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Mar202023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

NONECO power rate for March down P1/kWh

The Northern Negros Electric Cooperative’s power rate for March is P14.1849 per kWh, decrease by P1.0923 from last month’s rate of P15.2772/kWh, it announced Monday, March 20.NOCECO covers EB Magalona, Victorias City, Manapla, Cadiz City, Sagay City, Escalante City, Toboso, Calatrava and San Carlos CityLast week Central Negros Electric Cooperative also announced that its average residential rate for March is P13.6716/kWh, a decrease by P1.2040/kWh from last month’s rate of P14.8756/kwh.Only the Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO) that serves the southern end of the province had a rate hike of P0.8373/kWh for March.NOCECO’s rate for March is P15.4918/kWh from P14.6545 in February.*

Mar202023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Mayor expects further drop in Bacolod’s power rates

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez at a press conference on Monday, March 20.*Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Monday, March 20, that he expects Central Negros Electric Cooperative’s (CENECO) power rates to further drop.CENECO’s P13.6716/kWh power rate for March is P2.63 lower than the P16.2972/kWh in November, he said.Benitez said since October last year he has been actively pursuing ways to bring down electricity rates in Bacolod City.In January he wrote the Energy Regulatory Commission and CENECO questioning the two different rates coming from Palm Concepcion Power Corp. and asked if PCPC was charging the cooperative the right rate, Benitez pointed out.He said the PCPC owner thanked him for the letter because through it they were able to renegotiate...

Mar202023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Transfer of furniture shops eyed to ease traffic at Lopez Jaena St.

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The water meters obstructing the flow of traffic in the expanded section of Lopez Jaena Street.*Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez is eyeing the construction of a housing facility that will also have an area for the furniture shops located at Lopez Jaena Street in Bacolod City, to ease traffic.Solutions to the traffic problems at the University of Saint La Salle (USLS) and St. Scholastica’s Academy (SSA) areas are also being discussed, he said at a press conference on Monday, March 20.The mayor met with the furniture shop owners at Lopez Jaena Street on Friday, March 17, following complaints that they were obstructing part of the road, which is causing heavy traffic in the area with Department of Public Works and Highways’ repairs also underway on the opposite lane.The shop own...

Mar202023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

City to improve Handumanan cemetery, create new medical waste disposal site

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez at the Handumanan Public Cemetery Sunday night* Albee Benitez FB page photoThe Bacolod City government will rehabilitate the Handumanan Public Cemetery that is in a dismal state and find a new site for the disposal of medical waste, Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said Monday, March 20.The mayor, who inspected the cemetery Sunday night, said he wanted to see for himself what condition it is in and found it in a very poor state. “Its physical appearance speaks a lot how we treat our dead,” he said.There are no lights and facilities at the cemetery, Benitez also noted.A meeting was held Monday afternoon to discuss how to upgrade the cemetery, which has been neglected for a long time, he said.The City Engineer’s Office will com...

Mar202023 by Ferdinand PatinioNo Comments

BOC seizes P86M in ‘smuggled’ sugar

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The seized smuggled sugar*BOC photoThe Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Subic recently apprehended 30 20-footer containers of misdeclared sugar from Hong Kong with an estimated value of P86 million.In a statement on Monday, March 20, the bureau said Port of Subic District Collector Maritess Martin issued Pre-Lodgment Control Orders after receiving derogatory reports from the BOC Intelligence Group (IG) and Enforcement Group (EG), against the containers declared to contain slipper outsoles and styrene butadiene rubber but suspected to carry refined sugar.The BOC officers conducted a non-intrusive examination and 100 percent physical examination, which yielded 15,648 bags/sacks of refined sugar on March 15.The assigned examiner recommended the issuance of a warrant of seizure ...

Mar202023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Luv: Sagay’s golden girl

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Julie Uychiat with her husband, James Guschl (right), and Mayor Narciso Javelosa Jr. on her return to Sagay City.*She ran on ice, cobbled roads, asphalt pavements, and other types of roads you can imagine for seven days on seven continents. Despite discovering her passion for running just a few years back, she managed to endure these challenges and emerged as a winner. And she will be 50 years old next month.This was the journey of Sagaynon Julie Via “Luv” Uychiat, a marathoner turned world champion. She came home to Sagay on March 10 and was welcomed by the warmth and a roller-coaster of emotions coming from her family, friends, relatives, and fans that indicated how proud they were of her.“I am now 49, turning 50 next month, who would expect that I would achieve this?” Julie ...

Mar202023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Police nab 2 persons, seize P2M in shabu

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Two high value drug individuals were arrested and more than P2 million in suspected shabu was seized in Prk San Roque 1, Brgy. Handumanan, Bacolod City, 2:51 a.m., Saturday, March 18.Nabbed were Maria Elirica Celis, alias Caca, 39, and Carlo Purillo, alias Balut, 36, of Prk San Roque 1, the police reported.Seized from them were 300 grams of suspected shabu valued P2,040,000, the police said.*

Mar202023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Abalos: ‘Direct participant’ in Degamo slay surrenders

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Justice Secretary Justice Jesus Crispin Remulla and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos at a press conference of Task Force Degamo today, March 20.*DILG photoA suspect believed to have critical information and is one of the main players in the murder of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo has surrendered to the Armed Forces of the Philippines and is set to be turned over to the National Bureau of Investigation.The suspect strengthens the testimonies of other witnesses who earlier surrendered, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos said in a press conference of Task Force Degamo on Monday, March 20.“We were told that the suspect has vital and critical information that we hope will pave way for the resolution of this case the soonest ...

Mar202023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Vet student crowned 1st Sidlak Queen winner

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Kadalag-an Queen and Victorias City’s first-ever Sidlak Queen, Kyla Rose Romarate (center), with first runner up Mauren Matugas (right), and second runner up Pauline Isabelle Guanzon.* EP Studios photoVeterinary student Kyla Rose Romarate, 21, was crowned the new Kadalag-an Queen and Victorias City’s first-ever Sidlak Queen during the star-studded grand coronation night at the City Sports and Amusement Center on Saturday, March 18.Romarate from Barangay V, Victorias, is an advocate of tourism, culture, arts, and heritage.She bagged several awards, including Best in Talent, Best in Swimwear, Best in Evening Gown, Miss Photogenic, Sidlak Queen of Talk, Sidlak Designer Award, Darling of the Crowd, Ms. Northland Resort-Hotel Award, Ms. Global Strategic, and Ms. EGY Aesthetic and Me...

Mar202023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Interpol help vs. Degamo slay suspects, expulsion of Teves from House sought

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The Marcos administration will ask the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) to issue a Blue Notice against the suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo, a Justice official said Saturday, March 18.“We have taken concrete steps for the release of an international lookout bulletin,” Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson Mico Clavano said in a Presidential Communications Office press release.The color-coded notices, according to the INTERPOL website, are international requests for cooperation or alerts allowing police in member countries to share critical crime-related information and are issued by the General Secretariat at the request of a member country, the press release said.A Blue Notice is for the collection of “additional information a...