By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Negros Occidental Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino recently revealed no crop damages have been reported as a result of the ongoing summer heat. He affirmed, farmers are aware of the ongoing advisories regarding the heat and said they will not be planting new crops without a guaranteed source of water. …
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Mentoring opportunity for small businesses in Capiz
The Capiz Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in collaboration with the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship, will be launching their Kapatid Mentor ME (KMME) Program, which will provide 22 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) mentoring from industry experts. “KMME aims to help MSMEs enhance their capacities in running their businesses,” said Capiz DTI Director …
Iloilo City government launches information access system
The Iloilo City government launched the Iloilo City Information Service Delivery Network (IISDN), which operates as an integrated information system, yesterday, April 24, at the Barrio Obrero covered gym. “This network will act as referral system,” said City Councilor Lady Julie Grace Baronda. “For example, [if] our youth and adolescents have problems with mental health, …
Tricycle operator stabbed dead in San Enrique
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A tricycle operator was killed after reportedly being stabbed during a dance in Barangay Tibsoc, San Enrique, Negros Occidental. Police identified the fatality as 23-year-old Alfredo Mercado, a resident of Crossing Guimoy in the town’s Barangay Tabao. San Enrique municipal police chief, Police Senior Inspector Rey Molas, said Mercado …
16K jobs up for grabs in Iloilo
Nearly 16,000 job vacancies are available during a one-day job fair facilitated by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in Iloilo province on June 1. PESO-Iloilo department head Francisco Heler Jr. said 113 companies already confirmed to join the job fair at the Capitol. A total of 93 of these companies are for local employment …
Cadiz CENRO observes Earth Day with clean-up drive
The Cadiz City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) observed Earth Day last week with an “End Plastic Pollution” clean-up drive along the city’s coastal areas. Cadiz CENRO personnel, alongside North Negros College students enrolled in on the job training at the city office, took part in the event where around nine kilograms of non-biodegradable …
PRO-6 conducts dry run for Boracay ID system
A whole day dry-run on the implementation of the ID system is being conducted yesterday at Caticlan Jetty Port two days before the start of the six- month closure of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan on April 26. Chief Supt. Cesar Hawthorne Binag, Regional Director of Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas), said the activity …
Free medical services provided for Iloilo City barangays
The Iloilo City Health Office and the Dental Health Division, through the “Pag-Ulikid sang Syudad Program,” recently provided various medical procedures, including dental and medical services, along with circumcisions, in Barangay San Juan, Molo, and Barangay Tanza Baybay in City Proper. In addition, the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs provided identification cards for local seniors, …
Janiuay GK village celebrates 10 years
Beginning April 27, the Good Samaritan Gawad Kalinga (GK) Village in Janiuay, Iloilo will hold a three-day event celebrating their 10th anniversary. According to chief resource mobilizer Sally Ramos, the village is one of the best managed, self-reliant communities in the country. Among the events planned include a parade, pageant, games, talent show, among …
DAR turns over P13.5M worth of equipment in Negros Occidental
As part of their Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Project (CRFP), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) recently turned over three 90-horsepower McCormick tractors and solar pump irrigation facilities, worth P13,500,000, to three Negros Occidental agrarian reform cooperatives. Representatives of the recipient organizations, the Sta. Rita Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Bago City’s Barangay Dulao, TARA Agrarian Reform …