By Sonny Angara The year 2024 marks the 50th year of Nutrition Month is being celebrated in the Philippines. It was in 1974, during the administration of then President Ferdinand Marcos that the celebration of Nutrition Month started by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 491, s. 1974, which also paved the way for the creation …
Monthly Archives: July 2024
Reenvisioning ROTC
impulsesBy Herman M. Lagon Amidst changing global dynamics and internal obstacles, the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) is at a turning point, ready to reassume its position as a furnace for leadership and national service. Looking back on my time as a reserved officer, I can see how important it is to shape disciplined, …
BCPO director orders probe into recent shooting incidents
By JEN BAYLON Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director Colonel Noel Aliño has ordered the immediate resolution of the recent shooting incidents in the city. BCPO spokesperson Colonel Ronnie Brillo said Aliño ordered Major Elmer Bonilla of Police Station 1, Captain Glenn Montano of Police Station 2 and Captain Dax Santillan of Police Station …
Manokan Country closed for renovation today
Manokan Country will be closed starting today for its scheduled renovation. According to Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, the stall owners did not comply with the compromise agreement. They withdrew their initial statement that they would move to the temporary venue in the parking area of a shopping mall across the Manokan Country. Benitez …
NegOcc obtains special patent title for Mambukal Resort property
The Negros Occidental provincial government obtained a special patent title for the almost 24-hectare property covering the Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary in Barangay Minoyan, Murcia town from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the transfer represents a significant advancement in the initiatives of the province …
2.3-K personnel deployed for 2024 POPCEN-CBMS in NegOcc, Bacolod City
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) deployed a total of 2,332 personnel in Negros Occidental, including highly-urbanized Bacolod City, to conduct the 2024 Census of Population and Community-Based Monitoring System (POPCEN-CBMS) starting today until September 15. These include 1,591 enumerators, 269 team supervisors, and 69 census area supervisors assigned to 19 municipalities and 12 cities …
Mt. Kanlaon eruption has minimal effect on June inflation
The eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island has minimal effect on the June inflation rate for all income households in Negros Occidental, which increased to 4.5 percent from 4.2 percent in May this year, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Bacolod City yesterday. PSA-Negros Occidental chief statistical specialist John Campomanes said …
Electricity drives W. Visayas inflation to 4.9% in June
The headline inflation in Western Visayas rose to 4.9 percent in June from 4.3 percent in the previous month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. The increase is primarily attributed to the higher costs of housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels at 2.7 percent and contributing over 98 percent to the inflation …
Negrense swimmer Cabayaran adds 2 medals in Palaro
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense swimmer Alexi Kouzenye Cabayaran chipped in two more medals for Western Visayas in the 2024 Palarong Pambansa swimming competition being held in Cebu City. The Bacolod Trinity Christian School standout finished with a gold medal in the secondary girls’ 100-meter freestyle before settling for silver in the 50-meter freestyle …
Negrenses Nonoy, Corteza, Pido selected in PBA Rookie Draft
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense guards Mark Nonoy, Miguel Corteza and Keith Pido bannered the Western Visayas-based players selected in the PBA Season 49 Rookie Draft at the Glorietta Malls Activity Center in Makati City on Sunday, July 14. Nonoy, a native of Negros Occidental’s La Carlota City, was selected 10th overall by the …