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Oct42023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Cops identify Mr. X in Bago as alleged drug personality

A man tagged as “Mr. X” was identified by the police as an alleged drug personality on Tuesday, October 3, two days after he was shot dead in Brgy. Napoles, Bago City.Bago City Police Chief, Lt. Col. Jay Malong, said that the victim found dead on Sunday was identified as Christopher Garde from Brgy. Libacao, Himamaylan City.He said that police investigators traced where his motorcycle was bought that led to the identification of Garde by members of his family.Garde’s family said he had a previous case for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act in 2019 but was freed after a plea bargaining agreement.Malong said that on investigation of the victim’s body they found a tooter for drugs.The victim was shot on his head, hand, and back and was ...

Oct32023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

I’m here to break the mold, relocation site beauty says

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Therese Pira-an is contestant No. 2.*MBM photoA Physical Therapy student who lives in one of the resettlement areas in Bacolod City aims to bring representation from her community to the Miss Bacolod MassKara (MBM) stage by being one of the candidates this year.Therese Pira-an, 22, who lives at the Arao Relocation Site in Brgy. Vista Alegre, said that she dreams of being a trailblazer who will pave the way for the young girls in the community.She is MBM candidate No. 2 who aims to push her advocacy on animal welfare and protection, while carrying the dream for her community. “I consider myself as a trailblazer in my community at Arao Relocation Site. It is a huge step for the women in my community to be able to represent them,” she said during the MBM press presentation on ...

Oct32023 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Councilor wants Bredco port to halt vehicle entrance fee requirement

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Bacolod Councilor Al Victor Espino wants the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corporation port management to halt collecting fees from vehicles entering the port while its agreement with the city government is being reviewed.The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Laws and Ordinances conducted a hearing on the planned BREDCO port expansion on Tuesday, October 3.Espino is reviewing BREDCO’s collection of entrance fees from vehicles entering the port.Joselito Bayatan, BREDCO legal consultant, said the firm has complied with all the requirements under its Comprehensive Revised Reclamation Agreement with the city government, and the tripartite memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Reclamation Authority.Espino is eyeing the setting up of a CRRA monitoring comm...

Oct32023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Primewater Bacolod, BACIWA ink agreement for bulk water supply

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PrimeWater Bacolod, with the conformity of its joint venture partner, Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA), entered into a bulk water supply agreement with Northern Negros H20 Inc. (NNHI) to provide additional water supply in Bacolod City.The signing of the bulk water supply agreement will address the increasing demand in the city by bringing in significant additional water supply of 30,000 cubic meters or 30 million liters per day (MLD) on the first year, 40 MLD on the second year, and 50 MLD on the third year upon completion, PrimeWater Bacolod said in a press release Tuesday, October 3.The additional supply will cover more than 30,000 households in Bacolod, particularly in the south areas such as barangays Handumanan, Felisa, Mansilingan, Cabug, Tangub, Taculing, Pahanocoy, Pta....

Oct32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros candidates issued show cause orders hit 47

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Provincial Election Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria*The Commission on Elections has issued show cause orders to 44 more Negros Occidental Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) candidates for alleged premature campaigning, Provincial Election Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said Tuesday, October 3.That brings the number of candidates issued show cause orders in Negros Occidental to 47, with three from Bacolod, Sipalay and La Carlota cities issued similar orders earlier.The 44 new show cause orders were issued to 23 candidates in EB Magalona, eight in Bacolod City, eight in Himamaylan City, three in Bago City and one each in Sipalay City and Kabankalan City.The Comelec Anti-Epal Task Force show cause orders require candidates to explain why they should not be charged for...

Oct32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros, WV raise Blue Alert for effects of Typhoon ‘Jenny’

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The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) VI Emergency Operations Center has raised its alert status to Blue in preparation for the effects of the Southwest Monsoon enhanced by Typhoon “Jenny” on Western Visayas.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson also raised the Negros Occidental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Emergency Operations Center alert status to Blue effective immediately on Tuesday, October 3, until the weather conditions improve.Negros Occidental is at moderate risk, Lacson said.Lacson said the Southwest Monsoon enhanced by Typhoon "Jenny" could bring occasional to continuous rains, possible flooding and landslides in Negros Occidental.The RDRRMC ordered the activation of the following response clusters: Search, Rescue a...

Oct32023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Taytungian community honors legacy of Oscar K. Anglo Sr.

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Unveiling the Commemorative Marker for Oscar K. Anglo Sr. by Tay Tung past president Alfonso Luis Tan with Oscar Anglo Jr., Board of Trustees president Dy Kian Kun and Eduardo Anglo (l-r)*The Bacolod Tay Tung High School Community recently honored the late Oscar K. Anglo Sr. with a commemorative marker celebrating his legacy both to Bacolod City and to the TayTungian Mission of Education.The unveiling ceremony and blessing, which was held at the school lobby on September 28, was organized by the BTTHS Board of Trustees led by its President and Chair Dy Kian Kun, said Dr. Marie Therese Jochico, school consultant, on Tuesday, October 3.The affair was witnessed by the members of the Anglo family represented by Oscar Anglo Jr. and Eduardo Anglo. The school community led by Pr...

Oct32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Ombudsman finds Serafica guilty, orders filing of criminal raps, too

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Former Sugar Regulatory Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica*Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau photoThe Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the filing of a criminal case against former Sugar Regulatory Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica for the three-year delay in SRA’s procurement of farm equipment in violation of the Government Procurement Reform Act.The Ombudsman also found Serafica guilty of gross neglect of duty and grave misconduct and meted the penalty of dismissal from the service with accessory penalties of cancellation of eligibility, forfeiture of retirement benefits, perpetual disqualification from holding public office and barred him from taking the civil service examination, a copy of the 21-page joint resolution released to the media Tuesday, October 3, ...

Oct32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Benitez seeks Comelec clearance for MassKara

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City PIO photoBacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Monday, October 2, that he has sought clearance from the Commission on Elections on the participation of the barangays in the MassKara Festival to ensure that laws in relation to the upcoming Barangay and SK elections on October 30 are not violated.Benitez said he met with Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia and he personally informed him that Bacolod had been granted clearance already.The mayor wrote to Bacolod Election Officer Kathrina Trinio Caña on September 25 to inform her that Bacolod City is celebrating its annual MassKara Festival this October.For this year's celebration, Bacolod Yuhum Foundation Inc., the official event organizer of the festival, has lined activities where all barangays in ...

Oct32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Alleged drug group member nabbed with P659K in drugs

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An alleged member of the Caunda Drug Group was apprehended with P659,600 worth of suspected shabu at Gardenville Subdivision in Brgy Tangub, Bacolod City, 9:40 p.m. Monday, October 2, the Bacolod police reported.Nabbed was Zenaida Juguan Samodio, alias Lot and Zen, 48, of Purok Mainuswagon, Barangay 30, Bacolod City, with 97 grams of illegal drugs, the police said.She was apprehended by the City Drug Enforcement Unit in a buy bust operation.*