Pag-IBIG Fund’s service innovations using digital and social media, publication to communicate its 40-year legacy, and excellence in leadership won three (3) Gold Stevie Awards during the recently held International Business (Stevie) Awards in Rome, Italy and the Stevie Awards for Women in Business in New York City, USA. Winning two Gold Stevie Awards …
Monthly Archives: November 2023
Road safety awareness; NOCPPO mulls road safety info drive after string of accidents
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An information drive on road safety among motorists is being mulled by the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) following a spike in the number of road accidents in the province. NOCPPO director, Colonel Leo Pamittan, said he will meet with local officials from the Land Transportation Office, the Department of …
‘Unopposed’ new SK Federation prexy from San Carlos
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation in Negros Occidental successfully elected their new president yesterday morning. Mayvelyn Madrid, 22 years old, SK chairperson in San Carlos City’s Barangay 5, who ran unopposed, officially took her oath alongside the new set of provincial SK Federation officers before Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson. Madrid will be the ex-officio member …
Bacolod to serve vacate notice to 141 ISFs
By Mae Singuay The Bacolod City Legal Office (CLO) will serve a notice to vacate for 141 informal settler families (ISFs) in the city’s Barangay 12 who will be affected by the development project in the Manokan Country. CLO head, Romeo Carlos Ting, Jr. said this is in preparation for the rehabilitation of the …
PH Experience launch highlights heritage, food in Bacolod, Silay
The kickoff the Philippine Experience: Culture, Heritage and Arts Program (PEP) Western Visayas leg of the Department of Tourism (DOT) highlighted heritage sites and food offerings of the cities of Silay and Bacolod in Negros Occidental yesterday. DOT Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco led the tours of the various attractions in the two cities, together with …
P240-M skate park underway in Bacolod
The nearly P240-million skate park, funded by the national government and constructed in Bacolod City’s Barangay Vista Alegre, is set for completion in May next year. Loben Rafael Ceballos, officer-in-charge of the City Engineer’s Office, said the construction undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways in Western Visayas is already 20 percent …
Self-confessed rebel yields firearm, explosives in NegOr
A member of the Communist New People’s Army surrendered to the police and yielded a firearm and explosives in Negros Oriental’s Ayungon town on Tuesday, November 28. Lt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office spokesperson, said yesterday the former rebel, whose name has been withheld for security reasons, is from Sitio Pisok, Barangay Buenavista in …
Negros Oriental fetes women’s advocates as part of VAW campaign
The Negros Oriental provincial government will be giving due recognition to women’s advocates through its “Garbo Awards” next week. Josefina Columna, the provincial government’s gender and development focal person, said during a media forum in Dumaguete City on Tuesday, November 28, activities have been lined up for the “18-Day Campaign to End VAW (Violence …
Mapua ousts CSB, advances to NCAA finals
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Mapua University Cardinals secured a spot in the NCAA Season 99 men’s basketball tournament finals by mounting a significant endgame run to eliminate the College of St. Benilde (CSB) Blazers, 78-67, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Tuesday, November 28. In a back-and-forth contest in the fourth …
DLSU rules UAAP women’s athletics, Negrense Bejoy named MVP
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The De La Salle University (DLSU) Lady Green Tracksters claimed the overall championship in the UAAP Season 86 women’s athletics tournament at the PhilSports track oval in Pasig City on Sunday, November 26. Negrense trackster Bernalyn Bejoy was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) after spearheading the Lady Green Tracksters’ campaign …