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Apr22023 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

CSAV Titans defeat Mustangs, bag 4th NOPSSCEA basketball championship

The CSAV Titans with Victorias Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez and his girlfriend, actress Sue Ramirez, after winning the championship game at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum Sunday.*Coach Borge Porcel photoThe Colegio de Sta. Ana de Victorias (CSAV) Titans held on denying a game tying 3 in the crucial seconds to capture their 4th basketball championship against the STI-WNU Mustangs 74-71 at the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA) Season 42 finals at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City, Sunday, April 2.The crowd filled the USLS Coliseum early with Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez and his girlfriend, actress Sue Ramirez, cheering for the Titans.The anticipated championship Game 3 between the Musta...

Apr22023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod gov’t launching affordable sugar program

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The Bacolod City government is launching the SRA-BBM Sugar Program through the City Cooperative and Livelihood Development Office (CCLDO) at the Bacolod City Government Center Monday morning, April 3.The program is being launched to ensure the availability of affordable sugar for Bacolodnons, Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said.The CCLDO will be selling white sugar at P70/kilo until supplies last.Benitez had written to Sugar Regulatory Administrator David Alba on February 14 to ask that Bacolod be included in the SRA-BBM Sugar program.In response to the call of the Department of Agriculture secretary, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Bacolod City would like to participate in the BBM Sugar Program in partnership with the Sugar Regulatory Administration through the ...

Apr22023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

La Castellana building P40M town hospital

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Mayor Rhummyla Nicor Mangilimutan (center) leads the La Castellana Municipal Hospital groundbreaking rites on Saturday.* Ronnie Baldonado photoThe 30-bed La Castellana Municipal Hospital to be built at Hda. Grande, Barangay Robles in La Castellana town, Negros Occidental, got an additional boost from two congressmen, La Castellana Mayor Rhummyla Nicor Mangilimutan said.Rep. Emilio “Dino” Yulo III (Neg. Occ., 5th District) and Rep. James "Jojo" Ang Jr. (Uswag- Ilonggo Partylist) committed P5 million each for the new hospital at its groundbreaking rites on Saturday, April 1.The La Castellana municipal government had initially allocated P30 million for the construction of the hospital from its P300 million Land Bank of the Philippines loan, so with the additional funds committed t...

Apr22023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Fuel prices to increase

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Fuel prices are expected to increase on Holy Tuesday, April 4, Unioil Petroleum Philippines announced on Saturday.Gas prices will take the biggest increase at P1.20 to P1.40 per liter covering the period April 4 to 10, Unioil said.Diesel prices will also increase by P0.30 to P0.50 per liter, Unioil also said.The price of kerosene is also expected to increase by P0.20-P0.40 per liter.The Department of Energy's oil price monitoring showed a year-to-date net decrease for local diesel prices by P4.15/liter and for gasoline by P4.65/liter as of March 28.*

Apr22023 by Nanette GuadalquiverNo Comments

La Castellana Banana Festival bounces back with more varieties

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Cabagna-an's booth at the La Castellana Banana Festival* Ronnie Baldonado photoAfter production suffered last year due to the destruction brought by Typhoon Odette, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, bounces back with another year of its Banana Festival, showcasing more varieties produced by growers from all its 13 villages.Kicking off on Saturday, April 1, the five-day agro-trade festival is being held for the first time at the Mandayao Panorama Park in Barangay Mansalanao, a hilly area with a scenic view of Mt. Kanlaon.Mayor Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan said that after banana farms were destroyed by the super typhoon in December 2021, it has not been easy to restore the plantations."But through our agriculture office, and with the aid of the Department of Agriculture, Depar...

Apr12023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol’s biodiversity conservation, nature tourism center soon to rise

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Rep. Francisco Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz (l-r) led the groundbreaking rites Friday morning.*CPG photoA Biodiversity Conservation and Nature Tourism Center, which aims to strengthen the concept of social entrepreneurship through eco-tourism development, will soon rise at Sitio Pulak-Pulakan, Brgy. San Fernando, Talisay City, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Friday, March 31.Lacson, Rep. Francisco Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz led the groundbreaking of the center located on a 60-hectare site.The center will promote the production and use of bamboo, and also become the next tourism destination owned by the provincial government, Lacson said. ...

Mar312023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Capitol Cab System places 3rd in nat’l tilt

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The Negros Occidental Capitol Cab System placed third at the Digital Governance Awards rites under the Government Internal Operations (G21) Category - Provincial Level at the National Museum of Natural History in Manila on Thursday, March 30.The Digital Governance Awards are spearheaded by the Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Information and Communication Technology, in partnership with the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines.It recognizes and showcases the best practices of local government units by integrating ICT in enhancing their local governance processes to deliver basic services.Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz received the award for the province with Information and Communications Technology Department head Jose Larry S...

Mar312023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Kiko confident Senate will approve NIR bill

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Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) is confident that the Senate will approve a counterpart bill creating the Negros Island Region.Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito, who chairs the Senate Committee on Local Government, said the Senate will resume the NIR hearings sometime in May, Benitez added.Ejercito is the Senate Committee on Local Government chair.“I don’t think anybody has any problems with it (the NIR) politically, the problem is budgetary,” he said.But a solution to the budgetary concerns can be resolved, Benitez said.Benitez said the thinks the new Negros Oriental governor, Carlo Jorge Juan “Guido” Reyes, is okay with the NIR.Even former Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo was softening his stand on it, he added.Benitez also pointed ou...

Mar312023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Male body in sack dumped in Murcia

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The body in a sack found inside a culvert pipe on the side of the road in Purok Paghimakas, Barangay Damsite, Murcia.*The body of an unidentified man stuffed in a sack was found inside a culvert pipe on the side of the road in Purok Paghimakas, Barangay Damsite, Murcia, Negros Occidental, Friday, March 31.The victim was about 32 to 35 years old, medium build and 5 feet 6 inches tall, Maj. Marc Joeil Reclamado, Murcia police chief, said.The body was bloated and starting to decompose, he said.It would be subjected to an autopsy to determine the cause of death, he added.Reclamado said the fatality is not believed to be from Murcia, since no one had been reported missing in the town.The body parts of the victim were complete, ruling out a connection with the feet that w...

Mar312023 by Filane Mikee CervantesNo Comments

Half-day work in gov’t offices on Holy Wednesday: Palace

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Malacañang on Friday, March 31, announced the suspension of work in government offices starting noon on April 5, Holy Wednesday, to give workers ample time to prepare for the observance of the Holy Week.The Palace made the announcement through Memorandum Circular 16 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin."To provide government employees full opportunity to properly observe 06-07 April 2023, regular holidays, and to allow them to travel to and from the different regions in the country, work in government offices on 05 April 2023 is hereby suspended from 12:00 o'clock in the afternoon onwards," the memorandum read.It, however, provided that government agencies whose functions involve the delivery of basic and health services, disaster preparedness and response, and other vi...