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Aug82022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Comelec disapproves 32 voter applications

The Commission on Elections in Bacolod City has disapproved 32 voter applications for failing to meet the registration requirements, local election officer Kathrina Trinio-Caña said Monday, August 8.Of the 41 voter applicants who were called to the Election Registration Board hearings, 32 were found to be no longer living in the barangays where they want to vote, she said, adding that most of them are from Barangay 19.At least 10,293 registrants in the city have applied for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections set on December 5.Caña said that those whose applications have been disapproved can still seek a petition for inclusion.Meanwhile, the poll body is set to de-list the double registrants and voters who have already passed away.*

Aug82022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

NBI still determining identity of fake STL syndicate financier

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The National Bureau of Investigation on Monday, August 8, warned the financier and coddlers of a fake Small Town Lottery (STL) syndicate operating in Negros Occidental that they will face imprisonment.An investigation on the identity of the financier of the fake STL betting stations in Negros Occidental is underway, NBI Bacolod chief Renoir Baldovino said.He warned persons behind the fake STL operations, including those operating its betting stations and collecting bets, that they will face prison terms of from 10 to 12 years.“We want to find out why they have been emboldened to carry out such illegal operations after the elections,” Baldovino said.It is premature to say that they are being protected by some local officials, the NBI is still investigating the matter, he sai...

Aug82022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Man gunned down in Calatrava

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The scene of the shooting incident in Brgy. Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Sunday, August 7.*Calatrava PNP photoA man was gunned down by unidentified suspects at Sitio Kamao, Brgy. Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Sunday, August 7.Killed was resident Rodel “Peter” Nobleza, 37.The victim and two teenagers were on board a motorcycle when they were flagged down by five unidentified armed men, a police report said.The suspects told the two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, to alight from the motorcycle and turn around, then shot the victim three times.The assailants then fled to the upper part of the sitio while the victim was brought to Calatrava District Hospital where he was declared dead.Police have yet to establish the motive for the killing.*

Aug82022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Beef, chicken prices up, pork drops, PVO reports

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Negros Occidental has adequate supply of pork, PVO officer-in-charge Placeda Lemana said.*Richard Malihan photoThere has been an increase in the price carabeef, beef and chickens in Negros Occidental, a Provincial Veterinary Office report on Monday, August 8, showed.The average price of carabeef is P297.87 per kilo or an increase by P1.38 and beef - P315.40 a kilo or a hike by P2, PVO officer-in-charge Placeda Lemana said.She said the average price of broiler chickens is P211.34 per kilo or a slight increase by 54 centavos, while the price of native chicken remained at P256.39 per kilo.Regular and salted eggs and balut also showed minimal price increases.The prices of pork and chevon decreased.The average price of pork was at P266. 54 per kilo or a decrease by...

Aug82022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Manokan delinquent rentals P8.6M, no biz permits noted

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Bacolod Councilor Celia Flor, City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III and City Legal Officer Romeo Carlos Ting Jr. (l-r) inspecting the Manokan County on Monday, August 8.*CPG photoThe Bacolod Joint Market Inspection Team conducted a surprise inspection on Monday, August 8, of the Manokan Country, whose occupants along with those of the three main public markets have rent arrears totaling P34 million.Bacolod Councilor Celia Flor, Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Markets and Slaughterhouse chair, said they conducted the surprise inspection to see how the city can improve the Manokan Country, ensure compliance of the Sanitation Code and find a solution to occupants’ arrears in rent.Flor said one establishment had already encroached into an area where a park put up ...

Aug82022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Lacson leads inauguration of CPSU Hinigaran building

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the inauguration of the three-storey school building and covered court of the Central Philippines State University – Hinigaran Campus, located in Brgy. Gargato, Hinigaran, Monday this morning, August 8.“Today’s inauguration of the new 3-storey building and covered court is a welcome development in our goal to enhance and strengthen our educational system, as we keep pace with the tide of digital transformation and the demands of providing quality and relevant education,” Lacson said.The governor also thanked the teachers and the entire CPSU system for all the efforts to educate the Negrense youth despite the challenge brought about by the pandemic. Lacson said that Negros Occidental as an agricultural province is a pride...

Aug82022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Rotary Club officially turns over computer laboratory to NOHS

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The members of the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central, led by President Juliana Carbon and District Governor-Elect Maria Ester Espina, are joined by the NOHS teachers, NOLITC director Cristina Orbecido and some of the graduates of Batch 1.*Two years after launching the program entitled, “3Cs Towards Global Competitiveness,” the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central officially turned over the 40-unit computer laboratory to the Negros Occidental High School.The program was made possible through a global grant by The Rotary Foundation with international support from the Rotary Club of Cheongyu-Wawoo of District 3740 in South Korea. The club also partnered with the NOHS Batch 85.It was designed to provide a facility that will enable training on contact center services and other information te...

Aug72022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

No eviction just regulation, city sidewalk vendors told

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (center) with Councilor Celia Flor and City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III meeting with the representatives of the vendors on Saturday.*The Bacolod government will not evict the close to 1,000 sidewalk vendors in the city, the majority of whom are vending outside three major public markets, but will regulate the areas where they can vend, Councilor Celia Flor said on Sunday, August 7.Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Flor and City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III met with the representatives of the vendors on Saturday.The sidewalk vendors feared that they would be cleared out, Flor, who chairs the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Markets and Slaughterhouse, said.“We told them that was not our intention, our i...

Aug72022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Consumers’ group slams CENECO ‘Triple A’ status

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Consumers’ group Power Watch Negros slammed the Category AAA or Triple A rating of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. (CENECO) given recently by the National Electrification Administration (NEA).Power Watch secretary-general Wennie Sancho said Sunday, August 7, that the award is a “form of window dressing or an instance of making something appear more attractive in an attempt to redeem a tarnished image.”This is another uproar amid the controversies hounding CENECO from mismanagement to neglect of duties, he added.The Triple A Category is the highest rating given by NEA to electric cooperatives that have performed excellently in their operations. From 2016 to 2021, CENECO was able to maintain the Triple A status.But Sancho chided NEA for being “oblivious” that onl...

Aug72022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Cops nab 2 for drugs in Victorias, Bacolod

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The drugs recovered during the raid in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Saturday, August 6.*BCPO photoA drugs high-value target was arrested after he encountered a police patrol team at Osmeña Avenue in Brgy. 13, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, August 6.Nabbed was 43-year-old Jerry Magallanes of Zone 5, Brgy. 6 in Victorias.The police said the patrol team flagged down the motorcycle-riding suspect when they saw a handgun protruding from his waist.When inspected, the suspect yielded a .38 caliber pistol with three live ammunition, and four sachets containing suspected shabu worth P3,400, the police said.The suspect is now in police custody and will face charges for illegal possession of drugs and firearm.Meanwhile, drugs street-level suspe...