By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson expressed mixed sentiments on the conduct of cloud seeding operations in the province. While acknowledging that there is no need to conduct cloud seeding, Lacson said it is still an option. “If you ask me now, I would say na, maybe there’s no need na,” Lacson said, …
Monthly Archives: June 2024
Boat as a metaphor for our maritime culture
By Dennis Gorecho “The story of our nation began with a boat.” This was the opening statement of historian Xiao Chua — lifted from an essay titled “The Boat as a Metaphor of Nation” on our ancestors’ maritime culture — during a symposium at the Asian Institute of Maritime Studies (AIMS) last year as part of …
Let’s follow the advice of St. John the Baptist
By Fr. Roy Cimagala Even while in prison, St. John the Baptist told his disciples to go to Christ to see if Christ indeed was the expected messiah. (cfr. Matthew 11:2-11) Obviously, St. John knew about who Christ really was. He just wanted to let his disciples to know Christ and to follow him. Christ, …
Lacson endorses Benitez as NIR RDC chairman
By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson expressed his intention to endorse Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez as Regional Development Council (RDC) chairman of the newly-created Negros Island Region (NIR) when it becomes fully functional in 2025. However, Lacson said officials from the three provinces in NIR — Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental …
Negros Occidental disperses breeder swine for hog repopulation
The Negros Occidental provincial government has started distributing locally produced breeder swine for herd repopulation after losing thousands of hogs to transboundary animal diseases in the past year. The swine dispersal, which started on Monday, June 24, is the first since the massive hog deaths in 2023 that affected almost 18,000 pigs in 20 …
Strong partnerships in sea protection highlighted in MARPOLEX 2024
The start of the four-day Regional Marine Pollution Exercise (MARPOLEX) 2024, participated by the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan, in Bacolod City yesterday, highlighted sustained cooperation among countries in Southeast Asia for the protection of the sea. Vice Admiral Roy Echeverria of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Rear Admiral Jon Kenedi of Indonesia’s Directorate General of …
Land distribution program in W. Visayas nears completion
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) 6 (Western Visayas) is left with 8.34 percent of the target 467,415 hectares to be distributed to qualified farmers in the region under its agrarian reform program. Since the program started in 1972 as Presidential Decree 27 until the enactment of Republic Act (RA) 9700 or the Comprehensive …
NegOcc makes emergency purchase of insecticides to contain armyworms
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday the provincial government would make an emergency purchase of insecticides to contain the infestation of fall armyworm in sugarcane and corn fields in seven local government units (LGUs) of the province. “So far, we have provided pesticides. We are going through an emergency purchase of insecticides. …
Prices of basic goods in La Castellana remain stable
Prices of basic commodities in Mt. Kanlaon eruption hardly-hit town of La Castellana remain stable after the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) imposed a price freeze following the declaration of a state of calamity on June 4. As of June 19, La Castellana Mayor Rhumyla Mangilimutan said her office had not received any …
Bacolodnon Fajardo tallies 13, Gilas U-18 wallops Maldives
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Ava Fajardo made her presence felt as the Gilas Pilipinas U-18 girls basketball team cruised to a dominant 141-18 victory over Maldives in the FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup 2024 Division B at the Futian Sports Park in Shenzhen, China on Monday night, June 24. Fajardo, who traced her roots …