By Adrian Stewart Co Gabe Norwood sparked Rain or Shine (RoS) Elasto Painters’ fourth quarter uprising as they defeated Terrafirma Dyip, 83-77, in the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup yesterday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Trailing by as much as 15 points in the opening half, the Painters started its uprising in the …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
2020 TOKYO OLYMPICS | Marcial punches PH’s 3rd Olympic medal
By Adrian Stewart Co Filipino boxer Eumir Felix Marcial needed less than a round to secure the country’s third medal in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics yesterday morning at the Kokukigan Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Marcial punched his way to the semifinals round and a sure Olympic medal after a first round stoppage win over Armenian …
Project FREE scholars receive cash incentives
A total of P1,948,300 worth of stipend/incentives were released to 1,000 Project FREE (Flagships to Reach Educational Excellence) scholars of the Negros Occidental provincial government in a distribution held at the Capitol Social Hall last Friday, July 30. The scholars who belong to the batch 2 grantees have already graduated their post-graduate studies at the …
NegOcc gov’t leads turnover of P3.9-M farm mechanization equipment
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson recently led the turnover ceremony for the P3.9 million worth of farm mechanization equipment to the Calumangan Integrated Farmers and Farm Workers Association (CALIFWA) in Bago City’s Barangay Calumangan. The farmer-association received a tractor, rice planter and harvester, intended to increase rice production at …
PNP chief reschedules visit to NegOcc
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) director, Police Colonel Romy Palgue, revealed that Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Guillermo Eleazar has rescheduled his visit to the province. According to Palgue, he received information from the PNP headquarters at Camp Crame that Eleazar will visit on August 22. Palgue, however, …
4 LGUs in Western Visayas sign anti-poverty pact
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental and one LGU in Iloilo province signed an agreement with the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) for the implementation of the Sambayanihan Serbisyong Sambayanan (3S) poverty reduction program. The towns of Moises Padilla, Murcia, and Calatrava in Negros Occidental, and Carles in Iloilo …