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Feb182023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
BFP: Open live wire over roof likely cause of Brgy 10 fire

BFP: Open live wire over roof likely cause of Brgy 10 fire

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The evacuees are staying in tents at the Bacolod Arts, Youth and Sports (BAYS) Center at San Juan Street.*Bacolod PIO photoAn open live electrical wire hanging over the roof of a house is believed to have triggered the fire that hit Purok Magtiayon, Brgy. 10, Bacolod City, on Thursday, Chief Inspector Rodel Legaspi, Bacolod fire marshal, said Friday, February 17.The wind may have caused the wire touching the roof of the house of Edson Lorania to spark and cause a short circuit that triggered the fire, he said.No one was at the house of Lorania when the fire broke out, he said.Barangay 10 Captain Melvin Bravo said the fire destroyed 22 houses and damaged four, affecting 34 families with 117 individuals.The Bureau of Fire Protection initially said that 21 houses were dest...
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Feb172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Thieves stole about P9.1M in jewelries, cash at mall

Thieves stole about P9.1M in jewelries, cash at mall

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The thieves entered the Gaisano Grand Mall in Silay City through a hole in the wall of its grocery.*Romeo Subaldo photoThieves stole an estimated P9 million in jewelries and P100,000 in cash during the break in at a mall in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, on Thursday, a police official said Friday, February 17.Three unidentified persons forcibly entered the Gaisano Grand Mall by making a hole in the wall of its grocery area and stole the jewelries and cash from the Yung Luck Kiosk owned by Junie Diam.PLt. Mark Anthony Darroca, Silay police chief, said they were informed by the kiosk manager that 641 items that included necklaces, bracelets, earrings, rings and pendants were stolenThe manager estimated the total cost of the stolen items at P9 million but th...
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Feb172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
P2.5M in banned pork, poultry products seized

P2.5M in banned pork, poultry products seized

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Banned poultry and pork products worth P2,534,171 that were shipped into Negros Occidental from other parts of the country from January 1 to February 11 were seized, OIC Provincial Veterinarian Placeda Lemana said Friday, February 17.Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez have issued joint executive orders banning the entry of poultry and pork products from areas hit with Avian Influence and African swine fever.The bans were imposed to protect the local poultry and swine industries, they said.Lemana, in a report to the governor, said P1,773,590 worth of poultry and poultry related products were seized from February 4 to 10 at the BREDCO and Banago ports in Bacolod City and at animal quarantine checkpoints in Kabankalan City and Hin...
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Feb172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Governor appoints OIC PDMPD officer-in-charge

Governor appoints OIC PDMPD officer-in-charge

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Mariefe L. Macaya*Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has appointed an officer-in-charge of the Negros Occidental Provincial Disaster Management Program Division (PDMPD) effective immediately.Appointed to the post is Mariefe L. Macaya, Project Development Officer IV of the Provincial Administrator's Office, a copy of the governor’s office order released to the media Friday, February 17, said.Macaya was appointed to the post left vacant with the transfer of former PDMPD head Zeaphard Gerhart V. Caelian to the Silay City Assessor's Office.Macaya will be responsible for all routine work and functions of the PDMPD, and is directed to attend meetings, act on communications, and sign or initial all official documents sent to the division, Lacson said.*
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Feb172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
2 electric cooperatives’ rates drop in February

2 electric cooperatives’ rates drop in February

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The residential rate of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) for February is down P0.2301 per kilowatt hour, while Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative’s (NOCECO) dropped by P1.8241/kWh.The CENECO average residential rate for February is P14.8756/kWh, a decrease of P0.2301/kWh, from last month’s rate of P15.1057/kWh, its acting general manager Arnel Lapore said Friday, February 17.Lapore attributed the decrease to the total net reduction in generation charges by 1.25 percent to the downward adjustment of about P2.3385/kWh in the average Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) price from P9.3732/kWh to P7.0347/kWh, and the decrease in Palm Concepcion Power Corporation (PCPC) fuel cost from P9.03/kWh to P7.87/kWh.The PCPC gave a fuel discount of P0.30/kWh for the Janua...
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Feb172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Drowning victim found in Kabankalan from NegOr

Drowning victim found in Kabankalan from NegOr

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The Kabankalan river where the body of Nimrod Calumba Benaloga was found.*The man who was found dead in a river at Hacienda San Jose, Brgy. 6, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Thursday has been identified.The victim was identified as Nimrod Calumba Benaloga, 46, of Sitio Tabeo, Barangay Linao, Tayasan, Negros Oriental, Lt. Col. John Joel Batusbatusan, Kabankalan police chief, said Friday, February 17.Crisilda Benaloga, 41, identified the body to be that of her husband Friday afternoon, he said.She said he left their house to go to work at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, February 14, and had to pass a river to get to their farm.Her brother-in-law Cedric Benaloga advised her husband not to go home at 2 p.m. Tuesday because of the strong current at the river but he did not listen...
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Feb172023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments
8 Bacolod brgys get P12.4M to boost garbage collection

8 Bacolod brgys get P12.4M to boost garbage collection

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Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez turned over the P12.4 billion 50 percent garbage fee share of eight Bacolod barangays to improve their garbage collection services on Thursday, February 16.The recipients were Barangay 4 - P911,183, Barangay 26 - P285,712 , Barangay 40 - P3,098,490, Banago - P1,523,775, Montevista - P309,630, Taculing - P3,436,280, Barangay 33 - P737,750 and Alijis - P2,179,920.The funds were released to strengthen the barangays’ solid waste management programs, including the purchase of additional garbage hauling trucks.Benitez reminded the barangay captains to proactively engage with the garbage collection services of the city and sustain its efforts for cleanliness to prevent waste pollution.The garbage fee is provided for under City Ordinance No. 479 that ...
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Feb172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments
Bacolod gov’t seeks proposal of second bank for P5B loan

Bacolod gov’t seeks proposal of second bank for P5B loan

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The Bacolod City government is waiting for the proposal of a second bank for a P5 billion loan it is set to avail of for various projects, Councilor Jude Thaddeus Sayson said Friday, February 17.They already have the offer of the Development Bank of the Philippines and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) has promised to submit its proposal by the end of February, Sayson, who chairs the Committee on Finance of the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod, said.Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Sayson and other city officials met with LBP representatives on Thursday. The mayor is seeking a second proposal so the city government can avail of the better offer, Sayson said.They are aiming to avail of the loan by the end of March, he added. The Bureau of Local Government Finance is ...
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