The Task Force St. Bernard of the Bacolod City government thanked those who gave donations for the victims of the landslide in Brgy. Guinsaugon, Southern Leyte.

The task force was created under Executive Order No. 03 by Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and is chaired by Executive Assistant Alex Coloso of the Sectoral Concerns Office.

A team from Bacolod City was sent by Leonardia to Leyte last week to turn over the various donations given by Bacoleños, a press release from the SCO said.

The group, headed by Coloso, met with Southern Leyte Gov. Rosette Lerias who accepted the donations stacked in a 20-footer container van that contained 212 boxes of assorted food and used clothing.

The donors are the City Mayor's Office, Perla and Ninfa Leonardia, Vallacar Transit Inc., Rose Hauber, John Go, Ralph and Neil, Marietta Laguardia, Office of the City Accountant, Tay Tung High School, Charlie Olac, Sugar Regulatory Administration, Lopue's Mandalagan, Lopue's San Sebastian, Lopue's East Center, Brgy. Capt. Madeline Diaz, Herman Rodregazo, Gaisano City Mall, Lita Kapawan, Francisco Labayen, Department of Social Services and Development, Big Apple Finance, Bacolod Convention Plaza Hotel, Nilda Coloso, Robinson's Place-Bacolod, Bongbong's Piaya and Barquillos, West Negros College, Allied Bank-Araneta, Colgate-Palmolive PD888, Butch Soliguen, Bacolod Airport Lions Club, Virgie's Homemade Products, CMO-Sectoral Concerns,

Bombo Radyo-Bacolod, DBP-Bacolod, St. John's Institute, St. Rose of Lima School, City Engineer's Office, Banker's Association of Bacolod, Placente family, Rural Bank of Bacolod, SSS-Bacolod, Colegio San Agustin and CSA High School, L'Fisher Hotel, PNB-Bacolod, Asian Alcohol, Macro Distributors, AMA Computer College,

R. Medel Elementary School, Merci Bread and Pastries, Bantay Bayan-Bacolod Chapter, Asia Brewery, Jarlop Sales Distributors, Gomez Perton Station-Murcia, Nilda Mañoso, Danny Demapanag, Land Bank of the Philippines, Brgy. Capt. Felix Verba Jr., Rizal Elementary School, and Sar May Merchandise, the press release added.*

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More benefits for
teachers pushed

Additional insurance and benefits to all public school teachers are being pushed by Rep. Ignacio Arroyo Jr. (Negros Occidental, 5th district), a press release from his office said yesterday.

This was relayed by director Leonard Matti of the Local Water Utilities Administration who represented him at the inauguration of a two-classroom school building of the Isabela National High School, Isabela town, Negros Occidental, the press release said.

Matti said Arroyo is sponsoring House Bill 5320 which seeks to provide funds for the payment of insurance premiums of the public school teachers. Aside from the two-classroom school building, also inaugurated were the computer room, school façade and food court which were also facilitated through Arroyo's congressional initiative allocation.

Also present at the occasion were Isabela Mayor Renato Malabor, members of the Sangguniang Bayan, and school officials led by Lily Bayona, the press release added.*

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4-month-old needs help

The parents of a 4-month-old boy from Brgy. Galicia, Ilog town, in Negros Occidental are asking the help of DAILY STAR readers to have the child undergo an immediate operation for a big boil in his lower back.

Angelito Gudaca, 4 months old, was brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City for a boil that had developed near his anus. His mother, 27-year-old Ailyn Gudaca, was advised by a pediatrician to submit the child to an immediate operation, a certification from the Municipal Social Welfare Office of Ilog said.

However, the operation was not performed because of financial problems of the family. The income of Peter Gudaca, 26, the boy's father, as a laborer is not enough for the operation and medicines needed by Angelito, it added.

Any help for the patient may be coursed through the DAILY STAR office.*GCT

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Pop songwriting
revived at Panaad

The Negros Pop Songwriting Contest will be revived at the Panaad Festival 2006 to be held at the Panaad Park Stage, at 7 p.m. on April 25, a capitol press release said yesterday.

The contest is open to all pop songwriters from the cities and towns of Negros Occidental, as well as from Bacolod City, and is aimed at promoting Hiligaynon and Cebuano-worded pop songs and to discover local pop songwriters.

More than P50,000 in cash prizes and trophies will be given to winners.

Each city or municipality shall have only a maximum of three entries that should be officially endorsed by the mayor, the press release said.

The deadline of submission of entries to the Negros Pop Songwriting Festival Organizing Committee, at the Negros Occidental Business Development Center, Capitol Lagoon and Park Building, in Bacolod is April 5.

Inquiries on other contest guidelines may be made with Tetchie Viñas at 433-6413, the press release added.

Meanwhile, the Panaad Festival will also include the Folk Dance Competition at 7 p.m. on April 24, at the Panaad Stadium. It will be open to all 13 cities, including Bacolod, the press release added.*

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