RECOVERIES AFTER CHALLENGES. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson delivers a message during the turn-over of the PHP90-million financial assistance of the National Housing Authority to the provincial government at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City on Dec. 29, 2021. The amount will be used to rebuild homes damaged during the onslaught of Typhoon Odette.(Photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The year 2021 is another challenging period for Negros Occidental since it started and ended with natural disasters that left the Negrenses reeling while grappling with the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. But with the tests also came the triumphs backed up by the resilience of both the provincial government and the residents. The "Abanse Negrense", the rallying call of the administration of Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, came to the fore as the provincial government heightened its Covid-19 response to rebuild lives and recover fr
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora delivered his third State of the City Address (SOCA) on Friday, Dec. 17, reporting on the various achievements and programs of the city on COVID-19 response and public service. Zamora enumerated the city’s pandemic response and interventions to curb the cases of C
Fishermen, vendors, and mothers from the Tagalag Fishing Village underwent a culinary skills training program held by the Valenzuela City government last Nov.15 and 16. The "Catch to Cash(C2C): A Farm-to-Table Culinary Training" was launched in partnership with the Department of Tourism- National C
WETLANDS DAY. Stakeholders and partners of the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Area Management Alliance hold mangrove planting and bird watching activities in Barangay Tibsoc, San Enrique town on Thursday (October 21, 2021). The activity, organized with the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO), marked the fifth year of its declaration as the seventh Ramsar site or wetland of international importance in the Philippines on October 20, 2016.(Photo courtesy of PEMO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - Coinciding with the fifth anniversary of the Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Conservation Area (NOCWCA) on Wednesday, the provincial government here received honors for its community-based approach in managing coastal resources across 10 localities in the southern part of the province. The Negros Occidental Coastal Wetlands Area Management Alliance (NOCWAMA), with its entry titled "Network of Alliances for Coastal Wetlands Conservation", was named one of the Top 10 win