Bill demands free dialysis treatment for low-income patients By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Freshman congresswoman, Negros Occidental fifth district Rep. Marilou Arroyo-Lesaca, is expected to file five bills before the 18th Congress, which opens today. The introduced legislation primarily focused on rural health and the welfare of senior citizens and persons with disabilities. Among the …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Provincial Board sessions moved to Tuesday from Wednesday
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During the inaugural 35th Negros Occidental Provincial Board session yesterday, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, who presides over the provincial legislative body, announced, starting next week, sessions will be held on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays. According to the vice governor, board members said the adjusted schedule will allow them to spend …
Provincial human resources official reassignment reversed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After former Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. ordered Provincial Human Resource Management head, Atty. Annabelle Palic, reassigned to the Office of the Governor shortly before the end of his term in order to comply by a recent Department of Budget and Management (DBM) decision, Provincial Administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz …
USLS hosts photography workshop later this month
The Institute of the Moving Image, an establishment of the University of St. La Salle (USLS) and the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde-School of Professional and Continuing Education, will be hosting a workshop entitled “PROS PATH: Professional Techniques, Visual Awareness, and Critical Thinking in Photography” at the Museo De La Salle-Bacolod at USLS in …
National Disaster Resilience Month
National Youth Commission offers reminder on basic survival kits In recognition of National Disaster Resilience Month, which was declared by President Rodrigo Duterte via executive order in 2017 and is observed throughout July, the National Youth Commission recently shared a post on social media reminding the public of the components of a basic survival kit. …
Treñas vows to form the ‘best command center’
During the recent national validation event at Iloilo City Hall for the Gawad Kalasag, the country’s premier annual awards for outstanding contributions in the fields of disaster risk reduction and management and humanitarian assistance, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas vowed to create the “best command center in the Visayas.” “Our job is to make …
2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Philippines loses to Russia, remains winless By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine men’s national under-19 basketball team remains winless in the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup after recently losing 92-64 to Russia in Heraklion, Greece. Russia got to work immediately after tip-off and took a 16-4 lead, which later widened to 28-15 after the …
F2 Logistics sweeps Cignal HD in Cadiz City
By Adrian Stewart Co F2 Logistics Cargo Movers pulled off a 25-22, 25-19, 25-14 sweep over the Cignal HD Spikers when the 2019 Philippine SuperLiga All-Filipino Conference visited Negros Occidental last Tuesday at the Cadiz City Arena. Victorinara Galang led the win with 12 points; while Ilongga blocker Abigail Marano chipped in eight markers; and …
Silva leaves Ceres FC
By Adrian Stewart Co Ceres-Negros FC defender Álvaro Silva recently bid farewell to the Bacolod City-based club. “The time has come to say goodbye,” he said in a social media post. “Sometimes difficult decisions must be taken and, even though it has not been long, [the fans] have made me feel at home from the …
Coach: Pacquiao is ‘training a lot smarter’
By Adrian Stewart Co According to Justine Fortune, strength and conditioning coach for Senator Manny Pacquiao, who is expected to return to the ring against Keith Thurman on July 21 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in the United States, said the boxer is training smarter. “He’s good [and] doing proper now; …