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Oct102023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bago City sustains Top 100 Green Destinations inclusion

Bago City Senior Tourism Operations Officer Mae Ann Furtos (left) with Green Destinations President Albert Salman at the 2023 Green Destinations Top 100 Unveiling Ceremony at the Seaplane Harbour in Tallinn, Estonia on Monday.*For the second year in a row, Bago City’s sustainable tourism practice has again made it to the Top 100 Green Destinations list, an international platform that acknowledges and celebrates the most inspirational initiatives for sustainable tourism development.The city’s entry dubbed "Growing a Food Sufficient and Climate Smart Agroecological Destination" was among the Green Destinations' Top 100 Stories for 2023, a press release from Bago City said Tuesday, October 10.Bago City Senior Tourism Operations Officer Mae Ann Furtos, who represented Mayor Nichola...

Oct102023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Kiko seeks national funding for 3 Negros ecotourism sites

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Rep. Francisco Benitez*Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) recently filed bills to declare three sites in the Third District of Negros Occidental as ecotourism zones and mobilize national funding for their development.Benitez authored House Bills No. 9382, 9383, and 9384, which aim to declare the Gawahon Eco-Park in Victorias City, Mt. Kanlandog in Murcia, and Sitio Pulak-Pulakan in Barangay San Fernando, Talisay City as ecotourism zones, respectively.Gawahon Eco-Park, with its waterfalls and pools, has been a popular tourist destination in Victorias City, drawing 8,000 visitors annually. Gawahon Eco-Park is also a paradise for birdwatchers, with 106 endemic bird species documented in the area, he said.Mt. Kanlandog in Murcia, where relay transmitte...

Oct102023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Farm overseer killed

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The scene of the crime*PNP photoAn “encargado (farm overseer)” was shot to death by unidentified suspects in Brgy. 12, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, October 8.The 65-year-old widow, whose name the police withheld, was shot in the back of her head while riding a tricycle on a rough road going to her residence.The victim boarded the tricycle at Victorias City proper and when the vehicle reached the rough road, two unidentified persons flagged it down, the police said.The suspects took her shoulder bag.*

Oct102023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

MBM contestant No. 8 a hardware cashier

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Contestant No. 8 Janine Cabrillos*MBN photoA hardware cashier raised by a puto-kutsinta vendor tries her luck at becoming the next Miss Bacolod MassKara (MBM) queen.Janine Cabrillos, 22, who works as a cashier at the Bacolod Triumph Hardware, brings to the pageant stage her advocacy for inclusivity and youth empowerment.Cabrillos said she is proud to have been raised by her mother who is a puto-kutsinta vendor, and her father who is a construction worker, saying that the jobs of her parents financed her education.“My mom’s version of puto-kutsinta is the best in the Philippines as I grew up eating it and I am here today because of it,” she said.“My mother’s puto kutsinta is a testament of who I am right now”, she added.When asked to define what is a super city, she ...

Oct102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

BTAO explains road closures

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, city traffic consultant Patrick Lacson and Maj. Junjie Liba (l-r) at a press conference Monday.*The Bacolod Traffic Authority (BTAO) on Monday, October 9, explained road closures for four MassKara Festival events.Maj. Junjie Liba, BTAO head, said at the Bacolod Public Plaza festival site there will be four roads that will be closed from 3 p.m. to 5 a.m. until October 23.The roads are Rizal, Gatuslao, Gonzaga and San Juan streets that surround the Bacolod Public Plaza.Liba said for the Cosmic MassKara Music Festival Lacson Street from BS Aquino Drive to Cottage Road, and the North Capitol Road will closed from 3 p.m. to 5 a.m. from October 19 to 22.Road closure for the Electric MassKara will start from St. Francis Street throug...

Oct102023 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Prices, sanitation monitoring at Masskara Festival kiosks on

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The MassKara Festival site at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds.*Bacolod PIO photoPrice monitoring and surprise sanitation inspections at the MassKara Festival sites will be conducted by the Bacolod Yuhum Foundation (BYF) and the City Health Office.This came after Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez was informed that in some kiosks at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds chicken inasal with rice was selling at P180.In other kiosks the rates were at P95 to P135.Benitez directed the BYF to look into the matter and for sanitation inspections to be conducted.He pointed out that the foundation had even lowered kiosks rentals this year.Von Maungca, BYF Marketing, Promotions, and Interagency Concerns team leader, said a price ceiling was not stipulated in...

Oct92023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

PDEA seizes ‘shabu’ worth P346K in Murcia

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The seized drugs in Murcia on Sunday*PDEA photoThe Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Western Visayas seized suspected shabu worth P346,800 in a buy-bust operation in Purok Kamunsil, Brgy. Lopez Jaena, Murcia, Negros Occidental, 3:55 p.m. Sunday, October 8.Nabbed was Moises Rojo, alias “Moising”, 28, Brgy. 12, Bacolod, who was a previous drug personality under their watchlist, the PDEA said.Seized from the suspect were 16 plastic sachets of suspected shabu weighing 51 grams and the buy-bust money, the PDEA added.The suspect will face charges for violating Republic Act 9165, also known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, PDEA said.*

Oct92023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Pahanocoy group opposes reclamation

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A group from Brgy. Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, called on authorities to check on the legality of a reclamation project that is allegedly affecting livelihoods and causing floods.The Pahanocoy Anti-Reclamation Movement (PARM), in a statement issued following a press conference at the Negros Press Club in Bacolod on Monday, October 9, said they strongly oppose the ongoing coastal reclamation project in their community, which they claimed is led by Engineer Andres Taculod.The project, which seeks to appropriate more than 700 hectares of Pahanocoy's coastline, has raised significant concerns among the locals, it said.“Over a dozen neighborhoods have already felt the repercussions of this encroachment, including the destruction of vital mangrove ecosystems, changes to local waterways, ...

Oct92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv still hopes for P3K millgate price for sugar to sustain Neg. Occ. growth

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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday, October 9, that he hopes millgate sugar prices hit P3,000 per LKg bag so that the momentum of the economic growth in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City continues.The governor was reacting to the statement of Negrense Chef Margarita Araneta Forés on Saturday that Bacolod City and Negros Occidental are destinations of growth.Fores, who is upbeat about the local economy, opened her second Cibo restaurant in Bacolod at SM City on SaturdayLacson noted that other national brand restaurants have also been opening in Bacolod.Investors will not invest in an area if they will not earn in return, Lacson said.“It does speak well of the economy here in Negros Occidental that is why I hope the sugar industry maintains an average P3,000 per LKg...

Oct92023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Meralco vs Rain or Shine in PBA Pasiklaban sa Supercity

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Basketball fans in Bacolod will have an opportunity to cheer and meet their idols as the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will bring in the Meralco Bolts and Rain or Shine as part of the highlights of the MassKara Festival 2023 at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City on October 19.The match, entitled PBA Pasiklaban sa Supercity, is expected to be exciting as both teams have seen close matches in the past, among which was the final games in the PBA Governors’ Cup where Meralco won against Rain or Shine but was defeated by the latter in late last year’s match in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, a press release from the Bacolod Yuhum Foundation said.Following the recent win of Gilas Pilipinas in the Asian Games, basketball enthusiasts in the City of Smiles are exp...