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Oct32022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Complaint vs. culprits at bike race lodged

The organizers of the 1st Balik Yuhom XC Race condemned the “malicious act” done by a group of spectators on one of their participants during the race on Sunday, October 2.In a viral post on social media, the culprits were seen fetching water from a stream by the race path and handing it to race participants, one of whom they filmed and made fun at and posted it on Facebook.Roseller “Jojo” Ramos, a member of the organizing group, Team Armands said that they immediately acted on the incident and got in touch with one of the three culprits as the two other suspects seemed to have deactivated their account. However, they got no response.The victim has filed a police blotter report and a complaint will be lodged before the barangay against the culprits.“We would like to put it ...

Oct22022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Driver, salesman lose P30,000 to robbers

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A driver and a salesman of a cigarette distributor company lost their sales collection worth P30,000 to two motorcycle-riding suspects in Barangay Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, on Saturday, October 1.Maj. Joery Puerto, Police Station 8 chief, said the victims were at a sari-sari store with a client when the two robbers arrived and took the money and the backdoor key of their panel van.Puerto said that footage from the closed circuit television showed that one of the suspects just took the money from the salesman’s pocket, and the victim was not able to react “due to nervousness”.The CCTV footage showed that the suspects had no weapons, he added.The police are still investigating the incident.*

Oct22022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Dispatcher nabbed in Bacolod drug bust

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The drugs recovered in a drug bust in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City.*Police Station 8 photoA dispatcher was arrested in a police drug bust at Purok Neptune, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, on Saturday, October 1.Nabbed was 40-year-old Christopher Cañete, while his younger brother, 35-year-old Carlo Jake Cañete, who is also a dispatcher, managed to evade arrest after jumping into a river near their house during the bust.It was the elder brother who transacted with a police-poseur buyer.Recovered from the scene were eight grams of suspected shabu worth P54,400, and the P500 marked money.Both suspects are allegedly under the drugs watchlist of the police station and the barangay.The elder Cañete, who is now in the custody of Police Station 8, was rel...

Oct22022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

San Carlos DRRMO honors 5 Bulacan fallen rescuers

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The San Carlos City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) personnel in Negros Occidental honored Bulacan’s five fallen heroes who were killed in the line of duty during the height of the onslaught of Typhoon “Karding”.Staff and employees of San Carlos DRRMO wore black shirts and arm bands on September 30 to observe "Black Friday" as a gesture of bereavement and to render their final respects to the "Noble 5 of Bulacan."The entire nation as well as the community of disaster responders and resilience officers weep in sorrow at the tragic loss of their five noble brethren, they said in their Facebook page.Their legacy will live forever and shall inspire us to serve better, the San Carlos DRRMO added.On September 25, the five rescuers — Agustin, 45; Troy Justin ...

Oct22022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

3 of 17 Manokan tenants fully pay arrears: Maghari

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Three of 17 tenants at the Manokan Country in Bacolod City have fully paid their arrears so it is possible that only 14 stalls will be closed down on Monday, City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III said Sunday, October 2.Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez earlier said that those who failed to pay their arrears on the deadline on Friday will be closed down on Monday.The Bacolod City Legal Office (CLO) served demand letters in August to the 17 tenants of the Manokan Country to pay their delinquent accounts totaling P8.64 million or face closure.Maghari said the City Treasurer’s Office will give an update on whether more tenants had paid their arrears so it can be determined if less than 14 stalls will be closed down.City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. will make the final dec...

Oct22022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Farmers, hog raisers receive assistance to boost productivity

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The blessing and inauguration of the Brgy. Salvacion Farmers and Hog Raisers Association meatshop at the Smile Village, of Brgy. Salvacion, Murcia.*Farmers and hog raisers in Murcia, Negros Occidental, received a package of cash incentives and agricultural services aimed at boosting their productivity, recently.Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, together with Mayor Gerry Rojas and other Murcia officials, led the distribution of cash incentives to 181 rice farmers from Murcia.The governor said the Quick Turn Around or Early Planting Incentive Project provides cash incentives to farmers engaged in early planting from April to May as support to rice requirements in the province during the off-milling season, particularly during the height of the pandemic.The qualified...

Oct22022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

PACE wants fair probe of 18 PDMPD employees

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The Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees (PACE) is hoping for a fair investigation of the 18 Negros Occidental Provincial Disaster Management Program Division (PDMPD) employees who have been issued show cause orders.They will not tolerate any misbehavior among the Capitol's employees, but the 18 personnel should be given due process, PACE president Renelo Lastierre said Sunday, October 2.Issued show cause orders were 13 drivers, a utility worker , three administrative aides and one special operation officer, Provincial Legal Officer (PLO) Alberto Nellas Jr. said on Friday, September 30.The drivers were issued show cause orders for failure to comply with the rule on the submission of trip tickets immediately after they travel, Nellas said.The other personnel were issued...

Oct22022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

‘Engage with government’, former guv urges youth

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Former Negros Occidental governor Rafael Coscolluela with the youth leaders at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, Saturday.*Former Negros Occidental governor Rafael Coscolluela challenged youth leaders to engage with government in order to effect reforms during the training conducted by the Young People’s Council and Paghimud-os Negros at the Provincial Capitol’s Social Hall in Bacolod City, Saturday, October 1.“We all want a nation of Filipinos, not a country of different tribes quarreling among ourselves. So we want to be part of the change but we want to drive that change towards the right direction,” Coscolluela said.Coscolluela, who is also the co-convenor of Paghimud-os Negros, said that his generation has failed to make the country a better place that has led him to...

Oct22022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

NTC okays signal shutdown during MassKara highlights

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MassKara dancers at the countdown to the 43rd MassKara Festival at the Bacolod City Government Center Friday night*The National Telecommunications Commission has approved the shutdown of mobile services during the highlights of the 43rd MassKara Festival in Bacolod City on October 22 and 23 as a security precaution, festival director Pinky Mirano Ocampo said Sunday, October 2.Mirano said they requested “signal shutdowns” at the venue sites of the streetdance competition on October 23 and the Electric MassKara on October 22.“This is customary during big events, especially since we are expecting no less than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grace our main event,” Ocampo said.The “shutdown” during the streetdance competition on October 23 will only be limited to performance a...

Oct22022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Fuel prices to go down

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Fuel prices are expected to go down again on Tuesday, October 4, for a fifth straight week.Diesel should go down by P0.50 to P0.60 per liter, and gasoline by P0.40 to P0.50 per liter, Unioil Petroleum Philippines said Saturday, October 1.There have been per-liter increases of P14.85 for gasoline, P29.40 for diesel, and P24.10 for kerosene since the start of 2022, the Department of Energy oil monitor on September 27 showed.*