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Jun72023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Ceneco, Primelectric joint venture questioned, transparency urged

A progressive group is calling for full transparency and disclosure, while the Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod “noted” the signed joint venture agreement (JVA) between Central Negros Electric Cooperative and Primelectric Holdings Inc. on Wednesday.Paghimud-os Negros issued an open letter to CENECO, PHI, and consumers on Wednesday calling for transparency.The letter contained 28 questions addressed to PHI and CENECO on systems upgrading, privatization, the rationale behind the JVA, effects to the current employees, and voting procedures.“We reiterate our call for transparency and full disclosure in the matter of the JVA and CENECO’s franchise, as well as the consuming public’s right to be informed, consulted, and allowed to participate in deliberations that will determine th...

Jun72023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Go breaks ground for SHC, distributes P6M aid in Silay

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Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go and Silay Mayor Joedith Gallego led the groundbreaking of a P10 million super health center (SHC) in Brgy. Eustaquio Lopez, Silay City, Wednesday afternoon, June 7.Go also distributed P3,000 each in assistance to 2,000 Silay fisherfolk and farmers for a total of P 6 million through the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Gallego said.Go, Senate Committee on Health chair, said the SHC is a medium-type polyclinic, bigger than a rural health unit and smaller when compared to a hospital.It is where mothers can give birth, and where residents can go for their dental needs, x-rays and vaccines.The SHC will bring health services closer to the people and help decongest the provincial hospital, he said.Funds have been allotted for...

Jun72023 by Nanette GuadalquiverNo Comments

Bacolod drug group leader falls

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A leader of a drug syndicate being monitored by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) was arrested in Compostela town in Cebu province on June 2, the police confirmed on Wednesday.The suspect, Cader Chisno Magondacan, has been identified as a sub-group leader of the Caunda drug ring who evaded arrest almost four years ago during a buy-bust operation in Bacolod.In his report to the Police Regional Office-Western Visayas (PRO-6), Col. Noel Aliño, acting city director, said Magondacan has been hiding in Compostela’s Barangay Cogon and was arrested after they coordinated with the Cebu Police Provincial Office (CPPO).“He is now in the custody of CPPO,” Aliño said.With the development, Aliño requested Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, acting regional director of PRO-6, that “the sub-g...

Jun72023 by Mary Judaline PartlowNo Comments

NegOr guv bucks deferment of BSKE

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Newly-installed Governor Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria said on Wednesday, June 7, that he is against the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental.But he quickly added that should President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. decide to defer the BSKE in the province, he would support it completely.“Whatever the President says, I will respect that one hundred and one percent with no questions asked. On a personal note, I would prefer that the barangay and Sangguninang Kabataan elections in the province be held simultaneously with the rest of the country,” Sagarbarria said during his first press briefing as governor.He said postponing it would require additional effort, time, and resources for the national government.There is also the risk tha...

Jun72023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Victorias residents affected by air pollution get assistance

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Victorias Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez*Victorias Milling Company has already assisted 2,333 households and de-commissioned its 10,000 cubic-meter tank that caused a molasses spill and foul odor in Victorias City, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez said Tuesday, June 6.A technical conference between the Environment Management Bureau, VMC, and the city government was conducted Friday, June 2, he said.The results of the conference will be announced to the public soon but the mayor assured that the city government will implement the full effect of the law with regards to the situation.The Victorias City government is very serious about the general welfare of its residents and damage to natural resources, he said.This must be prevented from happening again, Benitez said.He also ...

Jun72023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv files malversation charge versus two OPA personnel

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has formally charged two employees of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) for grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, and malversation of public funds and preventively suspended them for 60 days.The administrative case was lodged against Joy P. Cardinal and Herminigildo A. Basilio, who both hold Agriculturist I positions at the OPA, Provincial Legal Officer Alberto Nellas Jr. said Wednesday, June 7.The formal charge states that the two, who were in charge of the provincial government’s Rice Processing Center warehouse in Bago City, received 2,000 bags of fertilizer from the Department of Agriculture for distribution to local government units of Negros Occidental.On October 18, 2022 Municipality of Cauayan representatives rep...

Jun72023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Police nab 4, seize drugs

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The police arrested four suspects in a series of buy-bust operations in three cities of Negros Occidental and seized about P97,000 worth of suspected shabu on Tuesday, June 6.In Bacolod, two suspects were arrested in separate buy-bust operations in barangays Cabug and 26, the Bacolod City Police Office reported.Arrested were Ricky Vargas and confiscated was P24,000 worth of suspected shabu weighing four grams in Brgy. Cabug, Tuesday evening.Elizer Martinez was also arrested and about P34,000 worth of shabu weighing five grams was also seized in Brgy. 26, the police reported.In Victorias City, Clyde Ignacio, 27, of Brgy. 19-A was arrested in a buy-bust operation after the police seized three grams of suspected shabu worth P20,4000.In Sagay City, Jaypee Nicor, 33, of Brgy...

Jun72023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Negros bids to host IFOAM organic world congress 2027

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Negros Occidental has entered its bid to host the IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) Organic World Congress 2027, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said.Lacson was the guest of honor at the opening of the 6th Organic Asia Congress in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, on Tuesday, June 6.The event was organized by IFOAM Asia and the Municipal Government of Kauswagan.It is one of the biggest international events for sustainable farming and organic agriculture, attended by experts and advocates of organic agriculture in the world, which aims to continue to discuss major trends and activities in the promotion of organic food production and organic agriculture not only in the Philippines but throughout the world.Lacson said that as a primarily agricultural pro...

Jun72023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod, Manila team stop beach volley tilt

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Bacolod City-based Team Burgas A and Manila-based National University-ACR Shell spikers garnered top honors in the Men’s Category and Women’s Category, respectively, during the Volleyball Association of Negros Island (VANI) Beach Volleyball Open Tournament at the Resorts Negrense, Bacolod City, recently.Angel Canino, the Bacolodnon volleybelle sensation who played for De La Salle in Manila and bagged the rare Most Valuable Player Award and Rookie of the Year Award in Women’s Volleyball of the UAAP Season 85, attended the opening day.Twenty-two teams from the cities of Bacolod, Talisay, Silay, Cadiz, Bago, La Carlota and Sipalay and the Municipality of EB Magalona, spiced up by a teams from Guilhulngan City, Negros Occidental and Manila, blasted the sands of Resorts Negrense in the ...

Jun72023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Victorias first in Visayas to join PDI’s INQskwela

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Victorias Superintendent of Schools Portia Mallorca, Victorias Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, PDI national sales manager Roy Raul Mendiola Councilor Derek Palanca – Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Education chair sign the INQskwela memorandum of agreement at the Victorias City Hall on Tuesday, July 6.*CPG photoVictorias City in Negros Occidental became the first in the Visayas and the fourth in the country to join the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s INQskwela that is geared towards enhancing the quality of basic education through reading comprehension, critical thinking, news literacy and knowledge of current events among students and faculty members.“And what better way to present it in a very modern fashion through digital subscription service… this is the way moving forward,” Vict...