Department of Social Welfare and Development Western Visayas Field Office (DSWD FO-6) and local officials, led by La Castellana, Negros Occidental Mayor Alme Rhummyla Mangilimutan, have come up with strategies to further improve assistance for families affected by Mt. Kanlaon’s eruption. Among others, they will put a premium on psychosocial interventions for children through …
Monthly Archives: June 2024
Rafael Are steers Quezon City past Negros in MPBL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Rafael Are stepped up in the fourth quarter as the Quezon City TODA Aksyon scored a come-from-behind 83-79 victory over the Negros Muscovados in the 2024 MPBL Season at the FPJ Arena in San Jose City, Batangas on Tuesday night, June 11. Scoreless in the first three quarters, Are unloaded …
Reach Sports-CSAB ousts Kenn in Chairman’s 17-U tourney
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Reach Sports-Colegio de San Agustin Bacolod (CSAB) punched a ticket to the semifinals round of the 3rd Chairman’s Cup Negros 17-and-under category after a 61-52 win over Kenn in the quarterfinals at the Willy and Nolita Au Court of Bacolod Tay Tung High School. Raishen Rojas and Ed Marinduque …
Porzingis determined to play despite injury
Kristaps Porzingis said he is determined to suit up for the Boston Celtics against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 3 of the NBA finals despite a new injury scare that has left his fitness in doubt. The Celtics announced on Tuesday, June 11, that the Latvian power forward had suffered a “rare” injury to …
P104-M in losses: Kanlaon eruption affects 1,706 Negrense farmers, 118 farms
By JEN BAYLON The eruption of Kanlaon Volcano has resulted in agricultural losses worth P104.8 million in Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Operations Center said. DA’s data showed that ash fall and lahar flows from Kanlaon have affected 3,947 metric tons of crops in several local government units in both Negros provinces. High-value crops suffered …
VAWC and child support
By Dennis Gorecho Even if the marriage is declared void, the obligation to give support to a minor child subsists. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court in the case of Wilfredo Ruiz vs. AAA (GR 231619, November 15, 2021) that involves a case filed under the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act (VAWC), or Republic Act …
God’s mysterious providence
By Fr. Roy Cimagala It’s interesting to note that, as the Gospel of St. Matthew narrates, Christ somehow had to make some drastic changes in his plans when he learned that John the Baptist was imprisoned. (cfr. Matthew 4:17-23) He left Nazareth and withdrew to Galilee to live in Capernaum. And yet such change of …
Nellas hopes for reconsideration of Diaz’s suspension
By JEN BAYLON Acting Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Alberto Nellas, Jr. hopes that the motion for reconsideration filed by suspended Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II will be considered by the Office of the Ombudsman. “We’re hoping that the Ombudsman will approve the motion for reconsideration,” Nellas said in an interview yesterday. “It’s only temporary, pending …
SCO issued vs. Decena, 5 Mambukal resort employees over ‘unliquidated expenses’
BY JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Provincial Tourism Office head Cheryl Decena and five employees of the Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary have been issued a show-cause order (SCO) for alleged unliquidated expenses. Provincial Legal Office head and Acting Provincial Administrator Alberto Nellas, Jr. said the SCO was issued to Decena under the principle of …
Monitoring of Mt. Kanlaon’s unrest unhampered despite challenges
Monitoring of the restive Mt. Kanlaon in Negros continues without delay despite the challenges that the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is facing, an official said on Monday, June 10. Ma. Antonio V. Bornas, chief of the Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction Division, told the Philippine News Agency that although there is …