Marchel P. Espina

The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod session*SP photoThe Bacolod City Health Office is expected to receive P6 million from the Department of Health for the completion/upgrade of its facility.The proposed memorandum of agreement between the city of Bacolod and the Department of Health-Western Visayas Center for Health Development represented by its director, Adriano Suba-an, for the transfer of P6 million for the completion/upgrading of CHO and the request for authority for Mayor Alfredo Benitez to sign the same was tackled during the Sangguniang Panlungsod regular session Wednesday, September 21.Councilor Al Victor Espino, chair of SP committees on laws, ordinances and good government, health and sanitation, accepted the proposal.The funding for the completion of the CHO will...

The grand prize of the MassKara Festival streetdance and arena competition in Bacolod City on October 23 will be P1 million, festival director Pinky Mirano Ocampo said Wednesday, September 21.The top prize for the Electric MassKara Float and Dance Off Competition on October 22 will be P300,000, she added.The streetdance and arena competition will be held at the Paglaum Stadium, while the Electric MassKara will be held at Megaworld’s Upper East and will proceed to the Bacolod City Government Center.The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) on Wednesday, September 21, also approved the allocation of P5.35 million for 30 barangays joining the two MassKara competitions.The 17 barangays of Bacolod City that will be joining the MassKara Streetdance and Arena competition will each g...

The 16 former rebels who surrendered to authorities in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, Tuesday, September 20.*303rd IB photoSixteen suspected rebels, including three ranking leaders of the New People’s Army, surrendered to the Guihulngan City Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and state troopers Tuesday, September 20, at rites held at Brgy Poblacion, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.The ceremonial declaration and turnover of the former rebels was spearheaded by Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander.Among those who surrendered were the commanding officer of the Sentro de Grabidad Platoon, a political instructor and a medical officer. They were part of the Central Negros 1, Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor (KR-NCBS) und...

Nagpadala sang mga water sampling ang Bacolod City Health Office para ma usisa ang kalidad sang tubig sa gina istaran sang 37 anyos nga babaye nga nagpositibo sa cholera.Suno kay City health officer Dr. Carmela Gensoli, ginapabaskog naman karon ang inspection kag pag-usisa sang environment sanitation division sang CHO sa mga water refilling stations sa mga kabarangayan.Ang makuha nila nga water specimen ang ginapadala sa Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital, Teresita Jalandoni Provincial Hospital kag sa Negros Prawn Producers Cooperative Analytical and Diagnostic laboratory para ma usisa.Ginpasaka na sang siudad ang alert threshold kadungan sang pagpasanyug man sang CHO sang education campaign kontra sa cholera dugang pa diri nga nagasaka man karon ang kaso san...

The Bacolod City Police Office seized 351.1 grams of illegal drugs worth P2.387 million in one week.From September 12 to 18, five police operations were conducted that resulted in the arrest of five newly-identified suspects. Drug cases were also filed in court.In the campaign against wanted persons, BCPO conducted 19 police operations that resulted in the arrest of 15 suspects.Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, BCPO director, said the Bacolod police is continuing to make the city peaceful and safe to live in.*

The recovered drug items*San Carlos PNP photoAn alleged street-level drug personality was arrested in a police buy-bust operation at Ylagan Street, Brgy. 6 in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday, September 20.Nabbed was 34-year-old Junemark Lombrino.During the bust, he yielded 14.8 grams of suspected shabu worth P100,640, the P600 buy-bust money, a coin purse, and a tooter.The suspect is now in the custody of San Carlos police and will face drug charges.*

The husband who was found dead in Talisay City on Monday.*Talisay PNP photoA fight between a husband and wife turned fatal after one of them ended up dead.Rolly Mahinay, 57, who was allegedly drunk returned to his home in Barangay Zone 10, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Monday night, September 19, when he figured in a fight with his 53-year-old wife, case investigator Cpl. Aljon Bautista said.Their fight led the husband to grab his wife’s hair that caused them to fall to the ground.The husband was knocked unconscious.This prompted the wife to leave her husband thinking that his unconsciousness was due to drunkenness.She went to bed and the next day discovered that her husband was deadThe children of the victim did not file a case because they were convinced th...