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Mar152023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Tolentino lauds Sagay for top int’l green awards

Vice Mayor Leo Rafael Cueva, Rep. Alfredo Marañon III, Sinigayan Foundation president Primitivo Rivera Jr. and Mayor Narciso Javelosa Jr. (l-r) hand over a plaque and souvenirs to Sen. Francis Tolentino (2nd from right) after his speech at the Sinigayan Festival opening.*Senator Francis Tolentino commended Sagay City for its continuous environmental protection efforts, which he said other local government units should emulate after the city was recently awarded as one of the Top 100 Destinations in the world.Tolentino, who was the guest speaker at the Sinigayan Festival opening at the Sagay City Public Plaza Wednesday, March 15, said that the city is blessed because it has surmounted every challenge and has advocated so much for the protection of the environment.“The internatio...

Mar152023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Comelec leaving it to PhilHealth to act on voter registrants’ fake IDs

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has informed the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation about voter registrants who submitted fake PhilHealth identification cards for appropriate legal action, Provincial Election Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said Wednesday, March 15.The Bacolod COMELEC has disqualified 15 voter applicants for the use of fake PhilHealth IDs, City Election Registrar Kathrina Trinio Caña said.The majority of those who used fake IDs are from Barangay 29, she said.“It is up to the issuing agency to decide on the action it will take,” Caña added.They suspected that fake IDs were being used because the colors were very light so they checked with PhilHealth, she said.There were instances where they immediately denied voter applicants because they saw that...

Mar152023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Lacson appointed RPOC chairperson

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DILG Regional Director Juan Jovian Ingeniero turning over the Certificate of Appointment to Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson*Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has been appointed chairperson of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC).President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Benjamin Abalos Jr., Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) secretary and chairperson of the National Peace and Order Council, signed Lacson’s Certificate of Appointment.DILG Regional Director Juan Jovian Ingeniero turned over the Certificate of Appointment to Lacson on Tuesday, March 14.The DILG Region 6 team also discussed with the governor his duties and functions as the RPOC chairperson.*

Mar152023 by Levi Z. TrioNo Comments

CSA-Bacolod graduate tops medtech board examination

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Colegio San Agustin - Bacolod graduate Sidrey Mel Aldeguer Flores was the top 1 passer in the March 2023 Medical Technologist Licensure Examination, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Tuesday, March 14.He topped the examination with a rating of 92.10 percent.Flores was also the first summa cum laude medical technologist graduate of CSA-B.Flores is the former editor-in-chief of the Eagle, the official school paper of CSA-B.He graduated from Liceo De La Salle as the class valedictorian in 2018.The PRC said 4,714 out of 6,165 passed the Medical Technologists Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medical Technology in the NCR, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, Pampanga, Rosales, Tacloban, Tuguega...

Mar152023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

‘Promise renewed’ as Panaad returns

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Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer and Panaad Executive Director Cheryl Decena (l-r) at the unveiling of the festival's logo. *Ronnie Baldonado photoNegros Occidental provincial government officials launched the return of the Panaad sa Negros Festival, after a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID- 19 pandemic, at the Provincial Capitol Park and Lagoon Tuesday afternoon, March 14.The launching of the 27th edition of the "festival of all festivals" with the theme, “The Promise Renewed”, included the presentation of its logo and theme song, and the sashing of the 28 Lin-ay sang Negros candidates.This year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival is scheduled at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City, April 17 ...

Mar152023 by Nanette GuadalquiverNo Comments

DILG-6 reminds village execs to set example in obeying laws

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DILG Regional Director Juan Jovian Ingeniero in Bacolod City Tuesday, March 14*Ronnie Baldonado photoThe Department of the Interior and Local Government in Western Visayas (DILG-6) has reminded village officials of their role as public servants, who should set an example in obeying the law.“To barangay captains. You should serve as an example for public service. You should abide by the law. No one is above the law. Even if you are an official, you should obey kung hindi, hahabulin kayo ng batas (if not, the law will go after you),” said DILG Regional Director Juan Jovian Ingeniero said Tuesday, March 14.The DILG official was responding to the query related to the criminal charges for illegal gambling, specifically the illegal operation of Small Town Lottery, filed by the Nation...

Mar152023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Vice president campaigns against NPA in Kabankalan

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Vice President Sara Duterte (center) flanked by Kabankalan Mayor Benjie Miranda and Rep. Mercedes Alvarez (right) and other city officials in Kabankalan City Tuesday.*Vice President Sara Duterte called on Kabankalanons to join her campaign against the New People’s Army (NPA) to ensure the growth, development and security of their city on Tuesday, March 14.“They are the forces that hostage our development as a nation and destroy the future of our children”, Duterte, who spoke at the 116th Founding Anniversary of Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental led by Mayor Benjie Miranda, said.“One of the pillars in the success of your city is you investment in security”, she said.The vice president, who is also secretary of education, called on all parents to protect their children fro...

Mar152023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod goes digital, 3,000 vendors, drivers join Paleng-QR Ph plus: BSP

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Bacolod Councilor Celia Flor, Government Regional Director Juan Jovian Ingeniero, BSP Deputy Governor Bernadette Romulo Puyat and Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (l-r) at the launching of Bacolod’s Paleng-QR Ph Plus.*Ronnie Baldonado photoDeputy Governor Bernadette Romulo Puyat of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez launched Bacolod’s Paleng-QR Ph Plus at the Libertad Public Market on Tuesday, March 14, making the city the first to adopt the program in Western Visayas.“We are happy to note that 1,889 or 78 percent of registered market vendors and 1,158 or 59 percent of transport drivers as of end-February 2023 in the city are already onboarded to the Paleng-QR Ph Plus. With this, Bacolod is on track to becoming a digitalized and financially inclusive ...

Mar142023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Sugar workers condemn red-tagging of bishop

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Sugar workers in Negros who are members of the National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) said in a statement, Tuesday , March 14, that they stand by San Carlos Bishop Gerardo A. Alminaza as he faces “veiled threats and red-tagging” from Davao-based media outlet.SMNI, owned by self-proclaimed “son of god” Apollo Quiboloy, called Alminaza “a mouthpiece of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)”, the NFSW said.This came after the prelate’s statement condemning the illegal arrests, extrajudicial killings, and other rights violations under the previous Duterte administration, it said.The NFSW said that such a statement should not be taken lightly, as red-tagging has often been a precedent to even worse attacks on its victims, like Zara Alvarez and lawyer Ben Ramos.Red-ta...

Mar142023 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Two killed, 5 injured in Manapla accident

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The truck that hit the tricycle in Manapla*Two were killed and five were injured when a truck hit a tricycle at Crossing Busay, Brgy Punta Mesa, Manapla, Negros, Occidental, the police reported Tuesday, March 14.The Isuzu truck hit the rear of a motorcycle driven by Randy Fuentes that swerved and hit a barrier on the left side of the road at 2:10 p.m., Sunday, March 12.Killed in the accident were tricycle passengers Maribel Bolton Ybañes and a 14-year-old of Tortosa, Manapla.Those injured were treated as outpatients.The other passengers on the tricycle were Jovi Ann Arcinal, 21, Alyssa Mae Abrahan, 22, CristalJoy Islao Gumban, 30, Samantha Grace, and Romar Ybañes, 9.The truck was driven by Rogelio Paunillan Jr., 30, of Tabun-ac, Toboso.Both parties have rea...