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Mar172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Ceneco rate down P1.2040/kWh, Noceco’s up P0.8373/kWh in March

Ceneco's residential rate for March.*Central Negros Electric Cooperative’s (CENECO) power rate has dropped by P1.2040 per kWh, while Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative’s (NOCECO) is up by P0.8373/kWh in March. CENECO’s average residential rate for March is P13.6716/kWh, a decrease of P1.2040/kWh, from last month’s rate of P14.8756/kwh, its acting general manager Arnel Lapore said on Friday, March 17.He attributed the P1.2040/kWh drop to a decrease in Palm Concepcion Power Corporation’s 20MW fuel cost from P7.87/kWh to P4.19/kWh or a downward adjustment of P3.68/kwh; decrease in PCPC 35MW fuel cost from P9.9440/kWh to P9.6821/kWh or a downward adjustment of P0.2619/kwh; and PCPC extended fuel discount of P1.05/kWh for the February 2023 billing of its 35MW Power Supply Agreement....

Mar172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Cops nab Pontevera farm laborer for choking drinking buddy to death

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A Pontevedra resident was arrested for allegedly choking his drinking buddy to death at Hda. Casal-agan Viejo, Barangay DSB, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, 8:05 a.m. on Thursday, March 16.Witnesses said the victim Andres Tal Bautista, 59, and suspect Christian Vincent Albaña, 22, had been drinking alcohol together.Albaña, a farm laborer, then accompanied Bautista home, but along the way the victim suddenly banged the head of the suspect on a carabao cart, the police reported.Albaña then grappled with Bautista, and punched and chocked him causing his death, the police added.The police arrested Albaña in a pursuit operation.Physical examination showed that Albaña sustained head injuries, and scratches on different parts of his body. He also had bloodstains on his neck and...

Mar172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Thousands in NegOr cry for justice, end to violence at Degamo funeral

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Governor Roel Degamo as he was laid to rest at his family mausoleum* PIA NegOr photoThousands of Negros Oriental residents , many of whom were seen weeping, cried for justice for slain Governor Roel Degamo as he was laid to rest at his family mausoleum in Barangay Bonawon, Siaton, Thursday afternoon, March 16.The massacre of the governor and eight others in Pamplona, on March 4 has awakened the people to call for an end to the cycle of violence and killing with impunity in Negros Oriental, Dumaguete Bishop Julito Cortes said in his homily at the Requiem Mass at the St. Vincent Parish Church in Barangay Bonawon.“We pray that the cycle of violence and unsolved killings in Negros Oriental end with him (Degamo),” Cortes said.“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Gov. Roel D...

Mar172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Victorias building P350M gov’t center soon: Benitez

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Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez said they are just making sure that the design is right.*Victorias City is building a P350 million government center this year, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez said Thursday, March 16.It was planned by the previous administration and they are just making sure that the design is right, he said.The target is for construction of the government center in front of the Sidlak Global City in Barangay 13 to start in the second or third quarter, the mayor said.The city government will source the P350 million from a loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines, he said.Benitez said P50 million will be spent for the site development and P300 million for the structure.The 24-hectare Sidlak Global City and the government center will be designed by wo...

Mar172023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod resident 9th placer in physicians’ board exams

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Bacolodnon Carl Angelo M. Hofileña claimed the 9th spot in the recently concluded Physicians Licensure Examination (PLE) with a passing rate of 86.83 percent, the Professional Regulation Commission announced Thursday evening, March 16.An Augustinian Medical Technology alumnus, Hofileña completed his medical school studies at the West Visayas State University- La Paz.He was a Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital Batch 2022 post graduate intern.The PRC said 1,573 out of 2,887 passed the Physicians Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the NCR, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga March 2023.*

Mar172023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Silver Kadalag-an Festival will be star-studded, fun: Javi

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Mayor Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez (Center) says this year's festival will have a lot of fun activities.*It will be a star-studded face-to-face comeback for the five-day Silver Kadalag-an Festival in Victorias City that kicks off Friday, March 17, Mayor Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez said Thursday.Benitez said he is inviting the public to join the festival that will have a lot of exciting performers and activities lined up from March 17 to 21.The “epic and grandest” comeback of the festival, after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to draw a crowd of 15,000, organizers said.Special performers at the Kadalag-an Queen coronation night at the Victorias coliseum will he movie star and singer Sarah Geronimo and her husband, Matteo Guidicelli, and will a...

Mar162023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Cebu pork ban affecting P18.8M in NegOcc’s weekly shipments

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About P18.1 million in weekly shipments of pigs and pork products from Negros Occidental have been affected by the ban imposed by Cebu province, Dr. Placeda Lemana, OIC provincial veterinarian, said Thursday, March 16.Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has banned the entry of pigs and pork products from Negros Island as a precaution against African Swine Fever (ASF).However, Negros Occidental remains ASF-free, Lemana said.Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has written Garcia to request the lifting of the ban to enable Negros’ pork products to pass through Cebu on their way to other islands.He has not received an answer from Garcia yet, Lemana said.Negros Occidental hog raisers are finding ways to deliver their products to some parts of Mindanao, Samar and Leyte, she...

Mar162023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

It was a cholera outbreak that hit San Carlos – DOH

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San Carlos City was hit by a cholera outbreak.The outbreak was confirmed by the Epidemiology Bureau of the Department of Health central office following the upsurge in diarrhea cases in San Carlos City last month, Joe Recalex Alingasa, the city’s spokesman, said Thursday, March 16.He said of the 22 specimens sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, seven were confirmed to be cholera cases. Automatically all the other cases in the city were considered to be cholera cases, Alingasa said.The health emergency declared in San Carlos has already been lifted, he said.The number of cases in San Carlos have dropped, but last week a 64-year-old patient died from a water-borne disease, he added.They discovered some of the water sources in San Carlos were near drainage...

Mar162023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Cops nab 2, including No. 7 on watchlist, in Sagay, P115K in shabu, gun seized

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Two persons, including a former seaman, were arrested and P115,600 in suspected shabu was seized in a buy bust operation in Purok 9, Brgy. Poblacion 1, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 15.Nabbed were Peter Murakami Ysulan III, alias Toto, 49, a former seaman and Top 7 on the Sagay drug watchlist, and Rey Poblacion, 40, the police said.They were arrested when the police implemented a search warrant in relation to Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.Among the items seized were suspected shabu estimated to cost P115,600, a .45 caliber pistol, magazines and ammunition, the police said.*

Mar162023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Skeletal remains found at garbage site in Murcia

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The site where the skeletal remains were found.*Human skeletal remains were found in a sack at a garbage site in Barangay Damsite, Murcia, Negros Occidental, 4:20 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15.The fatality had not been identified, the police said on Thursday.The police said Ernesto Fernando, a resident of Purok Violeta, Brgy. Cansilayan, Murcia, was searching for “kangkong” and was shocked when he saw a skeleton arm and some distance away a sack containing the rest of the skeletal remains of a human.He immediately informed Barangay Kagawad Rene De La Cruz of Barangay Cansilayan, Murcia, of his discovery.The Murcia police requested assistance from the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office in identifying the skeletal remains.*