Tag: Negros

Nov42021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

31 LGUs, 10 frontline offices outstanding Negrense awardees

Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government will honor 31 local government units and 10 frontline offices for their contributions to the fight against COVID-19 as the 2021 Outstanding Negrense Awardees at the 123rd Cinco de Noviembre rites at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City 6 p.m. Friday, November 5.To be honored along with the LGUs are the personnel of the Hospital Operations Department, Provincial Health Office, Disaster Management Program Division, Information Communication Technology Division, Mambukal Resort, Police Provincial Office, 303rd Infantry Brigade, Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine Red Cross in Negros Occidental, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz.“These are the agencies, departments, offices that contr...

Nov42021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Culture Hub passports for 9-stop tour ready

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Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz shows the Culture Hub passport.*Capitol photo“Passports” for the Negros Occidental provincial government culture hub tour are now available, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Wednesday, November 3.The passport covers a 9-stop tour of the Provincial Capitol and Park, Provincial Tourism Office, Mambukal Resort Bacolod Office, Cafetolyo, Association of Negros Producers Showroom, Negros Forest and Ecological Foundation, Negros Museum, Ayala Fiesta Market and the Pala-Pala Food Terminal Market, he said.The passport is stamped at every stop and at the end of the tour, the tourist is given a token, he said.“Launched in July, the Culture Hub hopes to showcase a one-circuit tour that will promote the province’s culture, heritage, tr...

Nov42021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Benitez pushes ‘Hilway Balay’

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Victorias City mayoralty bet Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez, Victorias Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez, Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas and Silay Mayor Mark Golez (l-r, sitting) at the Metro 3rd Housing Coordination Meeting.*Relocation sites for informal settler families (ISF) have to seriously consider people’s needs and aspirations and look at the holistic concept of human settlements, Rep. Francisco “ Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) said Wednesday, November 3.There is a need to create economic value for communities to gain acceptance for housing interventions, he said at the Metro 3rd Housing Coordination Meeting at Barangay Patag, Silay City.Benitez stressed the importance of always incorporating people plans in shelter programs, a ...

Nov32021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negrense senatorial candidate outlines priorities for youth, poor

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Negrense lawyer and author Alex Lacson, who is running for senator under the ticket of Vice President Leni Robredo, said on Wednesday, November 3, that his platform focuses on solutions to uplift the lives of the youth and the poor.Lacson, who arrived in Negros Occidental to join Robredo during her visit to the province on Friday, said his eight priorities include the creation of a center for youth entrepreneurship for those who want to start a business.“The massive unemployment figures demand alternatives for our jobless youth, which should be driven largely by entrepreneurship,” he said.He is also pushing for a national apprenticeship program and Angat K-12 to ensure skills enhancement and work opportunities for the youth given the massive unemployment brought about by the CO...

Nov32021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Duktor kag dean napatay sa Covid-19, CPSU gin lockdown

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Sa Kabankalan City, government doctor kag university dean ang nagtaliwan bangud sang Covid-19.Sa post sang Central Philippine State University nakasaad nga ila ginakasubo ang pagtaliwan ni Maria Lorina Baylon-Crobes nga associate professor 5 kag dean sang College of Arts and Sciences sang nagligad nga Nobyembre uno bangud acute respiratory distress syndrome.Siya ang labing ginadumdom sang iya nga mga kaupod sa trabaho bilang isa ka maayo nga lider, mentor, colleague kag abyan.Ginsiling sang presidente sang CPSU nga si Aladino Moraca nga may duha ka iban pa gid nga manunudlo ang naka quaraninte bangud sang Covid-19 kag sirado karon ang buluthuan para sa disinfection.Sa Facebook page naman sang Kabankalan City, naka post ang ila nga kasubo sang pagtaliwan ni Dr Gladys Patindo...

Nov32021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Pagbakuna sa mga menor de edad dako ang bulig para malab-ot ang herd immunity

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Capitol photoNagsugod naman subong nga adlaw ang pagbakuna para sa mga dose tubtob 17 anyos nga kabataan sa bilog nga probinsya.Sarang mag pabakuna ang mga kabataan sa tagsa nila ka local government unit. May yara man sa Negros Residences.Padayon man ang pagbakuna sa mga kabataan nga may yara sang co-morbidity sa Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital sa Silay City, amo man sa ospital sa Cadiz kag Kabankalan.Sa mga may co-morbidity dapat may yara sang medical certificate, kag kun guardian ang upod sang kabataan dapat may yara sang parental consent.Importante man nga dapat naka pa register ukon naka pa lista antes magpabakuna.Suno kay Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, kun matigayon lab-ot ang target nga mabakunahan sa mga kabataan daku ini nga bulig sa p...

Nov32021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Lalaki nagbayad sang pusil sa bus, arestado

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DSB PNP photoDetained karon sa Don Salvador Benedicto PNP ang 51 anyos nga si Martin Guiquin matapos ini makuhaan sang armas sa sulod sang bus nga iya gina sakyan sang Lunes.Suno sa hepe sang DSB PNP nga si Captain Eugene Tolentino, nakainom na si Guiquin sa ya sini nga pagsakay sa bus.Sang gin pamangkot siya sang konduktor sa kun sa diin ini manaog, gulpi lang suno sa pulis gin pa gwa sang suspek ang iya calibre 45 nga armas nga iya pang bayad.Gilayon man naagaw ini sang konduktor kag nag pangayo sang bulig sa pulis agud maaresto siya.

Nov32021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Naga panaog na ang Covid-19 cases sa Negros Oriental

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Liwat na nga nag panaog sa double digit ang daily cases karon sa Negros Oriental matapos ang pila man ka adlaw nga naga triple digit ang saka sa kada adlaw.Humalin Oktubre 30 tubtob Nobyembre 1, may 137 lang ka cases tanan ka new cases ang na record sang Negros Oriental.Nagadamo man ang recoveries sa probinsya. May 316 ka recoveries ang negros oriental sa sulod sang tatlo ka adlaw.Yara na lang karon sa 2,426 ang active cases sa probinsya. Gani si Dr Liland Estacion, ground commander sang Negros Oriental IATF, nag siling man nga mahimo mag pa gwa na sang executive order si Governor Roel Degamo nga halugan na ang mga border checkpoints pati na ang protocol agud matib-ong man ang ekonomiya sang probinsya.Samtang, ang daily cases sa Negros Occidental kag Bacolod ang naga nubo n...

Nov32021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Photo of the Day (November 3, 2021)

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Em Ang, Bacolod Emergency Operations Center executive director, and Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz.*Capitol and City PIO photos