By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental is currently expecting the arrival of 1,500 additional sugar migratory workers or “sacadas.” Dr. Zeaphard Caelian, head of the Provincial Disaster Management Program Division and head of the provincial inter-agency task force, said based on their data, around 3,110 sacadas have already arrived in …
Monthly Archives: November 2020
Pag-IBIG postpones hike of decades-old contribution rate
After consulting with labor and employer groups, Pag-IBIG Fund will defer the January 2021 increase of its members’ monthly contributions. This is in consideration of the plight of both workers and business owners during the pandemic, officials said on Friday, November 27. Secretary Eduardo D. del Rosario, who heads the Department of Human Settlements and …
When losing is winning
We need to be familiar with this phenomenon and eager to welcome it. This is how God treats us given our wounded condition which is prone to undue attachments to earthly things and other anomalies. Divine logic many times baffles us because God’s ways are different from our ways. St. Paul articulates this predicament when …
Pork, poultry supply enough for holidays
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) yesterday assured local consumers that the province has enough supply of pork and poultry products for the upcoming Christmas holidays. Provincial veterinary officer, Dr. Renante Decena, said the price of pork is currently averaging at P200 per kilo for Negros Occidental and P220 …
Cash rewards await COVID-free brgys
The Iloilo City government will give P50,000 reward for each barangay in the city that will be coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-free. “We will be awarding those barangays without COVID-19 cases for the whole month of December with P50,000,” Mayor Jerry P. Treñas announced yesterday, adding that this is one way to inspire the city barangays …
31 Bacolod brgys COVID-free
Thirty-one of the 61 barangays in Bacolod City are considered free from the coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, according to the Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC-TF). EOC-TF said these barangays – 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, …
IPPO to strictly monitor cockfighting activities
The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) vowed to strictly monitor cockpits and cockfighting activities in the entire province. IPPO director, Police Colonel Gilbert Gorero, recently convened all the police chiefs and directed them to strictly implement Governor Arthur Defensor, Jr.’s amended order containing additional guidelines for all cockfighting activities. Under Executive Order (EO) No. 284, …
Sagay mayor leads contract signing of Alfredo G. Marañon Scholarship Program
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Sagay City Mayor Alfredo Marañon III challenged the new scholars of the Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. Scholarship Program to hurdle whatever challenges they face to achieve their dreams in life. In a general assembly held on Friday at Balay Kauswagan, Marañon said the scholars should always get the opportunity to …
NegOcc Food Terminal reopens
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Food Terminal, also known as “Pala-pala,” located along North Capitol Road in Bacolod City, has reopened on Thursday. Provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, said all close contacts of the provincial government’s job order worker who succumbed to COVID-19 earlier this week had tested negative for the novel …
PCG-Hinoba-an sub-station on heightened alert
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Southern Visayas has placed its sub-station in Hinoba-an town in Negros Occidental on heightened alert status after receiving intelligence reports of a terror threat in the town. PCG-Southern Visayas district commander, Captain Eduardo De Luna, said he ordered the sub-station to be on the lookout, …