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May42023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Covid-19 cases increasing but not alarming, PHO head says

Dr. Girlie Pinongan, OIC provincial health officer.*COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental have increased but the situation is not alarming, Dr. Girlie Pinongan, OIC provincial health officer, said Wednesday, May 3.Negros Occidental had seven new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday for a total of 87 active cases.Pinongan said the majority of COVID-19 cases were mild with those hit opting for homecare.There were 12 persons admitted at the Cadiz District Hospital for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, she said.There were 505 COVID-19 cases recorded in Negros Occidental from January to April 24.She said the highest number of new COVID-19 cases that they recorded in a day this year was 22 in the third week of April.The COVID-19 deaths in Negros Occidental for 2023 were nine and not ten a...

May42023 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

3 groups to stage transport strike

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Leaders of the three transport groups held a press conference on Wednesday, May 3.*Three transport groups are set to stage a transportation strike in Bacolod City on Monday, May 8.The Bacolod Alliance of Commuters, Operators and Drivers, Negros Bacolod Transport Coalition and the United Negros Drivers and Operators Center will stage a rally in front of the Bacolod City Government Center to call for the abolition of City Ordinance 966 that adopts the Local Public Transport Route Plan.The three groups said the route plan is the reason why they cannot renew their provisional authority with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to continue to operate traditional jeepneys.Rudy Catedtral, BACOD president, said their transport strike will be successful because o...

May42023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod, other LGUs suspend classes, Negros on blue alert

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Flooding in San Carlos City on Wednesday.*photo courtesy of Jose AlingasaGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has placed Negros Occidental under Blue Alert, while classes have been suspended in Bacolod City and several other local government units on Thursday, May 4, amid expected heavy rainfall.Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez on Wednesday night announced that classes at all levels in public and private schools in Bacolod City will be suspended Thursday, May 4, because a heavy rainfall warning has been issued over Negros Occidental.The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has placed the province under Orange rainfall warning, Benitez saidSan Carlos City, Victorias City, Pulupandan and EB Magalona are also suspending classes on Thursday....

May42023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Police still investigating call center agent’s death, US condemns killing

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Alex Dolorosa, 35, an organizer of the BPO Industry Employees’ Network.*The police welcomes other groups also conducting investigations into the killing of a call center agent in Bacolod City, PMaj. Nestor Bacuyag, Bacolod police spokesman, said Wednesday, May 3.The United States and numerous other groups have condemned the killing of call center agent Alex Dolorosa, 35, an organizer of the BPO Industry Employees’ Network (BIEN), who was found dead with 15 stab wounds at Purok Villa Rosario, Barangay Alijis, on April 24.The Bacolod police have yet to disclose the result of their investigation.“We cannot give a statement on our initial investigation,” Bacuyag said at a press conference Wednesday.The United States joins the Philippine government in condemning the brutal m...

May42023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Mother’s Day exhibit opens

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Dr Christine Joan Ragudo, Marides Zayco, Sugar Tonogabua, Jaquelin Tamayor, Sherwynn Cadianza, Steve Maquiling, Cyrene Cuenca, Patty Jane Ku Ong, February Cheryl, Juliet Emperado, Anthony Tonogbanua, Wen Quilisadio, Roselyn Cuenca, Arlene Gomez, Ziarene Talamillo and Maluo Flores at the opening of the exhibit.*The Mixlada Art Group in partnership with SM City-Bacolod, opened a group art exhibition at the mall’s Event Center Tuesday, May 2, that will run until May 31.The show in celebration of Mother's Day is titled “Handog kay Nanay” and features the works of about 29 Negrense visual artists which highlights “mothers and flowers” in different mediums.Malou Flores, Christine Joan Ragudo, Ziarene Talamillo, Mae Nicole Subebe, Zhyenaiah Tonogbanua, Anthony Tonogbanua, Arlene Gomez...

May42023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

3rd body found in Bacolod identified, police creating special task force

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The area where the body in a sack was found in Barangay Cabug, Bacolod City.*Romeo Subaldo photoAnother decomposing body found at the Economic Highway in Barangay Cabug, Bacolod City, late Tuesday has been identified as that of a Silay resident who had previously been arrested for drugs, the police said Wednesday, May 3.The Bacolod police is creating a special task force to determine who are behind the recent dumping of three bodies and body parts in Bacolod City.Col. Noel Aliño, acting Bacolod police director, said the body found Tuesday was identified as that of a Silay City resident who was allegedly abducted from his home by four men on April 18.The victim was previously arrested for illegal drugs and imprisoned, Aliño said.Capt. Rondyl Tapang, Bacolod police statio...

May32023 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Flood damages Bacolod Comelec documents

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The Bacolod Commission on Elections is trying to salvage documents, including supplies that were soaked during a flood that hit its office at San Juan Street on Sunday.Bacolod City Election Officer Kathrina Trinio-Caña said some of the documents were no longer readable but they were trying to save the rest.Most of the documents affected were those of deactivated voters but records had already been inputted into the Comelec data base.Sunday was the second time the Comelec Bacolod office was flooded. It was also flooded shortly before the elections last year, Caña said.She has already spoken to Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Benitez about the transfer of their office to another location, Caña added.*

May32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Senators seek long term solutions to WV power supply, lower rates

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Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri, Grace Poe and Raffy Tulfo (l-r)*Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, May 3, called for long term solutions to ensure stable power supply in Western Visayas.While Senator Raffy Tulfo deplored the sky-high and soaring generation charge of energy generation companies (gencos) despite the drop in prices of coal in the global price index.The Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) must step up and answer for the blackouts that hit Western Visayas last week, Zubiri said.“These are no longer just an inconvenience. They are a major problem, affecting the economy and endangering the wellbeing of our people,” he said.The frequency of these blackouts is alarming, and it i...

May22023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Mayor sacks Bacolod DPS head for 9 counts of grave misconduct

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has dismissed the head of the City Department of Public Services (DPS) from the service for nine counts of grave misconduct and gross neglect of duty, City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. said Tuesday, May 2.Ramel Palalon was dismissed for availing of gasoline from the city government nine times for the alleged use of a city government bulldozer that was actually broken, Ting said.Palalon later said the gasoline was used for a bulldozer of IPM-Construction and Development Corp., the garbage hauler of Bacolod City, for road clearing.However, IPM denied using city government gasoline for its bulldozer, Ting said.Palalon’ dismissal, which was immediately executory effective April 27, may be appealed before the Civil Service Commission...

May22023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv not happy Negros beaten at WVRAA meet

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“If you ask me if I’m happy, I’m not, we got beaten.”That was the reaction of Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Tuesday, May 2, to Negros Occidental’s failure to win the championship in the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet in Aklan that ended Sunday.In the last regional meet Negros Occidental was the champion in the elementary level and Iloilo won in the secondary level, Lacson said.“I don’t have to sugarcoat …we were beaten, we will have to accept that and I hope that will pose a challenge to us for 2024”, he said.“I hope that is the challenge to all of us, all people concerned, that for 2024 we really have to do better, really have to catch up with Iloilo,” Lacson said.Lacson, at the same time, thanked and congratulated “all our athletes who repres...