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Nov282022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

City clears North Capitol Road sidewalk of 19 illegal structures

The illegal structures at the North Capitol Road in Bacolod City that were removed on Monday.*CPG photoThe Bacolod City government has resumed demolishing illegal structures on sidewalks and roads, which are obstructing traffic.Nineteen illegal structures on the North Capitol Road sidewalk across from Ayala Malls Capitol Central were removed on Monday, November 28, by an enforcement team of the Bacolod City Legal Office (CLO), which was assisted by the Negros Occidental provincial government Safety and Security Division personnel.Some of the owners of the sidewalk eateries voluntarily removed their structures that were adjacent to provincial government owned property.Rey Demisana, head of the CLO enforcement team, said the motorcycles and tricycles illegally parked on one l...

Nov282022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

2 injured in Bacolod shooting

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Two persons were injured in this computer shop in Bacolod City, Monday.*BCPO photoTwo persons were injured in a gun attack at a computer shop at Purok Sigay, Barangay 2, Bacolod City, early Monday, November 28.Injured were Ramy Araiz and Michael Yasas.The victims were playing computer games when the unidentified suspect fired at them, a police report said.Araiz sustained a lone gunshot wound in his armpit while Yasas was hit in the leg.Both victims were rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City, while the suspect fled after the incident.Police are still investigating the shooting.*

Nov282022 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

2 die in Valladolid accidents

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A tricycle driver died in an accident in Valladolid town on Sunday.*Valladolid PNP photoA 47-year-old tricycle driver died after hitting another tricycle Sunday, November 27, at the highway in Brgy. Sagua Banwa, Valladolid town, Negros Occidental.Killed was Sunday Villar.Police said Villar’s tricycle went to the opposite lane when he passed a curved part of the road, hitting the oncoming tricycle.The other driver and his three passengers, including one and five year old children, were rushed to Valladolid District Hospital.Meanwhile, a 54-year-old man who was allegedly suffering from a disability died after being hit by a jeep on the highway in Barangay Bagumbayan in Valladolid on Saturday, November 26.The victim was hit by a jeepney when he suddenly crossed the str...

Nov282022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod gov’t determining if JO volunteers can be paid

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The city government is evaluating if it can pay some of the 1,500 volunteer job order workers in Bacolod, City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III said on Monday, October 28.The 1,500 Bacolod City government JO workers without any official appointments are considered volunteers and will not be paid, Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on November 18.Only about 3,500 JO’s officially appointed from October to December will be paid, he said.“We cannot accommodate all because of the restrictions in the amount of budget that we have left for this year,” Benitez had said.However, Magahari said they are now reviewing what is left of city government’s budget that can be used to pay the volunteers who actually worked and are expecting a resolution this week.The masterlist...

Nov282022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Manokan tenants face closure again on Nov. 30

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Manokan Country tenants face closure again on Wednesday, November 30, for reneging on their October agreement with the Bacolod City government that set a schedule for the payment of their rent arrears, Councilor Celia Flor said Monday, November 28.Flor said while many of the Manokan Country vendors have not honored their agreement with the city, most vendors at the three major public markets in Bacolod have been compliant.In fact there has been a big improvement in the collection of rent at the three markets from January to October this year compared to the same period last year, she said.The increase in payments at the Bacolod Central Market has been more than P1 million this year, Flor said.Meanwhile, many of the Manokan Country tenants who agreed to pay P25,000 a month f...

Nov282022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

2 ‘rebels’ killed, guns seized in Moises Padilla encounter

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The encounter site in Sitio Upper Binataan in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla.*62IB photoTwo alleged New People’s Amy rebels were killed in an encounter with government soldiers at Sitio Upper Binataan in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, 7 a.m. Monday, November 28, Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, said.Killed were Johnhilll Sarsa, alias Mark, and Dalmacio Dela Torre, alias Delmar, of Guilhulngan City, Negros Oriental, the Army’s 62nd Infantry Unifier Battalion reported.Sarsa was a political officer and Dela Torre was a member of the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda Platoon Lenovo of the New People’s Army Central Negros Front 1, Komiteng Rehiyon – Negros Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, the report said.Other rebels were be...

Nov282022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

SMB Bacolod inks pacts with two labor unions

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Dailies union president Teddy Danieles, right, and management panel chair Evan Soteco seal the agreement with a handshake.*The Department of Labor and Employment in Western Visayas commended the new collective bargaining agreements between San Miguel Brewery in Bacolod and its two employees’ unions during the signing ceremonies held in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Monday, November 28.DOLE regional director Sixto Rodriguez said the SMB negotiations with PACIWU-TUCP- Bacolod Brewery Plant Chapter and the San Miguel Brewing Group-Bacolod Brewery Employees Union may be the fastest in the country because both were done in record-breaking 32 minutes, a press release from SMB said."This shows how both unions and management respect and trust the process and have recognized themselv...

Nov282022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

SEC Bacolod warns public vs. investing in trading firm

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The Securities and Exchange Commission-Bacolod extension office on Monday, November 28, warned the public against investing in Silverlion Livestock Trading Corp. or Silverlion Livestock Trading.The firm is selling/offering securities to the public with guaranteed earnings of 35 percent in just 15 days, or 2.3 percent daily.It also offers a special package to investors who park their investment of P400,000 within a period of 60 days, with a Ford Raptor or any car of his/her choice fully paid by the corporation, the SEC said.Silverlion Livestock Trading Corp. is a corporation duly registered with the commission with a principal address located in Zamboanga City.A cease and desist order was promulgated by the commission on November 17, directing it to immediately cease and des...

Nov282022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod officials lead commitment signing to end violence vs. women

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The signing of the commitment to End Violence Against Women at the Bacolod City Government Center on Monday*Three Bacolod councilors signified their commitment to End Violence Against Women during a commitment signing at the flag ceremony at the Bacolod City Government Center on Monday, November 28.Councilors Celia Matea Flor, Thaddy Sayson, and Simplicia Distrito were among those who signed their commitment at rites that officially launched Bacolod City’s series of activities in observance of the 18-day Campaign to End Gender Violence.The BCGC was also adorned with orange ribbons, the official color of the campaign, which symbolizes hope and a future free of violence for all, said Flor, chairperson of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Women, Gender, Family and Childcare....

Nov272022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

It’s a festive Christmas again

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The 25-foot Christmas tree at the Dumancas home*Ronnie Baldonado photoChristmas is in the air again at the home of a Bacolod businesswoman known for her festive life-size holiday decorations that have drawn many to drive by her home over the years.Ginnette Yanson Dumancas, one of the owners of Vallacar Transit Inc. and other businesses, said she did not decorate her home at Capitolville Subdivision in Bacolod City for Christmas during the COVID-19 pandemic because it would not have been appropriate with all the suffering people were going through.But this year she felt it was time to bring back the festive Christmas spirit.A 25-foot Christmas tree now sits at the center of her living room and a large manger scene in another room to remind one and all why we celebrate Christ...