There will be no food festival during this year’s celebration of the Digital Dinagyang 2022. According to Gab Umadhay of the Iloilo City COVID-19 Team, food festival is among the side events of the Dinagyang Festival that they have trimmed down to avoid super-spreading COVID-19 infections. Iloilo City is placed under Alert Level 3 from …
Monthly Archives: January 2022
San Carlos City rolls out COVID-19 booster shots
The San Carlos City government in Negros Occidental through the City Health Office and the Emergency Operations Center Vaccine Cluster(EOC-VC) already started giving COVID-19 booster shots to fully vaccinated individuals last January 3 at the City Auditorium. Said vaccination is open to individuals of all priority groups who have already been fully vaccinated for three …
The sense of transcendence
We have to realize that the sense of transcendence does not mean that we ignore or have no need or simply give little importance to the here and now, to the material and natural dimensions of our life. Rather, we have to realize that our sense of transcendence can only be exercised through these natural …
The legacy of UP Law Dean Merlin Magallona
By Dennis Gorecho The legal profession lost one of its Filipino luminaries in the field of international law, as former UP College of Law Dean Merlin Magallona passed away in his sleep on the evening of New Year’s Day, January 1, 2022. He was 87. Although I was not one of his students, he had …
Blackwater picks up free agent Ambulodto
By Adrian Stewart Co Blackwater Bossing added size to its frontline after picking up free agent center John Ambulodto ahead of the resumption of the 2021-2022 PBA Governors’ Cup. Bossing head coach Ariel Vanguardia said the former St. Clare Saints big man was given a playing contract after making a strong impression when he served …
Davao picks Negrense chess player in PCAP draft
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense FIDE Master Sander Severino is set to suit up for newcomer Davao in the Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Season 2, which will kick off with All-Filipino Conference later this month. The Silay City, Negros Occidental-native Severino was made by Davao as their first round selection in the virtual …
CSC-6 recommends Bacolod City for PRIME-HRM bronze award
The Civil Service Commission Regional Office VI (CSC-6) recommended the City of Bacolod for a bronze award after the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) obtained a 100 percent rating in all Maturity Level II standard indicators under the Enhanced PRIME-HRM. An online assessment conducted last December 22 to 23, 2021 was attended by the HRMO, …
Comelec reshuffles top WV execs in preparation for 2022 polls
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Top officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Western Visayas, including Comelec head in Negros Occidental, have been transferred as part of the preparations for the National and Local Elections in May of this year. Outgoing Comelec-Negros Occidental Elections Supervisor, Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, said he is being reassigned …
Comelec names 2 NegOcc LGUs seen as ‘areas of concern’ in 2022 polls
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental has named the two local government units (LGUs) which may possibly be tagged as “areas of concern” in the upcoming 2022 National and Local Elections. Outgoing Comelec-Negros Occidental Elections Supervisor, Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, named the two LGUs as Escalante City and …
WV’s first Comelec gun ban violator nabbed in Kabankalan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The first Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban violator in Western Visayas (WV) was arrested at a checkpoint located in Barangay 9, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental late Sunday night, January 9. Police identified the arrested as 21-year-old Christopher Gaisen, a resident of Sitio Bunga in the city’s Barangay Orong. Based …