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Jun232023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

3 nabbed for threatening Ilog housewife, PNP says

Three persons, including a former Army man, were arrested by the police for allegedly threatening a housewife to collect a debt at her residence in Barangay 1, Ilog, on Thursday, June 22,Arrested were former Army man Ruel Repolidon, alias Mark, 36, Rodolfo Oropesa, 35, and Ernie Palaran, 34, the police reported.Arlene Henarios, 49, told the police they threatened her with a knife.They were immediately apprehended by the police who recovered a 10-inch scabbard knife, a .45 caliber pistol with live ammunition, a 9mm Taurus revolver with live ammunition, and a 357 caliber revolver with ammunition.PMaj. Joseph Partidas, Ilog acting police chief, said charges will be filed against the suspects for violation of Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regul...

Jun232023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Lacson: EDC geothermal plant in Bago aims to produce 5MW

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EDC representatives updating Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on its Bago plant.*The Energy Development Corp. will operate its Bago Binary Geothermal Power Plant in Bago City at an about 5-megawatt capacity, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Friday, June 23.The plant was initially envisioned to produce 40 megawatts but it caused the clogging of its wells that is why EDC is now opting to operate at a lesser capacity, he said.EDC has given the green light to its contractor to start readying the plant for operations and assured that no trees will be cut in the area, Lacson said.The firm’s representatives met with the governor recently to give him an update on the status of the plant.*

Jun232023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros ships out 5,776 pigs for sale in Luzon, Visayas

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Friday, June 23, that despite the pig deaths in 17 out of 31 towns and cities in Negros Occidental from either hog cholera or African swine fever the province was able to ship out more than 5,000 pigs for sale in Luzon and Mindanao.Shipped out from June 1 to 16 were 4,322 pigs for Luzon and 1,454 for the Visayas or a total of 5,776 heads, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.The total pig deaths in Negros Occidental were 14,014 or 9.79 percent of the province’s hog population on Thursday, the Provincial Veterinary Office reported.Total losses to the hog industry reached P157,658,100 affecting 2,769 hog raisers in 142 barangays of Negros Occidental, the PVO added.The governor noted that the number of daily pig deaths...

Jun232023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

CENECO security tripled, interim board called illegal

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Ernesto Pineda, the CENECO "interim board" president.*Nico Delfin photoSecurity at the Central Negros Electric Cooperative in Bacolod City was was tripled following the entry into its building of persons claiming to be members of the CENECO Interim Board of Directors at noon Friday, June 23, its acting general manager Arnel Lapore said.Ernesto Pineda, CENECO Member-Consumer-Owners Federation president, said more than 100 persons joined a special members meeting Thursday and elected six CENECO board members.The new board members then elected him as president of the interim CENECO board, Pineda said.Pineda said aside from him elected to the interim board are Marina Trinidad, Roger Francisco, Jose William Cabus, Carry Palabrica and Marivic Espende.They replaced the existin...

Jun232023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Ceneco JVA plebiscite a go, Court denies TRO

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Opponents of the joint venture held a prayer vigil for No to the JVA in front of the CENECO office Friday.*The plebiscite on the Central Negros Electric Cooperative and Primelectric Holdings Inc. joint venture agreement (JVA) will push through this weekend, CENECO acting general manager Arnel Lapore said Friday, June 23.The plebiscite dates are June 24 and 25, July 1 and 2, and July 8 and 9.Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson called on CENECO consumers to go out and vote.“This is the most democratic process in getting the feedback from the consumers, so go out and vote,” he said.Judge Maria Lina Gonzaga of the Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 42 on Thursday denied the petition for a temporary restraining order on the JVA filed by Pepito Pico, Rommel Pido and A...

Jun232023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Int’l probe sought on Fausto massacre

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The government and National Solidarity Mission press conferences on the Himamaylan massacre on Thursday and Friday, respectively.*Philippine Army soldiers are responsible for the recent killings in Himamaylan City, National Solidarity Mission (NSM) participants charged at a press conference in Bacolod City on Friday, June 23.The NSM called for national and international investigations into the massacre of farmer Rolly Fausto, 52, his wife, Emilda, 49, and their sons Ben, 11, and Raben, 15, on June 14 and the killing of Crispin Tingal Jr. on May 3.The NSM press conference came a day after the Philippine National Police and the Army announced that they have witnesses to prove that the killing of four members of the Fausto family was committed by the New People’s Army (NPA).Th...

Jun232023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Iloilo mayor declares Familiaran persona non grata over Badjaos

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The Badjaos at the BREDCO port before their departure Wednesday night.*Iloilo Mayor Jerry Treñas issued an executive order Friday, June 23, declaring Acting Bacolod Mayor El Cid Familiaran persona non grata for the “uncoordinated and poorly planned” transfer of Badjaos to his city.He said about 80 Badjaos, also known as sea gypsies, from Bacolod City arrived at the Dumangas port on Wednesday and are now roaming the streets of Iloilo City.Treñas in EO 039, Series of 2023 said Familiaran is “undesirable and unwelcome in the City of Iloilo”.Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez , who is out of the country, in a statement issued Friday said the Bacolod City Anti-Mendicancy Task Force received a complaint from a security guard at a warehouse at the Bacolod Reclamation Area on t...

Jun232023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros hog industry losses hit P157.6M

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There were two additional barangays in Negros Occidental affected by pig deaths from various diseases on Thursday, June 22.The two additional barangays were Barangay Efigenio Lizares in Talisay City and Barangay Salong in Kabankalan City, the Provincial Veterinary reported.The total pig deaths in Negros Occidental are now 14,014 or 9.79 percent of the province’s hog population.Total losses to the hog industry reached P157,658,100 on Thursday, the PVO said.Affected hog raisers are 2,769 in 142 barangays in 17 towns and cities of Negros Occidental, the PVO added.*

Jun232023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Upper East House pays tribute to historic ‘White Mansion’

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The three-story Upper East House that pays homage to the historic “White Mansion” of the former Bacolod-Murcia Milling Company complex is the latest addition to Megaworld’s 34-hectare The Upper East in Bacolod City.The Upper East was recently named "Real Estate Project of the Year in the Philippines" at the World Business Outlook Awards 2023, Harold Geronimo, Megaworld vice president for public relations and media affairs, said on Thursday, June 22, during a media tour of the Upper East House.The Upper East House is a nod to the township’s historic past as it is located on the former Bacolod-Murcia Milling Company property, he said.The Upper East House, located within the curated park beside McDonald's Upper East, will serve as the township’s information center and showroom, an...

Jun222023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

P50M municipal abattoir soon to rise in Murcia

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Mayor Gerry Rojas and Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at the groundbreaking rites.Murcia town in Negros Occidental will have a brand new slaughterhouse next year.Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a P50 million Municipal Slaughterhouse Project in Brgy. Alegria, together with Mayor Gerry Rojas, Vice Mayor Johnny Reosura and other local officials on Thursday, June 22.The project is one of the Department of Agriculture-led Philippine Rural Development Projects in Negros Occidental, co-funded by the World Bank, and the national and provincial governments, a press release from the Capitol said.The project aims to produce hygienically prepared meat through proper and clean handling of livestock animals, with the use of sanitary technique...