By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga After President Rodrigo Duterte recently named the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) a corrupt government agency and proposed its possible abolition, United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines (Unifed) President Manuel Lamata said he was surprised by the announcement and called an emergency meeting of the group, scheduled to take place …
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No reduction to departmental budgets in 2018 –Capitol Official Provincial Budget Officer: 9% increase expected for 2018 budget
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With various departments and offices of the Negros Occidental provincial government currently preparing their proposed budgets for 2018, Acting Provincial Administrator Lucille Gelvolea affirmed there would be no reduction to individual budgets. She noted there is no specific amount for the 2018 budget yet. “The amount will depend on the …
Tropical Depression Maring Iloilo City evacuation centers set up
Amid the heavy rains from Tropical Depression “Maring,” Iloilo City Administrator, Atty. Hernando Galvez, announced evacuation centers had been set up to take in displaced families affected by flooding. As of 7:30 p.m., yesterday evening, the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) recorded 181 evacuated families from the Jaro, Arevalo, and Mandurriao …
TESDA Director in Negros Occidental to implement Yolanda-related program
By Paulo Loreto Lim Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director Guiling Mamondiong visited Negros Occidental earlier this month to launch the Yolanda Rehabilitation and Recovery Program (YRRP) in the province, during an event at Philippine Normal University-Cadiz. According to a release from the agency, there are approximately 11,700 beneficiaries of the program across …
Vallacar Transit denies demanding jeepneys use their gas station
By Ma. Irish Joy M. Sabio, Intern Responding to a complaint claiming Vallacar Transit Incorporated (VTI) demands jeepneys utilize their gas station at their Northbound Terminal, the transport company denied the allegations yesterday morning. According to VTI Legal and Public Relations Manager Jade Marquez, the situation arose when the United Drivers and Operators Center (UNDOC) …
Grade 7 student stabbed dead by uncle in Mansilingan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Grade 7 student was allegedly stabbed to death by his uncle at Hermilinda Homes, Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Monday evening. Police identified the fatality as 12-year-old Elino Cresincio III, a resident of the said barangay. According to an official probe by Police Station 7 (PS7), around 7:00 p.m., Cresincio, …
There is no corruption in the SRA –Labor Leader Sancho: SRA consultants are approved by the SRA board
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following recent pronouncements by President Rodrigo Duterte naming the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) as a corrupt government agency and proposed its possible abolition, local labor rights group, the General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA), declared their support for the agency and contradicted the president’s speculations. “There is no corruption in …
Congress approves postponement of barangay polls
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The House of Representatives approved, on its third and final reading, the postponement of this year’s barangay and SK elections, during their regular session yesterday. In a radio report from Iloilo City, House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, who was attending an oath-taking for PDP-Laban members in the town of Guimbal, said …
Bacolod City requires firecracker manufacturers, vendors to attend safety seminar
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga According to Executive Assistant Ernie Pineda, the Bacolod City government yesterday announced all firecracker manufacturers and vendors will be required to attend a safety seminar before they can proceed with their firecracker and pyrotechnics activities for December. Pineda reported around 77 members of the Bacolod Vendors Firecrackers Association have already …
Iloilo City Acting Mayor to vendors: Stop throwing garbage into the drainage system
By Paulo Loreto Lim Following flooding in Iloilo City after recent heavy rainfall, acting Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III urged market vendors to properly dispose of their refuse. “We have gathered plastic garbage in the drainage system at Iloilo Terminal Market and Central Market,” he said. “We are appealing to our vendors to, as …