Task Force Buglas, which ensures coordinated quick response to disasters and terror threats, recently held a planning workshop for the group’s upcoming projects, programs, and activities this year. Task Force Buglas executive director Dr. Ma. Lina Sanogal, who also serves as provincial planning and development coordinator, said the group seeks to conduct programs that protect …
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NEDA foresees export potential, calls for more domestic cacao, coffee production
By Paulo Loreto Lim While speaking with reporters over the weekend, National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Undersecretary for Planning and Policy Rosemarie Edillon said there is a growing global demand for coffee and cacao and called for increased domestic production in order to provide enough for export. “The markets are there, [especially] with …
Sugarcane mechanization expo opens today
By Paulo Loreto Lim The first Philippine Sugarcane Industry Mechanization Expo, organized by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), opens today, March 12, at the SRA office in Bacolod City. The event is scheduled to run until Friday, March 16, where various farming equipment will be presented. Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara and Department of …
BCPO Chief to meet with Banago officials regarding ‘seal off’ plan
Ebreo: Resolution calling to seal off Purok Sibucao was ‘crude’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Police Senior Superintendent Francisco Ebreo, is scheduled to meet with Barangay Banago officials after the latter passed a resolution requesting the neighborhood’s Purok Sibucao be ‘sealed off’ in response to ongoing illegal …
International Women’s Month
Local Comelec official encourages more women to run for public office By Paulo Loreto Lim While speaking at a second International Women’s Month launch by the Bacolod City government, Bacolod City Commission on Elections (Comelec) elections officer, Atty. Mavil Majarucon-Sia, addressed an audience at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) last Thursday, where …
Structures along Boracay’s Puka Beach demolished
By Paulo Loreto Lim A total of 30 structures, primarily souvenir and refreshment stands, along Boracay’s Puka Beach were recently demolished by the Malay municipal government which has jurisdiction over the resort destination. According to the local government, the establishments were in violation of shoreline easement policies. Last month, after the Department of Environment …
P12K worth of shabu confiscated in Mansilingan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least P12,000 worth of suspected shabu was recently confiscated by police following a buy-bust operation at Purok Kabugwason in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as 44-year-old Manuel Tambanillo, a resident of Block 4, Lot 23 in the said neighborhood. Records released by Police Station 7 …
Negros Occidental PENRO files cases against violators of environmental laws
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Negros Occidental Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) recently announced three cases were filed against violators of environmental laws within the Northern Negros Natural Park (NNNP) and Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park. According to Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Edgardo Rostata, two of the accused were found to …
Over 17K from Region 6 enroll with TESDA TVET program
By Paulo Loreto Lim Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director-General Guiling Mamondiong recently touted the recent Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) enrollment event, which took place across the country last week. Region VI registered the fifth highest number of registrants with 17,812. Region III came in first with 27,248. Based …
Mass rabies vaccinations to continue through May –Roxas City Veterinarian
By Paulo Loreto Lim Amid recent reports revealing the provinces of Iloilo and Antique intensifying efforts to combat rabies, particularly with the ongoing observance of Rabies Awareness Month, which runs throughout March, Roxas City veterinarian, Dr. Dante Corros, said the city’s ongoing mass rabies vaccination program, which began on January 3, will run until …