By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday he was not happy with the performance of the province in the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet held in Aklan province. “If you ask me if I am happy, I’m not. We got beaten,” Lacson said. Negros Occidental was first …
Monthly Archives: May 2023
OPA: Dry spell affects 16 hectares of rice fields
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The ongoing dry spell has already affected 16 hectares of rice fields in the southern part of Negros Occidental, based on the latest monitoring by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA). In a report released on Monday, May 1, OPA head Dr. Edmundo Raul Causing said the dry spell …
NOCPPO ready to coordinate with BCPO for missing persons
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) said they are ready to coordinate with the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) for individuals that may go missing. This comes after several unidentified bodies were recovered over the past few weeks. NOCPPO spokesperson, Police Captain Judesses Catalogo, said they have not recorded …
Cauyan town poised to become bamboo hub
Negros Occidental’s Cauayan town is positioning itself to become the “Bamboo Capital of Southern Negros Occidental” to provide more livelihood opportunities for its residents and boost the local economy. After initiating the first-ever Bamboo Summit over the weekend, the municipal government headed by Mayor John Rey Tabujara has identified areas for bamboo planting, including …
Bacolod sets up hospital help desks for indigent patients
The Bacolod City government deployed liaisons on Monday, Monday 1, to man the help desks for indigent patients seeking hospital admissions under the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP). Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said the personnel will be assigned to hospitals with existing agreements with the city government in the implementation of the city’s flagship …
Man held for ‘stealing’ game fowls
By Mae Singuay A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing game fowls in Negros Occidental’s Pontevedra town. Police arrested laborer Mark Vallejo, a resident of Barangay Tampalon in the province’s Kabankalan City. Lorenzo Atienza, 50 years old, a resident of the town’s Barangay San Juan, reported to village chief Edwin Lamela that his fighting …
NegOr targets 148-K kids for mass vaccination campaign
A total of 148,201 children in Negros Oriental are targeted for the nationwide “Chikiting Ligtas” mass vaccination campaign against measles and rubella (MR) and polio during the whole month of May. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion said the month-long “Chikiting Ligtas” (Safe Children) supplemental immunization campaign was launched at a ceremony in Sibulan town …
WVRAA MEET: Negros wallops Iloilo for volley title
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Occidental secondary boys’ volleyball team ruled the 2023 WVRAA Meet after a 28-26, 25-19, 25-20 sweep of Iloilo at the Malinao Elementary School Covered Court in Aklan province over the weekend. Julio Miguel Yu spearheaded the offense for the Living Stones International School-represented Negros Occidental, while team captain Eljohn …
Bacolod Tay Tung’s Aguillon notches golds in athletics
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Krisha Dedoyco Aguillon of Bacolod Tay Tung High School athletics team delivered two gold medals for Negros Occidental in the 2023 WVRAA Meet at the Aklan Sports Complex in Makato town over the weekend. The Bacolod City-native Aguillon captured her first gold in the secondary girls’ 100-meter dash in 12.57 …
NBA: Ice-cool Harden scores 45 as Sixers stun Celtics
James Harden scored 45 points as the Philadelphia 76ers stunned the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs on Monday, May 1, before Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets took a commanding 2-0 series lead over the Phoenix Suns. In a pulsating Eastern Conference duel in Boston, Harden produced a vintage performance — including a …