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Bacolod mayor-elect Alfredo “Albee” Benitez met with the Bacolod City Public School Teachers Federation president and the police, recently.Teacher federation president Richard Gelangre informed the mayor of the need for laptops or tablets for teachers and students.Benitez recommended "ALB" or the Alternative Learning Board he introduced in Victorias in 2011, scholarships for teachers and an Alternative Learning System like the Albee’s LED van as an audio visual device for teachers and students in far flung areas and informal settler communities to encourage out of school youth to learn and be educated, a post on his Facebook page said.He also discussed the need to strengthen the sports program of Bacolod City, repair and maintenance of public schools, hospitalization aid to pub...

PDEA photoPhilippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agents nabbed an alleged drug den maintainer in a buy bust operation in Purok Narra Baybay, Barangay 8, Bacolod City, Saturday, May 28.Nabbed was Shierly Genova, 54, who reportedly had eight plastic sachets of shabu in her possession worth P81,000.Also arrested were Jerry Lozada, Roberto Magbilla, and Joel Go who were detained at the custodial facility of Police Station 2.*

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson expects a de-escalation of the alert level status of more areas in Negros Occidental after the mass vaccination drives set by the provincial government in June.An improved vaccination status will be needed for the provincial government to request the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to deescalate Negros Occidental to Alert Level 1, Lacson said on Sunday, May 29.Only seven LGUs in Negros Occidental - La Carlota, Victorias and Sagay cities and the municipalities of EB Magalona, San Enrique, Candoni and Pulupandan are currently under Alert Level 1 while the rest are under Alert Level 2 until June 15.Lacson said he has received no notice of more Negros Occidental LGUs to be placed under Alert Level 1 for now....

Mayor-elect Alfredo “Albee” Benitez discusses the Bacolod Comprehensive Health Program with Dr. Carmela Gensoli and others health officials.*Mayor-elect Alfredo “Albee” Benitez visited the Bacolod sanitary landfill Friday, May 27, and said he is exploring ways to convert the city’s waste into income generating products.He also met with City Health Officer, Dr. Carmela Gensoli, on Thursday to lay the ground work for the distribution of health cards to Bacolod residents, especially to indigents.Benitez said two firms have already expressed interest in building waste-to-energy plants in Bacolod and he will listen to them.Recycling of waste for other uses are also being explored, he said.“It may not necessarily be waste to energy, it could be waste to certain products,” Ben...

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases announced on Friday that Bacolod City and seven local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental will remain under Alert Level 1 from June 1 to 15.The seven LGUs are La Carlota, Victorias and Sagay cities and the municipalities of EB Magalona, San Enrique, Candoni and Pulupandan.The rest of Negros Occidental will remain under Alert Level 2, IATF Resolution 168, Series of 2022 said.Aklan, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Iloilo City also remain under Alert Level 1, while Antique and Negros Oriental are under Alert Level 2.Negros Occidental had 33 active COVID-19 cases on Friday, or an increase by three from Thursday, the Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) reported.Talisay, Bago and...

The Bacolod Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) head said on Friday, May 27, that he has doubts on whether the funds allocated for the city coliseum can be repurposed for other projects.Mayor-elect Alfredo “Albee” Benitez wants to repurpose the funds allocated for the construction of a Bacolod Coliseum in Barangay Alijis for a cheaper and simpler convention or trade center, and realign the rest of the funds for the further improvement of the three Bacolod markets.The city government has a close to P800 million loan for the coliseum, and about P250 million has already been withdrawn from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), he said.“We are asking legal if the funds can be repurposed, as far as DBP is concerned it has no problem with it,” Benitez said.City Assessor Maph...

Police Station 8 photoA man who claimed that a policeman, who was also his employer at a lechon stall, mauled him was again attacked in Purok Mainabyanon, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, Wednesday night, May 25.Rommel Lapore, his uncle, and brother-in-law were allegedly hammered by their neighbor, the police said.Maj. Joery Puerto, Police Station 8 chief, said the suspect who allegedly had a drinking session at his residence went to the victim’s place and banged on his gate.This prompted the three to go after the suspect, who waited for them at the footwalk and hit their heads with a hard object.The day before the incident Lapore went to Police Station 8 to report that his employer, a policeman assigned at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, beat hi...