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Negros Occidental Provincial Elections Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria*The Commission on Elections is purging double registrants from its voters’ lists based on its the Automated Fingerprint Identification System records, Negros Occidental Provincial Elections Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said Monday, June 5.Ananoria said the number of double registrants, or flying voters to be purged, may be minimal.He expects the final voters list for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on October 30, to be ready by the end of June.Application for exemption from the Comelec gun ban started Monday, Ananoria also said.The gunban during the election period will be from August 28 to November 29.Those seeking exemption may visit https://comelec.gov.ph/?r=2023BSKE/GunBan/Appli...

The MassKara performers dancing their way down Madison Avenue in New York.*Jason Villarosa photoThousands of New Yorkers and Filipinos cheered as Bacolod’s MassKara performers danced their way down Madison Avenue in New York City during the 125th Philippine Independence Day Parade on Sunday, June 4.The performance of the Barangay Granada MassKara dancers was world class, it was a proud moment for Filipinos and Bacolodnons, Bacolod Councilor Jason Villarosa said.They kept up their lively performance even when their music got cut off, he said.The New York event is dubbed the world’s largest Philippine Independence Day Parade outside of the Philippines.Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, who was appointed Philippine Independence Day Council Inc. honorary grand marshal,...

The business sector welcomes the joint venture agreement between Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) and Primelectric Holdings Inc. (PHI) but is urging the creation of a Visayas Grid Coordinating Council to ensure power reliability, Frank Carbon, Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive officer, said Monday, June 5.Carbon told DIGICAST NEGROS that a coordinating council, composed of industry players who supply, generate, transmit and distribute electricity, and agencies like the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, Department of Energy and Energy Regulatory Board, is needed to discuss how to make power supply in the Visayas sufficient, reliable, and affordable.Carbon said PHI presented its JVA proposal to MBCCI, and the businessmen asked the ...

A man pinned to the ground by a solar panel that fell from a lamp post was found dead in Hacienda San Ramon, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Murcia in Negros Occidental on Sunday, June 4, the police said.The man was identified by his parents as John Paul Gayle, 21, of Brgy. Alijis, Bacolod City.Boy Gravino, Sta. Cruz barangay captain, said that there has been a series of stealing of solar-powered lamps in his barangay.He said that the victim was allegedly one of the identified individuals tagged to a group that might have stolen the solar panels.Gravino said that out of 25 solar-powered lamps, 14 have already been stolen by unidentified individuals resulting in a darker pathway for the residents going home late at night.“Some of the residents who walk late at night going to Brgy. Sta....

The police arrested a Silaynon for allegedly violating the Comprehensive Drugs Act after they seized suspected shabu worth P360,400 in Brgy. Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, on Saturday, June 3.Aldrin Remegio, alias “Meg”, 30 of Brgy. Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, was arrested in a buy-bust operation, the Bacolod City Police Office reported Monday.Confiscated from Remegio were 15 sachets of suspected shabu weighing 53 grams worth P360,4000, the report said.This was the third buy-bust operation conducted by the BCPO in the past three days.DIGICAST NEGROS earlier reported that the Bacolod police had arrested four individuals through buy-bust operations in barangays 10 and 35 and confiscated suspected shabu worth P387,600.*

Pig deaths in Negros Occidental from various illnesses breached the 10,000 mark on Sunday, June 4, the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) reported.The PVO, in a report submitted to Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, said the pig deaths are now 10,004, or 8.84 percent of the provinces hog population.The PVO placed the pig deaths’ damage to the Negros Occidental hog industry at P114, 280,250 affecting 1,889 raisers.Pig deaths from illnesses were also reported in the Sixth District of Negros Occidental for the first time. Ilog town reported 35 pig deaths.Pigs deaths in the Second District are 356, Third District – 1,154, Fourth District – 8,283 and Fifth – 176, the PVO said.The areas with the highest number of pig deaths are San Enrique with 2,596, Valladolid – 1,947...

Diesel and gasoline prices will slightly drop on Tuesday, June 6.Diesel prices are expected to go down by P0.20 to P0.30 per liter, and gasoline by P0.40 to P0.60 per liter, Unioil Petroleum Philippines announced Saturday.Gasoline had increased by P1.10 per liter and kerosene by P0.60 per liter on May 30. There was no price change for diesel.*

The USLS graduation rites on Sunday*Michael Gaban photosA total of 1,419 students graduated from the University of St. La Salle (USLS) during its 66th graduation rites at the St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City on Sunday, June 4.The graduating class included 265 students from the College of Arts and Sciences, 799 from the College of Business and Accountancy, 106 from the College of Education, 227 from the College of Engineering and Technology, and 22 from the Juris Doctor Program of the College of Law, a USLS press release said.The event also recognized the remarkable achievements of the 251 academic honorees, consisting of 53 summa cum laudes, 60 magna cum laudes, and 138 cum laudes, while celebrating the loyalty of 53 alma mater awardees.BS Psychology Summa Cum Laud...