OCTOBER 6 - OCTOBER 12, 2019
METROPOST 2 NEWS and UPDATES
The participants with the resource speaker after the weighing scale calibration training. (Photo by DOST)
DA7 turns over P3.5M tramline
calibration training
Around 50 participants from local and national government units, hospitals, universities, traders and sugar milling companies in the province attended the two-day training on weighing scale calibration on October 1-2, 2019 at Negros Oriental State University Main Campus, Dumaguete City. Organized by the Department of Science and Technology-Negros Oriental Provincial S&T Center (DOST NegOr PSTC), the training aims to give importance of fair trade on the calibration of industrial weighing scales on various applications and the acceptability level on error readings of weighing scales in the market. The event also aims at highlighting on the importance of calibration which includes public health and safety, fair market trade, consumer protection, among others. The activity is in partnership with the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI), Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) and DOST 7. Engr. Roberto B. Edra, the laboratory head of DOST-7 Regional Standards and Testing Laboratory (RSTL) was the resource person during the said training. During the quick but very informative training, Engr. Edra expounded on the existing laws and regulations on metrology and its implementation in the country. “Traceability is an
unbroken chain of calibration necessary for the measurements done in the country to be traceable to international standards. The starting point of International Standards begins with the Bureau International des Poids et Measures (BIPM),” Engr. Edra said. DOST NegOr also offered free calibration of weighing scales on October 1-3, 2019 in which 120 weighing scales from local government units, academe, hospitals and private companies. (Sean Adrian T. Guardiano)
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SUNDAY WORSHIP TIME not giving up meeting together, as some
are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another -- and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25
DOST holds
Joint police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives seized some two kilos of suspected shabu from a “high-value target” drug peddler during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Camanjac here on Tuesday afternoon. The suspected shabu was estimated to be worth PHP13.6 million based on the Dangerous Drugs Board value.
Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO)
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prizes as well as subsidies for the contingents participating in the street dancing and showdown competition and the LGU booth competition.
For the Buglasan Festival of Festivals, eight contingents had initially signified their intent to join -- Sta. Catalina, two contingents from Dumaguete (Sandurot Festival winners in the school and barangay categories), Pamplona, Sibulan, Dauin, Tanjay City, and Bais City. Meanwhile, several LGUs will be taking part in the booth competition and will set up their own
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that “he is also aware that too much pressure and bullying were employed against DENR officials during the recent congressional hearing of the national budget to stop the project, which is primarily intended to protect the city’s shoreline and coastal barangays from storm
Further, Remollo said
surges and flood.” T he es tim ated
1.7-hectare rehabilitation project of the boulevard, which oppositors including environmentalists say is a “reclamation project”, designed as a venue for sports and recreation, and other national and international events. (Judy F. Partlow/PNA)
structures depicting their respective municipalities or cities, around Kagawasan Avenue of the Ninoy Aquino Freedom Park here. So far, the LGUs that will be participating are Basay, Siaton, Zamboanguita, Dauin, Dumaguete, Sibulan, San Jose, Amlan, Pamplona, Tanjay, Bais, Manjuyod, Bindoy, Ayungon, Tayasan, Guihulngan, and Canlaon. From the PHP11.5 million budget for this year’s Buglasan Festival, PHP5 million will be for the festival and booth competitions while the rest will be used for prizes for the other competitions. (Judy F. Partlow/PNA)
An initial report from the
2 kilos of shabu seized
The Department of Agriculture – RFO7 turned over P3.5 million worth of agricultural tramline facility to Mabunao Proper Farmers Association in Brgy. Mabunao, Bais City, Negros Oriental on October 1, 2019. The tramline facility is seen to address the long-time problem of transporting the agricultural produce and products in Brgy. Mabunao, a mountain barangay in Bais City where different crops abound. The tramline will
identified the suspect as Jake Lester Alesna Esquilona, 22, resident of Sitio Kabulakan, Barangay Poblacion in Sibulan, Negros Oriental. Esquilona, tagged as a high-value target at the regional level, was arrested around 5:10 p.m. Tuesday in Purok Makugihon of the said village. Recovered from him was one big plastic pack containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu placed inside a backpack.
save around 20 minutes of travelling time from the usual 30 minutes of transport from point A in sitio Guintohogan to Mabunao proper where the delivery truck waits. “Aside from reducing travel time, it will also lessen our burden and decrease post-harvest losses. We will be able to produce quality products in the market with less burden. Words
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can’t express how grateful we are for this blessing”, said Manuel Mendez, the Mabunao Proper Farmers Association president. Aside from the tramline, the agency also turned over the barangay nursery amounting to P180 thousand and the P550 thousand worth Spring Development Project. “The Spring Development Project has irrigated around 3.7 hectares. While we were able to propagate almost 6,000 cacao seedlings last year because of the nursery”, Brgy. Captain Roger Amador explained. DA-7 Regional Executive
Director Atty. Salvador Diputado acknowledged the eagernes s of the association to embrace DA projects. He also announced the upcoming Sustainable Corn Production in Sloping Areas (SCoPSA) project in the area worth P300 thousand.
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Europeans top list of retirees in NegOr
European nationals top the list of foreigners who availed of the Special Resident Retiree’s Visa (SSRV) to live and stay in Negros Oriental. Mervin Magbuhat, division chief of Philippine Retirement Authority (PRA) here, said their office has registered 447 foreign retirees in the province. PRA has deemed Dumaguete City, the capital of Negros Oriental, as the best place to retire in the Philippines as it scored 87.48 in accordance with the criteria set by international organizations like the United Nations, World Health Organization, and International Living. PRA and the City
of Dumaguete have reinforced their campaign
in building up the city as a retiree-friendly area through a Memorandum of Agreement signed Monday by PRA CEO Atty. Beinvenido Chy and Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo. Under this partnership
is the establishment of a PRA Help Desk in the city that will offer services to potential and existing clients, partners, and other stakeholders.
of more local business establishments, retirement facilities, and other service providers is also expected as an outcome concurrent with the possible surge of foreign and local retirees. “Dumaguete City is the first LGU in the country
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The internationally-renowned Kahayag Dance Company Philippines Inc. has been under the artistic direction of Aiken Emmanuel Quipot for close to two years now. In our Sept. 29 issue, we inadvertently credited its leadership to another person who is no longer with the company.
column “Outside Looking In” (Sept. 29) was that of Valencia Tourism Officer Albert Tubal.
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