Tag: Negros

Nov82021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

We’ll double agri budget, boost organic farming: Kiko

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Ramon Uy Jr. and Negros organic farmers at May’s Organic Garden in Bacolod City, Saturday, November 6.*Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who is running for vice president under the ticket of 1Sambayan presidential candidate Leni Robredo, said they are looking at doubling the country’s agriculture budget in a period of six years if they win in the 2022 polls.Part of that will be a significant increase in government support for organic agriculture, said Pangilinan who met with organic farmers at May’s Organic Garden in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, on Saturday, November 6.Pangilinan, who is also a farmer, acknowledged the pioneering efforts of Negros in organic farming and assured the farmers of government support under a Robredo administr...

Nov72021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Occidental vaccinates 25.53% of target vs. Covid, Diaz says

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Pediatric A3 vaccination at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital.*Capitol photoNegros Occidental has vaccinated 25.53 of its target population against COVID-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Sunday, November 7.A November 7 report showed that 465,926 Negrenses out of the 1,825,370 target have been vaccinated with at least one dose.Those fully vaccinated were 355,377 or 19.47 percent of the target, the report added.Silay City had the most number vaccinated residents at 37, 636, followed by Cadiz City with 35, 628, Sagay City - 35,293, Bago City – 28, 553 and Talisay City – 28,025The area that hit the highest percentage of its target population is La Carlota City at 50.34 percent, followed by Silay City with 40.57 percent, and Pulupandan – 39.45 pe...

Nov72021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

FULL STATEMENT | Youth 4 Climate Hope on #GlobalDayOfAction

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The climate crisis is a global emergency that is drastically affecting the planet. It’s devastating effects have now rapidly worsened and already cost lives and destruction in every corner of the world. Extreme flooding events, rapid glacier melting, soaring global temperature, and sea level rise are one of the climate crisis’s repercussions that are already felt in every country, especially in the Philippines—tagged as the most vulnerable country to climate change. Almost every aspect of our lives, from our food security, shelter, and social systems are projected to be at risk if the global temperature continues to rise.We, Youth For Climate Hope and other allied organizations in Negros Occidental stand unwavering along with other countries striking for #GlobalDayOfAction. We demand a...

Nov72021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Isa ka Bacolodnon may masobra sa isa ka libo na ka mga ido nga na rescue

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Nov62021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Capitol honors outstanding Negrenses in fight vs. Covid

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Capitol photoOutstanding Negrenses were honored for their roles in the fight against COVID-19 at the Pasidungog 2021, which was part of the 123rd Negros Day celebration, at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City, Friday night, November 5.Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Lacson said that for the past years, the awardees of the Pasindungog 2021 were outstanding Negrenses in their individual fields of expertise, but in the light of the present circumstances, the provincial government would like to acknowledge and give honor to the outstanding offices and groups for their unwavering courage, commitment and consistency in serving the Negrenses and the province amidst COVID-19 crisis of historic proportions.The governor thanked the awardees for being the embodiment of selfless service...

Nov62021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Villacampa crowned Pintaflores Queen

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The representative of Julio Ledesma National High School, Jenny Cris Villacampa, was crowned Pintaflores Festival Queen 2021 in a Facebook Live show Friday night, Nov. 5.She also bagged the People’s Choice, Best in Group Performance and Best in Production Number awards, and received a P50,000 cash prize with an additional P5,000 worth of services from Brey's Beauty Lounge.Sharame Villabeto, representing Central Philippine State University, was 1st runner-up a and Miss Photogenic, Best in Solo Performance and Ms. Brey’s Beauty Lounge – San Carlos. She received P5,000 worth of beauty services on top of her P30,000 cash prize.Marieth Pescadero, representing Colegio de Sta. Rita de San Carlos Inc., who was 2nd runner-up and Ms. Ponce Automobile Corp. received a P20,000 cash prize, ...

Nov62021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

More than 500 vehicles join Go caravan, VG says

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More than 500 vehicles joined a caravan in Negros Occidental in support of Senator Bong Go, who is running for vice president under the PDP-Laban Cusi wing, on Saturday, November 6, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer said.The vehicles came from the second and third districts in the north, and fourth and fifth districts in the south of Negros Occidental, and Bacolod City, he said.The vehicles, decorated with Bong Go tarpaulins converged in Bacolod City, before dispersing, Ferrer said.Ferrer said he along with former Rep. Alfredo Benitez, Rep. Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod Partylist), mayors and supporters of the senator organized the caravan on short notice but a lot of people wanted to join.“We along with the beneficiaries of Go’s assistance to Negros wanted to show our support ...

Nov62021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Volunteer-driven sea of pink welcomes Leni, Kiko to Negros

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Ronnie Baldonado photoA sea of about 5,000 pink supporters onboard 1,200 stationary vehicles welcomed Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan to Negros Occidental Friday morning, November 5.The convoy of Robredo and Pangilinan, who are running for president and vice president, took more than an hour to slowly traverse the 15-kilometer stretch as excited supporters along the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road chanted their names and cheered.Supporters danced to the beat of drums with the MassKara dancers along the side of the highway from Silay City all the way to Talisay City's border with Bacolod City.Pink Robredo tarpaulins, flaglets, stars, balloons were seen on the vehicles that joined the stationary caravan, which also included a few sugarcane trucks and...

Nov62021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Leni’s top Negros concerns: NIR, sugar, renewable energy

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Capitol photoVice President Leni Robredo said if she is elected president in 2022 the restoration of the Negros Island Region, the needs of the sugar industry and harnessing the renewable energy potential of the island will be top concerns.“I think those three are the top issues that the national government can help Negros with,” Robredo said at a press conference at Acacia Hotel in Bacolod City on Friday, November 5.“It was a very important first step when NIR was formed and established because it was an opportunity. It was a very big opportunity for both Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental to finally plan as an island region”, Robredo said.The NIR was created by virtue of an executive order issued by then President Benigno Aquino III on May 29, 2015 but was abolished on...

Nov62021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Leni: No substitution for us, abusing it a mockery of law

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OVP photoVice President Leni Robredo said for sure there will be no substitution that will take place for her and her runningmate, Senator Francis Pangilinan, before the Commission on Elections by November 15.Under the law, if a candidate withdraws, dies, or is disqualified by final judgment, political parties can field a substitute who can file a Certificate of Candidacy by November 15.“For us for sure no substitution will take place, when we filed (our COCs) we were determined to finish this”, Robredo said at a press conference in Bacolod City Friday, November 5.The law on substitution has been abused a lot, when it is for very specific purposes such as death, disability or for one who has undergone severe suffering, it should not be used to put in a “placeholder “ to be ...