Barkadahan sa Iloilo.

10/01/2025

The Iloilo Dinagyang Festival 2025 Opening Salvo

10/01/2025

Bam to ensure sufficient funding for education, health, and social services Dismayed by budget cuts in vital programs and services, former Senator Bam Aquino vows to ensure adequate funding for education, health, and social services in future national budgets if victorious in the 2025 senatorial race. “Hindi ko matanggap na bumaba yung budget ng mga ito. If given a chance, uunahin talaga natin iyong budget. Itong nakaraang budget, ang hirap talagang tanggapin na mayroong cuts sa edukasyon, sa kalusugan, at sa DSWD, pati na sa computerization program ng DepEd,” the former Senator said during an interview on ABS-CBN’s Harapan 2025. “We have to make sure next year's budget, balik iyong mga pondong iyan at mas papalakihin pa iyong pondo na kailangan talaga ng tao,” he added. The former lawmaker was particularly disappointed over the P3-billion budget cut to the free college law, which he championed during his time as chairperson of the Senate Committee on Education. If elected to the Senate, Aquino committed to expanding the Free College Law and ensuring that college graduates have a job waiting for them after graduation. “Titiyakin nating lumalawak ang programa, mas maraming kabataan ang nakikinabang dito at nagkakaroon ng quality education upang makakuha sila ng siguradong trabaho na puwede nilang ipagmalaki. Iyong maganda ang sahod na makakatulong sa kanila at sa kanilang pamilya,” Aquino said. Meanwhile, Aquino said eradicating corruption and cartels is crucial in bringing down the prices of goods. “Kung pinag-uusapan ng kataasan ng presyo ng bilihin, ang unang dapat gawin ay tugisin iyong corruption sa importation at sa ports at tuldukan ang mga kartel na nagkokontrol ng presyo ng pagkain natin,” he said. Aquino said prices of goods will easily go down by 10 to 20 percent if corruption in the country’s ports is eradicated.

09/01/2025

08/01/2025

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08/01/2025

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A wildfire burns about 200 acres and threatens homes in an upscale area of Los Angeles on January 7, forcing evacuations. The Pacific Palisades fire between ...

08/01/2025

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07/01/2025

This is your special day. Thank God for what you have and for what you are. As you count what good things you have done likewise count your blessings and thank the Lord. Happy Birthday Doc Gold!

05/01/2025

Celebrating the new year twice? It was just a matter of time to be back in time..

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Cathay Pacific Flight 880 took off from Hong Kong International Airport just after midnight on January 1, 2025, and landed at Los Angeles International Airport on December 31, 2024.

By crossing the International Date Line and traversing nine time zones during its 12-hour trans-Pacific flight, passengers effectively arrived “back in time.”

04/01/2025

NGCP NAGPASIGURO SA KONGRESO NGA INDI NA MASULIT PA ANG 2024 PANAY BLACKOUT; APANG MORE POWER NAGPABUTYAG SANG PAGKABALAKA

Nagpasalig ang National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) sa mga miyembro sang House Committee on Legislative Franchises nga indi na masulit pa ang January 2024 nga power outage sa Panay Island. Suno sa NGCP, bastante na ang power supply kag may yara sila sang mga contingency measures.

Nagtingub ang committee para sa isa ka hearing sang Desyembre 23 agud diskusyonan ang kahandaan kag potential nga impact sang La Niña sang 2025.

Nagpabutyag sang pagkabahala si Congressman Dan Fernandez sang 1st District of Laguna angut sa kapaslawan sang NGCP nga magsupply sang bastante nga ancillary reserves para sa Panay Island. Nagpahanumdom si Fernandez nga daku ang economic impact sang tinalikdan nga blackout.

"Atty. Cynthia (Alabanza) mag Jajanuary na ha. Baka mamaya mag outage na naman. Todas na naman tayo diyan," pahayag ni Fernandez.

Nagsabat naman si Atty. Cynthia Alabanza, NGCP's AVP for Corporate Communications, kag ginpaathag nga nakumpleto na ang Competitive Selection Process (CSP) para sa ancillary reserves sa Visayas. Ini agud masiguro nga may bastante nga kuryente bisan pa sa peak demand.

“Yung requirement po ng NGCP na mangontrata ng firm contract under the CSP, tapos na po yan. At yung iba po bibilhin natin sa merkado," pahayag ni Alabanza.

Apang indi kumbinsido si Congressman Fernandez kag nagpangayu ini sang mas mabakod nga tikang para sa contingency kag dispatchable reserves sa tanan nga rehiyon.

"If we have reserves in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, there is no reason why we shouldn't have reserves for the coming January. You've stated that we've met the ancillary service requirements so that I will take your word for it. At least we have ancillary services, regulating reserves, contingency reserves, and dispatchable reserves across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao," pagpaathag ni Fernandez.

Samtang, ang electric distribution utility sa Iloilo City nga MORE Power ang nagpabutyag man sang ila pagkabalaka sa delay nga commissioning sang 3x100 MegaVolt Ampere substation sang NGCP, nga under construction na sa Iloilo City.

Ila ginpromisa nga matapos ang substation antes magtakup ang 2025.

Ginpatpat ni MORE Power President kag CEO Roel Castro ang impact sang 162 ka mga unscheduled power interruptions sang 2024 nga gintrace gikan sa NGCP. Sa diin naglab-ut sa 811 ka oras sang outages.

“But to note, with the latest information we got, it’s just the 1x100 MVA to be finished in 2025. We are alarmed by the delay of this project. The number of outages that we’ve been having of 162 outages in 1 year alone is something very alarming,” pahayag ni Castro sa hearing.

Nagpaathag ang NGCP nga na delay ang project bangud sa isyu sa access sa site sa diin nahamtang ang substation.

"The project is now scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2025. We had to negotiate access to the site with one of the power plants, which caused a delay. However, the issue has been resolved, and we aim for a completion date in the second quarter of next year," paathag ni Atty. Alabanza.

Naga-apela si Castro nga tapuson na ang proyekto kag kun tani lakip na dire ang 3x100 MVA capacity nga orihinal nga ginpromisa sang grid.

Tuman ini ka importante para sa pag-uswag sang ekonomiya sa Iloilo City kag Panay Island pag-abot sa investment kag power demand.

Nagpabutyag man si Department of Energy Undersecretary Sharon Garin sa importansya sang NGCP facilities. Sa subong, ang demand growth sa Iloilo yara sa 13%. Tuman kadaku kung ikumpara sa 6% lang nga economic growth rate sang pungsod.

Bangud sini, pati man si Legislative Franchise Committee Chairman Gus Tambunting ang nagpabutyag sa NGCP nga kinahanglan nila malagas ang demand sang Iloilo pati man sang bug-os nga pungsod.//

30/12/2024

Our condolences to the families

30/12/2024

It is always good to be reunited in a Grand Alumni homecoming.

29/12/2024

The celebration "4th Grand Alumni Homecoming of the San Miguel Central Elementry School (SMCES)" starts wirh a Holy Mass held at the school's vicinity.

26/12/2024

THINK! PLAN.! IMPLEMENT.! And be a part of the successful people around you.

Try looking back and you will see that in all important events in your life the FAMILY is always there. As we approach 2025..try listing down your priorities, make a plan with a timeline. Implement with God's guidance. ADVANCE HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! From Manny Alcalde and family

26/12/2024

Try looking back and you will see that in all important events in your life the FAMILY is always there. As we approach 2025..try listing down your priorities, make a plan with a timeline. Implement with God's guidance. ADVANCE HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! From Manny Alcalde and family

21/12/2024

Praying for Germany! 🙏🙏🙏

At least two people are dead and 68 are injured, including a child, after a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. The suspect, a 50-year...

19/12/2024

Trike orgs kay BBM: MC Taxis expansion ipatigil!

Binatikos ng mga nangungunang tricycle organizations sa bansa ang adminstrasyong Marcos administration sa pagpayag nito sa biglaang pagpapalawak ng operasyon ng motorcycle taxis (MC Taxis) sa ilang lalawigan nang walang anumang konsultasyon.

Sinabi ng National Confederation of Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (NACTODAP) at ng National Public Transport Coalition (NPTC) na makakaapekto sa kanilang kabuhayan ang pagpasok ng 8,000 motorcycle taxi sa Region 3 at 4A.

“Hindi kami kinonsulta, pero ang apektado dito ay kami. TODAs have been the backbone of local transportation for decades, and now we are being pushed aside for profit-driven MC taxi operators,” wika ni Ariel Lim, pangulo ng NACTODAP at NPTC.

Kasabay ng paggiit na hindi sila tutol sa progreso, sinabi ni Jopet Sison, founding chairman ng Quezon City Tricycle Franchising Board, na dapat ay kinonsulta man lang sila ng gobyerno bago ipinatupad ang expansion.

“This is not just about MC taxis. It’s about respect for the workers who keep our communities moving. The Marcos administration must engage with us before implementing policies that impact our sector,” ani Sison.

HInikayat nila si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at mga kaukulang ahensiya na ipatigil muna ang planong pagpapalawak hanggang walang isinasagawang dayalogo sa mga apektadong sektor.

“Hinihiling namin ang agarang pagpapahinto sa pagpapalawak ng motorcycle taxis hanggang hindi kami napapakinggan at nabibigyan ng pagkakataong magbigay ng aming pananaw,” ani Lim, na idinagdag pa na ipaglalaban nila ang kanilang karapatan at kabuhayan hanggang hindi naririnig ang kanilang boses.

Naglabas kamakailan ang Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) ng show cause order laban sa ride-hailing company na Move It, para ipaliwanag ang alegasyon ng paglampas sa rider cap at kabiguan na i-report activation, deactivation, at reactivation ng mga rider nito.

Sa kanyang kautusan, binigyan ni LTFRB chairperson Teofilo Guadiz ang Move It ng limang araw para maghain ng notaryadong paliwanag kung bakit hindi ito dapat suspindihin o alisin sa motorcycle taxi pilot/study program.