Tag: Negros

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

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...

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros wins Galing Pook award for coastal wetlands conservation

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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 ...

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Occidental vax drive hits 21% of target

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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...

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

North, south Negros power rates drop, too

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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...

Oct212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol Cab service now has 15 vehicles

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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...

Oct202021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Hydroponics farm sa Brgy. Mambulac sa Silay

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Oct202021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Bangkay sang ROF nga nasapwan patay sa iya kwarto sa Makati hotel nag abot na sa Negros Occidental

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-VzKesdC4A&live=1[/embedyt]Nag-abot na sa Bacolod ang bangkay sang kwarenta anyos nga si Shiela Mae Hillares, ang returning overseas Filipino gikan sa Lebanon nga napatay samtang nagapaidalom sa hotel quarantine sa Eurotel Hotel sa Makati City.Oktubre 13 sang siya ang masapwan sang iya pakaisa, pero natukiban nga Oktubre onse pa siya nagtaliwan bangud sang hemorrhagic stroke.Ang pamilya ni Shiela Mae ang nagapati nga napabay-an siya, gani sila ang magafile sang reklamu kontra sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration kag sa mismo tagdumahalan sang hotel.Ginsiling ni OWWA Regional Director Riza Moldes nga makabig nga isolated incident ang natabo. Pero handa sila nga atubangon ang reklamo sang pamilya.Ila naman ginatun-an an...

Oct202021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

2 ka persona nga missing nasapwan nga naga utaw utaw sa suba sang Murcia kag baybayon sang Pulupandan

Balita Hiligaynon

Murcia PNP photoDuha ka persona nga na missing sang Sabado, nasapwan nga naga lutaw sa suba sa Murcia, kag baybayon sa Pulupandan.Nasapwan kahapon nga nagalutaw sa suba sa Barangay Lopez Jaena sa Murcia ang 72 anyos nga si Felix Zamora.Sa imbestigasyon sang Murcia PNP, posible nalumos ang biktima matapos ini mag tabok sa suba sang Sabado kag siya ang naanod sa bahin sang Purok Urban.Samtang, sang Lunes naman nasawpan nga nagalutaw sa baybayon sa banwa sang Pulupandan ang 30 anyos nga si Dayl Decreto.Suno sa pulis, sang Sabado man ulihi nakita ang biktima nga naga paligo sa Malingin River sang siya ang gin anod sang makusog nga current sang tubig sa suba.

Oct202021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

21% na ang nabakunahan sa target nga mabakunahan sa Negros Occidental

Balita Hiligaynon

PHO photo21 percent na sang target nga mabakuhan sang probinsya ang nalab-ot. Siudad naman sang La Carlota ang pinaka mataas nga nalab-ot sa target population nga mabakunahan.Sa October 19 vaccination performance evaluation report nga gin pa gwa sang Negros Occidental, 377,318 ka mga persona ang tigayon na nga nabakunahan sang Covid-19 vaccines. 21 percent ini sa 1.8 million nga target mabakunahan sang Negros Occidental.Ang siudad naman sang La Carlota ang may pinaka mataas nga nalab-ot mabakunahan bahin sa target population. 42 percent sa target ang ila nabakunahan. Naga sunod naman ang Silay, 37 percent, Victorias 36 percent kag Talisay 34 percent.Padayon ang kampanya para sa pagpabakuna, kay suno kay provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz luyag nila nga pati sa weekend ...

Oct202021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

5 ka mga napabay-an nga mga salakyan sang Kapitolyo na recover kag gamiton sa Capitol Cab

Balita Hiligaynon

Capitol photoMay lima ka mga salakyan nga iya sang Negros Occidental ang tigayon nga na-recover, ginpakaayo kag karon kabahin na sang Capitol Cab.Suno kay Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, ang ini nga mga salakyan ang ayhan napabay-an sa talyer, ang iban wala na ma follow-up sa mga sub-contractor, ang iban wala ma turn-over kag may yara gani nga ginbilin lang nga naka park.Padayon pa ang pag patigayon sang inventory sa mga government vehicles. Gamiton man ang ini nga mga salakyan bilang kabahin sang Capitol Cab, pero suno kay Diaz, may salabton ang mga departamento kun sa diin ini nga mga salakyan ang na-assign ukon nag gikan.Dapat mahangpan sang tanan nga tipigan ang government properties. Suno kay Diaz ginahanda na karon ang show cause para sa mga natungdan.Sam...