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Oct142022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Evacuees express concern over safety

Evacuees at the Barangay Carabalan gym in Himamaylan City.Some evacuees at Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental have expressed concern over their safety.Barangay Carabalan chief Mildred Titular said only tanods are securing the area.She said that 192 families or 451 individuals are currently staying at the open village gym in the upland area.She also said that other residents don’t stay at the gym because it’s too hot.Sitio Sig-ang leader Melvin Parcon aid he was worried as they left their livelihood when they sought refuge, as he lamented what will happen to them if the situation continues. “Indi na ka trespaser (it could not sustain us),” he added.He said they initially thought that the gunfire was fireworks, but when the burst continued, they ...

Oct142022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Interviews with evacuees barred At Himamaylan evacuation center

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Media barred from entering the Cong. Agustin M. Gatuslao Memorial Center in Barangay 1, Himamaylan, on Thursday.*The evacuees in Himamaylan City have one common sentiment, they want to go back to their homes but are willing to wait, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Thursday, October 13.It has been a week since the evacuees left their homes following clashes between government and rebel forces in Barangay Carabalan, Himamaylan City, that began on October 6.Lacson, Mayor Raymund Tongson, Rep. Emilio Yulo III (Neg. Occ., 5th District), and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officials visited the evacuees at the Cong. Agustin M. Gatuslao Memorial Center in Barangay 1, Himamaylan, but the media was barred from entering the facility.Men manning the entrance said ...

Oct142022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Another hospital tapped for BACCHP

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Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital is the third private hospital tapped for BacCHP.*BQMC photoThe Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City has approved the proposed memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the City of Bacolod and a private hospital during its 15th session on Wednesday, October 12.Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital will soon sign a memorandum of agreement with the city to underpin the Bacolod City Comprehensive Care Program (BacCHP), which is a flagship project of Mayor Alfredo Benitez in his response to mitigate hospitalization conflicts he witnessed in public hospitals.It would be the third private hospital to strengthen the curative service of BacCHP for free hospitalization after the MOA signing with the Metro Bacolod Hospital and Medical Center and South Bacolod Gener...

Oct132022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Employment, economy in WV improving: NEDA

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, NEDA regional director Arecio Casing Jr. and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran (l-r) at the Regional Development Council meeting at L' Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City on Thursday, October 13.*National Economic and Development Authority OIC Regional Director Arecio Casing Jr. reported on Thursday, October 13, that the economy and employment rate of Western Visayas has improved, after a drop during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.However, for four consecutive weeks the prices of basic goods in Western Visayas have been higher than the national average as the inflation rate jumped to 7.4 percent in August 2022, Casing said in his State of the Region Address delivered during the Third Quarter Regional Development Council (RDC) meeting at L’ F...

Oct132022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Benitez set to sign consultancy agreements with 3 Capitol execs

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Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II, Dr, Mary Ann Maestral, and Lucille Gelvolea.* (l-r)Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Thursday, October 13, that he is set to sign consultancy agreements with three Negros Occidental provincial government executives.The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session on Wednesday granted the mayor the authority to sign the agreements.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said in the spirit of mutual cooperation between the Province of Negros Occidental and the City of Bacolod he is authorizing Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II, Dr. Mary Ann Maestral – Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital chief, and Lucille Gelvolea, Provincial Economic Enterprise Development Department head to serve as consultants of Bacolod Cit...

Oct132022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Power reliability seen with restoration of Amlan-Samboan submarine cable

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The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced on Thursday, October 13, that it has successfully energized the Amlan-Samboan 138kV Transmission Line 1, increasing the reliability of power transmission services between the islands of Negros and Cebu.The transmission line was damaged during the Department of Public Works and Highways dredging and re-channeling activities in Amlan, Negros Oriental, June 15, 2021.The capacity of NGCP’s underwater cable to transmit power between Negros and Cebu was halved, from 180 MW to only 90 MW, limiting the flow of power between islands, NGCP said in a press release.The Amlan-Samboan 138kV Transmission is vital to the exchange of power within the Visayas grid, and gives Negros and Panay consumer’s access to power coming from ...

Oct132022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod water refilling stations ordered to close now 112: CHO

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The number of water refilling stations in Bacolod City issued sanitary orders to temporarily seize operations have hit 112.The 112 were ordered closed for lack of sanitary and business permits, Dr. Grace Tan, Environmental Sanitation Division head of the Bacolod City Health Office , said Thursday, October 13.The Environmental Sanitation Division inspected 240 water refilling stations and the 112 were found to be non-compliant, she said.Three cholera positive cases and 35 suspected cases have been detected in Bacolod City since September.Bacolod is on an alert versus food and water borne diseases, Tan said.They are conducting massive inspections to assure the public that the water they are consuming is safe, she added.Those issued sanitary orders must have their wate...

Oct132022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Teleperformance Philippines signs Cleanergy deal with AboitizPower

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Sandro Aboitiz, Senior Vice President of Commercial Operations, and Gina Camacho-David, Assistant Vice President of Market Strategy, from AboitizPower and Jeffrey Johnson, Senior Vice President for Human Capital Resource Management, Jose Luis Marquez, Chief Operations Officer, Francisco Lara, Chief Executive Officer, and Eduardo Punzalan, Vice President for Facilities and Administration of Teleperformance (l-r).*Teleperformance, a global leader in outsourced customer and citizen experience management provider, continues its strong commitment to environmental sustainability through sourcing renewable energy from AboitizPower (AP) retailer Adventenergy, Inc.Teleperformance will utilize 100 percent Cleanergy, AboitizPower’s brand for renewable energy, to operate their Bacolod and Suca...

Oct132022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Cops nab 2, seize P8.5M in shabu as Bacolod celebrates MassKara

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The Bacolod police arrested two “high value individuals” and seized 1,250 grams of suspected shabu worth P8,500,000 in Prk. Bolinao, Brgy. 1, Bacolod City, 4:10 a.m. Thursday, October 13.Arrested were Alvin Fabon Cristales, alias Bin, 27, of Purok Bolinao and Regina Gurdiel Escosio, 44, of Prk. Lison all in Brgy. 1, Bacolod City.The drugs were believed to be intended for sale during the ongoing MassKara Festival in Bacolod, PLt. Joven Mogato, Bacolod police City Drug Enforcement Unit head, said.The two were caught by the CDEU in the act of selling shabu to a police poseur buyer, Mogato said, adding that they had also been previously detained for drugs.Among the items confiscated from them were seven knot-tied transparent plastic bags and 23 sachets containing suspected shab...

Oct132022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod resident named PNP Central Visayas head

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Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba*Brig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba, who is from Bacolod City, is the new director of the Police Regional Office 7 (Central Visayas).Alba was previously the Public Information Office chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP)."I am confident that Central Visayas is in good hands with General Alba at the helm. His competence, commitment and work ethics bespeak his leadership approach, and so, I entrust him to lead the more than 11, 000 strong personnel of Police Regional Office 7 to raise the bar of excellence in public service," PNP chief Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said.Alba, a member of the Philippine National Police Academy class of 1992, had previously served as the officer-in-charge of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office.*