DepEd reiterates call to incorporate disaster risk reduction in curriculum The Department of Education (DepEd) shared a social media post yesterday offering a reminder of DepEd Order No. 37, signed by then-DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro, which provides guidelines for incorporating disaster risk reduction education in basic curriculum. The call comes amid the ongoing observance of …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Ceres bus operator affirms ‘business as usual’ despite management dispute
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Amid an ongoing dispute over control of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), parent company of the Ceres Bus Liner, between siblings Roy Yanson and Leo Rey Yanson, the company released a statement informing the public that operations remain normal. The power struggle arose after Atty. Sheila Sison sent a press statement …
Lacson attributes rise in measles cases to Dengvaxia
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, the recent rise of measles cases in the province can be attributed to the Dengvaxia vaccine, which reportedly contributed to the deaths of several dengue patients. He explained, the national government has been slowly restoring the public’s confidence in vaccinations since the …
Pag-IBIG Fund grants P4.52B socialized housing loans to low-wage earners in H1 2019
Pag-IBIG Fund extended socialized housing loans to 11,894 members from the minimum-wage and low-income sectors totaling P4.52 billion in the first half of 2019. The figure represents nearly 30% of the total number of housing loans financed by the agency from January to June. Pag-IBIG Fund financed record-highs of 41,746 housing loans amounting to P37.07 …
Woman shot and killed by her father in Dumaguete City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 22-year-old woman was killed Sunday afternoon after she was reportedly shot by her father at a boarding house in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Police identified the fatality as April Mae Ege, a resident of the city’s Barangay Kalindagan. Based on information provided by the victim’s lover to police, the …
Negros Occidental provincial government recognized by DICT
The Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC) Tech4ed Center was recently recognized by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and was named top performing center in the Visayas Cluster 1. Tech4ED, which stands for “Technology for Education, to gain Employment, train Entrepreneurs towards Economic Development,” seeks to provide employment opportunities and …
Negros Business Week underway at Robinsons Place Bacolod
Negros Business Week, an event featuring over 30 local entrepreneurs from across Negros Occidental, recently opened at Robinsons Place Bacolod and will run until next Wednesday, July 17. Participants will be showcasing and selling various products. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson opened the event, which is organized by the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce …
Inflation drops to its lowest rate since September 2017
According to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), inflation slowed to 2.7 percent last June, which the agency notes is the lowest recorded rate since September 2017. Inflation made headlines last September, when rates jumped to 6.7 percent and lingered at six percent and above through November. The shift prompted individuals such as General …
303IB commander visits troops in Guihulngan City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following the realignment of forces and operational boundaries of the two army infantry brigades stationed in Negros, Philippine Army 303rd Infantry Brigade Commander (303IB), Brigadier General Benedict Arevalo, visited 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) troops at their headquarters over the weekend in Barangay McKinley, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. Arevalo, who was …
Negrense boxer loses IBO, WBC title bout
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense boxer Joepher Montano failed to clinch the International Boxing Organization-Oceania/World Boxing Council-Asian Boxing Council continental welterweight belts during his recent fight against John Ruba of Indonesia at the Flobamora Sports Hall in Kupang, Indonesia, where he lost via split decision. It was a tight battle between the two but Ruba …