By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental have been terminated from government service for alleged irregularities on their Daily Time Records. Terminated were lawyers Ernie Magaspag and Roxenne Sumanting and book binder Warlito Butalon, all of whom are from the Provincial Legal Office (PLO). Provincial Legal Officer Alberto …
Monthly Archives: October 2020
DBP loan portfolio up 15.6%, reaches P364.4B in 1st half
State-owned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) continued to boost its financial support for strategic growth initiatives in the second quarter of the year, with P364.4-billion in loans to borrowers reflecting a notable 15.6% increase from theP315.13-billion recorded during the same period last year, a top official said. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel G. …
VMC gives more alcohol to schools
It’s a different take on the Department of Education’s “Brigada Eskwela.” Instead of the usual clean-up of schools, repainting and beautification programs, the Victorias Milling Company Foundation, Inc. (VMCFI) is providing preventive Covid-19 measures to 16 public schools in the local government units (LGUs) of the cities of Victorias and Cadiz and Manapla town in …
Hinobaan man yields P24K ‘shabu’
Three heat-sealed sachets of suspected shabu weighing 3.61 grams valued at P24,548 were seized following a buy-bust operation around 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 3, at Zone 7 in the Barangay Bacuyangan, Hinobaan town. Hinobaan police identified the suspect as 23-year-old Rodolfo Canillo, Jr. of Sitio Bato, located in the town’s Barangay Talacagay. Police also …
BaCTrac implementation: Register within 15 days or face sanctions
The Business Permits and Licensing Division of the Bacolod City government advised all business establishments to register with the City’s Covid-19 contact tracing app, as they have only 15 days from the effectiveness of City Ordinance (CO) No. 941 to do so. CO No. 941, or the “Covid-19 Contact Tracing System Ordinance of Bacolod City,” …
CLMMRH suspends emergency services
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) announced over the weekend that they will temporarily suspend their emergency services beginning 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6, until 6:00 a.m. on October 8. In an advisory signed by CLMMRH head, Dr. Julius Drilon, the hospital’s emergency room will undergo thorough …
Bacoleña stowaway tests positive for Covid-19
A female stowaway from Bacolod City was extracted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal few minutes before she could leave the country on Friday, October 2. The stowaway, who is currently placed in a quarantine facility in Manila, is an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) bound for Dammam City, Saudi Arabia. She was supposed …
Reg’l IATF OKs LSI timeout for NegOcc
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) released over the weekend an order approving the request of Negros Occidental for a one week moratorium on the arrival of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) in the province. Resolution No. 43, signed by RIATF-Western Visayas Regional Director Jose Roberto Nuñez, stated that all LSIs …
Trust No One
How the habit of trust transforms your life? Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path,” in other version “He will make straight your paths.” In this time of pandemic we need …
More than what we deserve
If we truly love one another as Christ commanded us, that is, in the way he himself has loved us, (cfr. Jn 13, 34) then we have to love everyone in such a way that we love and serve them more than what we think they deserve. That is the attitude to have. This is …