The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) is seeking the establishment of a Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) satellite office in Dumaguete City for faster visa processing of retirees. NOCCI president Edward Du said at a press conference yesterday that a PRA satellite or regional office in Negros Oriental will provide foreign retirees …
Monthly Archives: July 2024
Bernardino takes early lead in ICTSI Visayas Series 3
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Tiffany Bernardino scraped through with 86 to take an early lead in the ICTSI-Junior Philippine Golf Tour Visayas Series 3 at the challenging Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club course on Monday afternoon, July 1. Starting at the backside of the tricky par-70 layout, Bernardino narrowly edged out Alexie Gabi, …
Negrenses Canino, Panique banner Alas Pilipinas in FIVB Cup
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense volleybelles Angel Canino and Arah Panique will banner Alas Pilipinas national women’s volleyball team that will face Vietnam in the FIVB Women’s Volleyball Challenger Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila on Friday night, July 5. Canino, who hails from Bacolod City, and Panique, who came from Negros …
Celtics put up for sale two weeks after winning NBA title
Owners of the NBA champion Boston Celtics announced they were putting the club up for sale on Monday, July 1, two weeks after capturing the team’s record 18th NBA championship. The Celtics were valued at $4.7 billion last October by Forbes magazine, having leaped 18 percent in value to rank behind only the Golden …
Rise in gas flux: Kanlaon’s high gas emissions may cause increased seismic activity
By JEN BAYLON The high sulfur dioxide gas emissions from Kanlaon Volcano last Friday, June 28, may be a contributing factor to the increased seismic activities at the volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday. Mari Andylene Quintia, Phivolcs resident volcanologist from the Kanlaon Volcano Observatory in Negros Occidental’s La Carlota City, in an interview, …
A resurgence in Philippine tourism
By Sonny Angara Over the past two years, we are seeing a resurgence in the Philippine tourism industry. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently came out with its 2023 Philippine Tourism Satellite Accounts data, which showed the sector posting the highest growth rate since the agency started monitoring this in the year 2000. PSA measures the …
Metonymy: Unpacking the toolbox
By Herman M. Lagon Metonymy, often overshadowed by its flamboyant cousin metaphor, is a figure of speech where a concept is not called by its own name, but rather by something closely associated with it. Imagine referring to the corporate world simply as “the suits” or to artistic masterpieces residing in “the Louvre.” This …
Experts to help contain fall armyworm infestation in NegOcc
By JEN BAYLON Experts from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UP-LB) College of Agriculture, specifically from the National Crop Protection Center, will arrive in Negros Occidental to help contain the infestation of fall armyworms in several local government units in the province. According to 5th District Congressman Dino Yulo, he requested the expertise of …
Kanlaon eruption hardly-hit La Castellana generally peaceful
The town of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has been generally peaceful and orderly since Mt. Kanlaon erupted on June 3, which placed the area in a state of calamity. With the help of an augmented peacekeeping force, La Castellana town police chief, Major Rhojn Darell Nigos said the Philippine National Police (PNP) had …
PRO-6 nabs 8-K offenders in H1
A total of 8,117 individuals in Western Visayas were arrested for various offenses as a result of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) anti-criminality operations from January 1 to June 15. This was revealed by PRO-6 Regional Operations Division Chief Police Colonel Gilbert T. Gorero during his report at the 2024 2nd Quarter Peace …