The holistic anti-hunger initiative of Bago City in Negros Occidental has resulted in 215.7 percent rice sufficiency level, ensuring greater food security and economic stability for its people. Through the Food Staples Sufficiency Program, the city just south of Bacolod aims to achieve sufficient food production through natural farming practices, earning the distinction of …
Monthly Archives: July 2024
DOH: 3-K W. Visayas villages achieve zero open defecation status
The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-WVCHD) reported yesterday that 74.73 percent or 3,028 of the 4,052 barangays in the region have achieved zero open defecation (ZOD) status. During the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas in Iloilo City, WVCHD Regional Director Adriano Suba-an said the accomplishment was achieved primarily with the …
Comelec-Negros Island Region sets up office in Dumaguete
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has set up its Negros Island Region (NIR) regional office in Dumaguete City, just 10 months ahead of the midterm national and local elections in May 2025. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano formally assumed his new post as the acting Regional Election Director of the NIR effective Monday, July 1. …
Biz group pushes for Philippine Retirement Authority branch in NegOr
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 …
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 …