The San Carlos City government through its Investment Promotion Center/Negosyo Center (SCCPIC/NC) and Public Employment Service Office (PESO) facilitated the conduct of Basic Entrepreneurship Seminar and Business Planning for displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFW) on Friday. At least 49 OFW returnees were the beneficiaries screened by the PESO earlier. Ma. Novah Sollesta, Special Operations Officer …
Monthly Archives: March 2021
Cadiz City park reopens to the public
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The city government of Cadiz in Negros Occidental yesterday announced that they are reopening the city’s park to the public following months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an executive order signed by Mayor Salvador Escalante, Jr., he decided to reopen the park after receiving recommendations from local …
DPWH turns over 32 COVID isolation rooms to Bacolod
The Department of Public Works and Highways 6 (DPWH-6) turned over to the Bacolod City government yesterday morning the 32 additional isolation rooms it built in the city’s Barangay Alijis for COVID-19 patients. Leading the ceremonial turnover were DPWH-6 regional director Engr. Lea Delfinado, Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Bacolod City Rep. Greg Gasataya. This now …
INSULAR LIFE LAZADA E-STORE OFFERS AFFORDABLE INSURANCE FOR WOMEN
This National Women’s Month, we honor women and recognize their many roles in the society. They are devoted mothers and family members. They are dependable leaders, career-oriented professionals, and trustworthy friends. Women are hard-working and able to juggle their many roles day in and day out. But as they focus on nurturing the needs of …
Lacson to meet with mayors over uniform travel protocols
COVID-19 testing czar Secretary Vince Dizon, together with Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson; Provincial Consultant Albee Benitez; Board Member Ryan Gamboa; Silay City Mayor Mark Golez; Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz; Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang; and Provincial Incident Management chief, Dr. Zeaphard Caelian, led the COVID-19 Vaccination Launching for the province of Negros Occidental, held …
Bacolodnons’ trust to COVID vaccine rising
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of Bacolod City residents who are willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has started to increase following the launch of the vaccination program among healthcare workers in the city earlier this month. City Councilor Renecito Novero, who chairs the city’s vaccination center team, said the recent rise in …
DBP boosts fund raising activities with successful US$300-M bond offering
State-run Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) kicked off its fund-raising activities this year through a successful US$300-million 10-year offshore bond offering and capitalizing on a market that is hungry for safe and higher-yielding investment instruments amid a tepid economic environment, a top official said. DBP President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel G. Herbosa said …
Vice Mayor Bartolome is Toboso’s acting mayor for 2 days
In a press conference held at the Toboso Sangguniang Bayan (SB) session hall last March 4 upon the invitation of Vice Mayor Jesse Rex Bartolome, together with SB members Madelene Dela Torre, Peter Wendell Estrada Jr. and Marco Valencia, they revealed the issue about the rice subsidy intended to be given to their poor and …
Self-mutilation
It is an ailment whose name is as strange as the syndrome: its main symptom is self-mutilation. Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is a disease related to genetic abnormality to metabolize the enzymes of uric acid. Japanese researchers tell the story of a male patient diagnosed with severe case of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. The good news is that the …
When things get toxic
Bad days do happen! Let’s hope they will just be few and far between. But there certainly are days when we will have a perfect storm, when everything seems to conspire against us. Physically we can be a wreck. Emotionally we are shattered. Mentally we seem to be numb and frozen. Even spiritually we seem …