May 10, 2023

Province, LGUs ink UHC implementation MOA

DOH6 regional director Adriano Suba-an (5th from left, standing), witnesses the signing of MOA for inter-LGU cooperation in UHC implementation, between EB Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon, Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo, Pulupandan Mayor Miguel Peña, Victorias City Vice Mayor Abelardo Bantug III, and Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, in the presence of Hospital Operations Division chief Dr. Girlie Pinongan, PHO head Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, Board Members Rommel Debulgado and Araceli Somosa, and Dr. Julius Drilon, chief of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, among others.* Capitol PIO photo

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More local officials back IGNITE Power-Ceneco JVA

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The proposed Joint Venture Agreement between the IGNITE Power, also known as the Negros Electric and Power Corporation, and Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco), got the support of Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Gov. Jeffrey

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NegOcc leads WV kids’ vaccination campaign

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN When it comes to the number of children vaccinated, against measles, rubella and polio, during the first eight days of ongoing Chikiting Ligtas campaign in Western Visayas, Negros Occidental has the lead among the regions’ provinces

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Ex-municipal treasurer dismissed

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another employee of the Negros Occidental provincial government has been dismissed from government service, after having been found guilty for grave misconduct, serious dishonesty and malversation of public funds. Based on substantial evidence, former Isabela acting

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Bacolod logs 174 HFMD cases

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (BCESU) has recorded a total of 174 suspected Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease cases in Bacolod City as of April 22. Out of the 174 cases, 82 males and 92 females

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Let’s be united with Christ always

Knowing who we really are—that is, that we are image and likeness of God, sharers of his divine life and nature, having been patterned after Christ—we need to realize that we are meant to be united with God always through

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Monumentally unsustainable

Government officials concerned are set to meet to fine tune proposals to overhaul the increasingly “unsustainable” pension system for the military and other uniformed personnel (MUP), after Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno sounded the alarm over an imminent fiscal collapse stemming

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A white 58th birthday bash at the hacienda

• ROGER D. BELTRAN Ilog town’s fashionista Councilor Mark John Vargas recently celebrated his 58th birthday in a white-themed party of glitz and glamour. Set at their hacienda house, family and friends arrived from everywhere, bringing them to the middle

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