environmental protection and rehabilitation. The Task Force Ilahas, later on rebranded as Balik Ilahas, was the 1st Galing Pook Award winner for the province.Governor Bong Lacson said the recognition was timely w...

Nov282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Albee willing to accept Greg in Asenso team

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Bacolod mayoral candidate Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez announced on Saturday, November 27, that should Rep. Greg Gasataya need a political party to join, Asenso Bacolod will accept him with open arms.Mayor Evelio Leonardia and his Grupo Progreso on Friday cut ties with Gasataya after declaring that the congressman’s claim that he would remain neutral as far as the mayoral race is concerned is a “sham and political deception.”Gasataya’s actions in the past weeks indicate that he is clearly with the rival camp, Leonardia said.The congressman has yet to react to the statements of Leonardia and Benitez.Benitez, in his statement, said “my politics transcend political coloring. I look at character and performance. Which is why I said, whatever political leanings Cong Greg wil...

Nov282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Occidental aims to vaccinate 300,000 vs. Covid in 3 days

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Richard Malihan photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government is aiming to vaccinate 300,000 residents during the three-day national COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled from Monday to Wednesday, November 29 to December 1.The provincial government has created 18 vaccination teams to help its 31 towns and cities hit their 300,000 target, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Sunday, November 28.They will also have a vaccination drive at the provincial government-owned food terminal at the North Capitol road in Bacolod City from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Diaz said.The initial target set by the Department of Health for Negros Occidental’s three-day vaccination drive was 516,807.“The DOH was willing to allow us to reduce the target they set for the province,” Dia...

Nov282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

2 Covid-designated facilities to revert to regular hospitals

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Two COVID-19 designated facilities in Negros Occidental will slowly revert to regular hospitals starting December 1 following the drop in coronavirus cases in the province, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Sunday, November 28.The two are the Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital in Himamaylan City and the Valladolid District Hospital in Valladolid town.The Cadiz District Hospital will also use its annex building for non COVID-19 cases, he added.This was agreed on by the Provincial Incident Management Team and approved by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, he said.The Valladolid District Hospital will use a 15-bed isolation ward that was repaired and renovated for COVID-19 cases, while the Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital will no longer acce...

Nov282021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Oldest Negrense centenarian in Murcia?

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Murcia Mayor Gerry M. Rojas visis Lola Concepcion Lauron of Brgy. Damsite, Murcia.In the course of recognizing and providing assistance to the centenarians in Murcia, local government officials came across an elderly resident who might possibly be one of the oldest living centenarians in the island of Negros and the entire country.“At almost 110 years old, Lola Concepcion Lauron of Brgy. Damsite is still alert and can still hear clearly. She readily answers questions without the need of repeating them. She even sang an old, long-forgotten Ilonggo song for us,” said Murcia Mayor Gerry M. Rojas who visited her last week.Lola Concepcion credited her longevity to a healthy diet consisting of fish, fruits and vegetables, and that she does not eat processed food, like canned goods, t...

Nov282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Imelda Marcos look-alike joins ‘red and green’ caravan in Bacolod

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An Imelda Marcos look-alike joins the "red and green" caravan Sunday, November 28.*Thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential bet Sara Duterte, including an Imelda Marcos look-alike, joined a red and green caravan in Bacolod City on Sunday, November 28.The vehicles that joined the caravan, the majority of which were motorcycles, were decorated with tarpaulins, Philippine flags, and red and green ribbons.Participants chanted “BBM, BBM,” waved flaglets, honked and swayed to the beat of drumbeaters on the back of pickups.Others came dressed in costumes, with a lot of participants posing for photos with the Imelda Marcos look-alike at the Bacolod City Government Center where the caravan ended.John Benneth said the...

Nov282021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Photo of the Day (November 28, 2021)

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An Imelda Marcos look-alike joins the "red and green" caravan in Bacolod City, Sunday, November 28.*Byahe ni Amber photo

Nov282021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod set for Nov. 29-Dec. 1 National Vaccination Days drive

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City PIO photoIt's all systems go for the Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 National Vaccination Days with Bacolod City set to open up 40 vaccination sites in schools, barangays and malls for the three-day event as part of the government's campaign to fast-track herd immunity.Mayor Evelio Leonardia enjoined Bacolodnons to take part in the program and called on the unvaccinated to get inoculated from Monday to Wednesday despite the declining COVID-19 cases in the city, a press release from the Bacolod Public Information Office said.Executive Director Em Legaspi-Ang of the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force said the City Health Office under its officer-in-charge, Dr. Edwin Miraflor, Jr., has already conducted an orientation for 127 volunteers in the runup to the event that starts as early as...

Nov282021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Talisay, San Enrique top Negros chess tournament

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Capitol photoChess players from Talisay City and San Enrique are champions of this year’s Negros Open Chess Tournament or the 2nd Governor’s Cup Chess Tournament (12 -14 years old and 15 – 17 years old categories).Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the awarding of winners of Friday’s tournament held at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, organized by the Provincial Sports Office led by EA Anthony Carlo Agustin.The participants are from the different cities and municipalities of the province.For the 12 -14 years old category, Escalante City placed second and third while La Carlota and San Enrique placed fourth and fifth, respectively.For the 15 – 17 years old category, Silay City placed second, Escalante City third and fourth place, and Cadiz City placed fifth.The tou...