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Nov272022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Big-time fuel price rollback expected

There will be a big-time rollback in fuel prices starting Tuesday, November 29, until December 5.Diesel prices are expected to go down by P3.80 to P4 per liter, and gasoline by P1.10 to P1.20 per liter, Unioil Petroleum Philippines said.Last week oil firms slashed the selling prices of gasoline by P0.40 per liter, diesel by P2.15 per liter and kerosene by P2.10 per liter.The price last week brought the year-to-date adjustment to stand at a net increase of P17.75 per liter for gasoline, P33.85 per liter for diesel, and P27.85 per liter for kerosene, Department of Energy data showed.*

Nov262022 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Driver, helper die from electrocution

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The scene of the incident in Cadiz City.*PNP photoA truck driver and his passenger were killed after they were electrocuted in Barangay Cabahug, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, on Thursday, November 24.Killed were driver Eddie Dejito, 49, of Hda. Caridad, Brgy. Rafaela Barrera, Sagay City, and helper Ronnie Antojado, 26, of Brgy. Balintawak, Escalante City.The truck of the victims loaded with sugarcane hit the electric pole that was lying on the side of the road, a police report said.When they touched the pole they were electrocuted.Both were dead on arrival at a hospital.*

Nov262022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Man killed in Bacolod

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The slain Bacolodnon in Barangay 16, Bacolod City.*A 31-year-old man was shot to death at Purok Adarna in Barangay 16, Bacolod City, Thursday, November 25.Killed was Mark Christian Luceño.Maj. Ramel Sarona, Police Station 1 chief, said the victim was sitting in a trisikad when he was approached by the motorcycle-riding suspect who shot him on the head.Luceño died on the spot.Sarona said the victim was previously jailed for stealing and illegal drugs. This is one of the motives for the killing they are looking into, he said.But according to the victim's family, Luceño had stopped his illegal activities.*

Nov262022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Himamaylan engineer injured in gun attack

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The city engineer was shot outside his house in Kabankalan City on Thursday.*Kabankalan PNP photoThe city engineer of Himamaylan was injured after he was shot Thursday, November 24, outside his house in Barangay 9, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental.The victim, identified as 54-year-old Vicente Genova, was cleaning his car when he was approached by two men.He was asked if he was Engineer Genova and when he answered, he was immediately shot three times by the suspects.Genova was hit with a bullet in his leg.He was immediately taken to a hospital.The police are currently investigating the motive behind the attack on the engineer.*

Nov262022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

NPA owns ambush of two soldiers

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The ambush site in Sipalay City*The New People’s Army claimed the ambush and killing of two Army intelligence officers in Barangay Camindangan in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, Thursday, November 24.In an advisory Friday, November 25, the Armando Sumayang Jr. Command-New People's Army Southwest Guerrilla Front (ASJC-NPA) confirmed that they perpetrated the ambush in Sipalay that killed two soldiers.Killed were Sgt. Regie Glendro and Ssg. Ken Camilan who were members of the Army’s 47th Infantry Battalion.The killed soldiers were conducting coordination for the upcoming local peace engagement with the populace involving the former mass supporters of the rebels, the 47th Infantry Battalion said.The army assured the public that the incident will not hamper the efforts of ...

Nov262022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Balcells calls on NGOs to unite to ensure no child lives on streets

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Kalipay Negrense Foundation president and founder Anna Balcells says protecting children's rights is everybody's busines*“Let there be no child living in the streets by the end of the year.”That was the call of Kalipay Negrense Foundation president and founder Anna Balcells on Friday, November 25, to all non-government organizations who share a passion for saving the lives of disadvantaged children in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City.Balcells, in her speech at the opening of the three-day World Children’s Weekend spearheaded by Kalipay at SM City Bacolod, said the goal for no child to be living in the streets will be hard, without a doubt, but it can be done.Rufina Bayatong, Suzy Peñalosa, Coleen Awit, Charles Mangga, Mhel Sillador, Carmela Gamboa, Bro. Dan Fenton, An...

Nov252022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Metro 3rd homeowners associations undergo training for confederation

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A series of orientation workshops for Homeowners’ Associations (HOAs) were recently held in the Third District of Negros Occidental for the formation of a Metro Third Housing Confederation.The workshops were spearheaded by the office of Rep. Francisco Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), in partnership with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Region VI office and local government units of the Third District.The orientation-workshops started in Talisay City on November 21, followed by Victorias City on November 22-23, Murcia on November 24, and Silay City on November 25, a press release from the office of Benitez said Friday, November 25.The officers of the various homeowners’ associations were briefed on the salient features of R.A. 9904 or the “Magn...

Nov252022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Voter registration to resume Dec. 12

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Negros Occidental Elections Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria*The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will resume its registration of voters on December 12, Negros Occidental Elections Supervisor, Ian Lee Ananoria, said Friday, November 25.They are waiting for the Comelec resolution that will set the guidelines for the registration but have received advance information that it will start on December 12, he said.It is expected to end on Jan. 31, 2023.The Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are set on October 30, 2023.Those aged 15 to 30 years old can vote in the SK elections, and those aged 18 years old and above in the barangay elections.An SK voter must be 15 years old on Election Day, he said.The Comelec is also set to implement its Register Anywhere Program (...

Nov252022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Albee suspends DPS head, driver for dubious fuel use

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Mayor Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Benitez has suspended the officer-in-charge of the Bacolod City Department of Public Services (DPS) and a driver for availing of fuel for a bulldozer that does not work, City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting said on Friday, November 25.Preventively suspended for 60 days are DPS officer-in-charge Ramil Palalon and driver Darwin Cardones, who have been given three days to respond to the formal charges against them.Palalon is facing charges for gross neglect of duty and grave misconduct, and Cardones for less serious dishonesty and grave misconduct, Ting said.They were charged for withdrawing fuel nine times during the previous administration for a city government bulldozer that does not work , he said.The fuel withdrawn was worth P53,798, Ting sa...

Nov252022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Approval of Neg. Occ., Bacolod budgets seen early next month

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The P5.1 billion budget of Negros Occidental and P3.25 billion budget of Bacolod City for 2023 are expected to be approved in early December.The Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan is expected to approve the provincial government’s budget on second and third reading on December 6, Board Member Rommel Debulgado, SP Committee on Finance chairman, said on Friday, November 25.The deliberations on the budget proposed by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, which they have found justifiable, have been completed, he said.Debulgado said of the P5.1 billion, the proposed General Fund Budget for 2023 is P4,952,981,428, while the annual operating budget of the Economic Enterprise Development Department is P190,379,525.15.The 2023 budget is P766 million or 12.87 percent less compared to th...