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Nov262022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

NPA owns ambush of two soldiers

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...

Nov242022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Gov’t forces turn over remains of killed NPA leader to family

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The remains of a killed NPA leader was turned over to his family.*303rd IB photoThe remains of killed New People’s Army leader Victoriano Baldonado was turned over by government forces to his family at Saint Francis Funeral Homes in Brgy Poblacion, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, on Tuesday, November 22.Baldonado, who was killed in an encounter with state forces at Sitio Banderahan, Brgy Trinidad on November 21, was the commanding officer of the Section Guerrilla Unit (SGU), Central Negros Front 1 (CN1), Komiteng Rehiyon Negros, Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor (KR-NCBS), which operates in the tri-boundaries of Guihulngan City, Canlaon City, both of Negros Oriental, and Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental.The family of the rebel expressed their gratitude for the proper handling of the...

Nov242022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Fire destroys 10 houses, damages four in Banago

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The scene of the fire at Purok Kitahanun, Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City. last night,*Mark Chiu photoTen houses were destroyed and four were damaged in a fire that hit Purok Kitahanun, Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City, at 6:54 p.m. Thursday, November 24, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported.The houses were made of light materials.Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez visited the fire victims who were evacuated to a multipurpose building in Purok Mahimulaton, Banago, to check on their situation.Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez visits the fire victims who evacuated.*The fire affected 14 families and the initial estimated damage was placed at P75,000, the BFP said.Social workers were listing the names of the victims and seeing to their needs, the Department of Soc...

Nov242022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

2 Army intel operatives killed in Sipalay ambush

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The scene of the ambush in Sipalay City on Thursday.*Two Army intelligence operatives were killed in an ambush at So. Camboguiot, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, at 11 a.m. Thursday, November 24.Killed were Sgt. Regie Glendro and Sgt. Ken Camilan of the 47th Infantry Battallion based in Barangay Haba, Candoni, the police reported.The police said the two soldiers on board a motorcycle were conducting reconnaissance operations in Sitio Camboguiot.When they reached the curved part of the uphill road, they were attacked by a group of armed men.They were shot in different parts of their body that resulted in their instantaneous death, the police added.The armed men fled immediately.The police are still investigating the incident.*

Nov242022 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

4 in Ilog charged for robbing bizman

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The suspects in the robbery of a 60-year-old businessman in Ilog town.*Ilog PNP photosFour persons were charged for robbing a 60-year-old businessman in Barangay Galicia, Ilog, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday, November 22.Charged were Jerrymar Gonzales, Rj Villarma, Argie Dela Peña and Ryan Susano.The victim was walking down the street to buy pork when he was waylaid and robbed by the suspects, who carted away P30,000 in cash, the police said.The suspects said they asked the victim to join them for a drink but when he declined, they targeted him.The suspects were immediately arrested in a police pursuit operation as the victim recognized them.*