Tag: Negros

Nov162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv moves Negros target for herd immunity to February

Capitol photoGovernor Eugenio Jose Lacson has moved Negros Occidental’s COVID-19 vaccination target for hitting herd immunity from December to February 2022.The provincial government needs to vaccinate 1.82 million Negrenses or 70 percent of its 2.6 million population to reach herd immunity.Dr. Adriano Suba-an, Department of Health (DOH) Western Visayas regional director, met with Lacson on Friday, November 12, to raise the need for Negros Occidental to ramp up its vaccination drive.Lacson said he did not give any excuses for the slow vaccination drive, but assured him that in the next two months there will be an increase in the vaccine rollout.“We may not reach our target for herd immunity by December, the more realistic target is February”, he said.“What is import...

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

447 Isabela contractual workers unpaid

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There are 447 contractual workers in Isabela town, Negros Occidental, who have not been paid since October 15, Mayor Irene Montilla said Monday, November 15.She said the non-payment is due to the failure of the Sangguniang Bayan, led by Vice Mayor Renato Malabor Jr., to fully approve Supplemental Budget No. 2 on July 13 amounting to P3,393,717.28. It only approved P1,880,012.90.The SB also did not approve the allocation for their salaries in Supplemental Budget No. 3, she said.“This is the reason why we cannot pay our job order employees," she said.As a temporary measure, she and her son, Juan Miguel Montilla, distributed rice assistance to these employees who were affected by the budget impasse, Montilla said.A pattern of political obstructionism is being played again ...

Nov162021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

No presidential bet yet for Lacson, Benitez

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod mayoral aspirant Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez have yet to name the presidential candidate they will support for the 2022 polls.Personally he does not want to make a decision right away, he will wait until next year, Lacson said Monday, November 15, as the deadline for substitution of candidates ended.Lacson is a member of the Nationalist People’s Coalition.Benitez, who heads the PDP Laban in Negros and Bacolod, on Monday would also not name the presidential candidate he will support in 2022.“This is the most confusing election I have ever seen with so many substitutions,” Benitez said.Asked if he would support the PDP Laban anointed candidate for president, Benitez said “we don’t know yet which one, we will just...

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Substitution in Toboso

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The substitution of a candidate for councilor in Toboso, Negros Occidental, took place before the deadline Monday, November 15, ended.Barangay Captain Efren Mandajoyan replaced Sangguniang Federation chair Paolo Villanueva who earlier filed his certificate of candidacy to run for councilor of Toboso, Mayor Richard Jaojoco announced on his Facebook page.Villanueva is a member of the Lakas Christian Muslim Democrats.Mandajoyan is supported by all of the barangay captains of Toboso, Jaojoco said.Jaojoco’s wife, Madonnah Marañon Jaojoco (PDP Laban) is running for mayor against Evello Valencia (Nationalist People’s Coalition) in the 2022 polls.*

Nov162021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

UNIFED calls for fertilizer subsidy

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The United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) is urging the Department of Agriculture to subsidize the cost of fertilizers by immediately issuing a P1,000 voucher per bag of fertilizer for sugar farmers who have been greatly affected by the continuing rising cost of the commodity.UNIFED President Manuel Lamata said Monday, November 15, that the cost of urea fertilizers have more than doubled in just months from the P800 to P900 per 50-kilogram bag to almost P1,900 per bag.“This is unacceptable and we want the Department of Agriculture to act on this, otherwise our production will definitely go down again,” Lamata said.This is one problem that needs immediate action especially since more than 80 percent of the sugar producers are small planters, Lamata added, saying “how else c...

Nov152021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Christmas village sang Forbes Hill sang Megaworld ginbuksan sa publiko

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Nov152021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Motorcycle rider patay, angkas nga menor de edad pilason sang matumba ang ila motor sa DSB

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DSB PNP photoPatay ang 23 anyos nga si Arjan Penes samtang pilason naman ang iya menor de edad nga angkas matapos matumba kahapon sa dalan sa Barangay Igmayaan sa banwa sang Don Salvador Benedicto.Suno kay Lt Everly Canto, deputy chief sang DSB PNP, gikan sa ilimnan ang duha ka biktima kag mabakal pa sila kuntani sang dugang nga ilimnon sang sila ang matumba sa kurbada nga bahin sang dalan.Wala sang kontra suno sa pulis ang motor kag posible bangud sang kahulugbon sang driver amo nga natumba sila.Padayon nga bulongn sa 17 anyos nga angkas.

Nov152021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Babaye pilason sang ginkawatan, ginhimuslan kag ginbuno sa Talisay

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Talisay PNP photoPilason ang 45 anyos nga babayi sa Barangay San Fernando sa Talisay City sang Biyernes.Iya gina alegar nga siya ang gin buno, ginhimuslan kag ginkawatan sang isa ka wala pa makilal-an nga persona.Sa imbestigasyon sang Talisay PNP, naga pang lakaton papuli ang biktima sang hinali na lang siya gin butong sang lalaki kag gin dala sa sulod sang gina construct nga balay.Gin kwa suno sa PNP sang suspek ang 3,000 pesos nga cash sang biktima kag matapos sini, iya pa ginhimuslan kag gin buno ang biktima sa tiyan kag sa dughan.Pagka sunod na nga adlaw naka pangayo sang bulig ang biktima sang mabugtawan ini.Pero sa follow up investigation, gin pahayag ni Staff Sargeant Jade Dela Cruz sang Talisay PNP, ang kutsilyo nga na recover sa tupad sang biktima ang iya m...

Nov152021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Bag-o bun-ag nga lapsag nasapwan patay sa dumpsite

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Talisay PNP photoWala na sang kabuhi sang masapwan sang byernes sang isa ka basurero ang isa ka lapsag sa dumpsite sa Barangay Concepcion sa syudad sang Talisay.Suno sa deputy chief sang Talisay PNP nga si Lt Peter John Ramos, naga tapik pa ang pusod sang lapsag sang masapwan ini nga naputos sang bayo kag nasulod sa paper bag kag sa box.Ginahibalo sang PNP kun may mga nakakita sang persona nga naghaboy sang lapsag sa lugar.Nalubong na sang City Social Welfare Office sang syudad ang lapsag.

Nov152021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Religious beliefs, fake news pila sa mga rason kun ngaa manubo ang vaccination rate

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Capitol photoMisinformation. Ini ang ginalantaw ni Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson nga isa sa mga rason nga naga apekto sang vaccine rollout sang probinsya.Ang pagtuluuhan ukon religious belief sang isa ka persona kag fake news ang mga pagpanghangkat nga gina atubang sa kampanya sa bakuna.Sang Biernes nag sapol ang DOH regional director nga si Dr Adriano Suba-an kay Lacson bahin sa mahinay nga vaccine rollout.Suno kay lacson ang iya nga commitment amo nga malab-ot ang target para sa herd immunity sa Pebrero kag sa masunod nga duha ka bulan mapadasig na ang pagbakuna paagi paghaylo sang mga barangay sa mga pumuluyo sini.Ang geographical location ukon ang kalayuon sang mga pumuluyo sa mga vaccination center isa man sa gina lantaw kabudlayan.Bwas magasap...