A total of 76 out-of-school youth and youth with disabilities recently graduated from the Iloilo City Information Technology (IT) Training Center. The students are beneficiaries of the city government’s Sharing Computer Access Locally and Abroad-Integrated Life Skills Education (SCALA-ILSE), in partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Region VI (DSWD-6) and Engineers without Borders …
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Iloilo City recognizes rescue volunteers
The Iloilo City government recognized three volunteer rescue groups last week after saving a person from drowning last Easter Sunday. Certificates of Recognition were given to the Unicorns Rescue Volunteer Brigade, Inc., the Arevalo Scorpions Rescue Volunteer Organization, and the Tiger Shark Rescue Volunteers, Inc. “Thank you for showing the heroism that everybody must look …
Over 100 kilograms of garbage collected at NNNP clean-up drive
A group of volunteers from Talisay City, Silay City, the Bantay Bukid Brigade of Talisay and Silay, the Negros Mountaineering Club, Inc. (NMCI), and the Butlak Banaag Mountaineering Society, Inc. (BBMSI) recently gathered over 100 kilograms of garbage during the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Northern Negros Natural Park (DENR-NNNP) Clean-up Drive Activity at Tinagong …
Small town lottery firm hosts ‘Hampangan’ at Cadiz City hospital
Small town lottery firm Super Lucky Beagler, Inc. (SLBI) recently hosted their Traveling Hampangan, an event featuring a playground and snacks for local children, at the Cadiz District Hospital (formerly St. Anne’s Medical Center) in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City. The event visited the pediatric ward, where patients were treated to games, entertainment, and lunch. In …
25th Panaad sa Negros Festival
Over P2.1M recorded in first day sales A total of P2,188,170.25 in sales were recorded following the first day of the ongoing Panaad sa Negros Festival, up from last year’s first day sales of around P1.9 million. The local government unit pavilions contributed the most to the sales total, posting around P1.03 million. Other …
Emily Lopez, first victim of gossip, fake news
“There is a fundamental difference between men and women – women need romance, men need intrigue.” –Sherry Argov The decision by former Guimaras Governor Emily Relucio-Lopez to stay away from the kitchen when heat became unbearable in 2006 was a brilliant move. Her “premature” retirement from politics, as well, was mourned by her admirers, …
Misfortune from court cases led to the blossoming of AND KNK
Kakampi Mo Ang Batas Atty. Batas Mauricio “…Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus…” –1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 My personal account of today’s subject matter can be taken from experience. Following my efforts to help a family from Obando, Bulacan in 2004, I …
25th Panaad sa Negros Festival
Officials lead festival opening with a livestock fair By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Top officials from the Negros Occidental provincial government marked the opening of the 25th Panaad sa Negros Festival with a livestock fair last Saturday morning. The six Negros Occidental congressional districts marked the opening with a lechon parade, prepared by …
Travel companies unaffected by Boracay closure
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Travel companies Cebu Pacific Air and 2GO Travel said operations are currently unaffected amid the schedule April 26 closure of Boracay, which could last six months. During a recent media meeting in Bacolod City, Cebu Pacific Corporate Communications Director Charo Logarta-Lagamon said their operations at Caticlan Airport will continue …
Newly-identified drug personality nabbed in Cadiz City buy-bust
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A newly-identified drug personality was arrested by Cadiz City police in a buy-bust operation early yesterday morning at Hacienda Nabinay in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the suspect as 25-year-old John Rey Vargas, a resident of the said barangay. Cadiz City police chief, Police Chief Inspector …