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Jul222022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Victorias implements new traffic rerouting

The Victorias City government conducts a dry run for its new traffic scheme.* Steven Laborte photoThe city government of Victorias implemented a dry run of its new traffic rerouting this week, July 18 to 22.Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez recently met with the city’s transport groups to improve the traffic situation in the problematic areas during his first town hall meeting.The meeting was also participated in by Councilor Richard Julius Sablan, chair of Sangguniang Panlungsod committee transportation and traffic management, representatives from the Traffic Division and the Victorias Franchising Regulatory Board, a press release said Friday, July 22.The city then gathered the feedback and suggestions of various sectors and has made necessary changes by adding new p...

Jul222022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Three more Negros mayors also elected nat’l LCP officials

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Mayors Felipe Remollo, Nicholas Yulo and Javier Miguel Benitez (l-r)*Three more mayors from Negros Island were elected officials of the League of Cities of the Philippines along with Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez who is LCP chairman at Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Quezon City on Thursday, July 21.Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Remollo is LCP vice president for the Visayas and Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo was reelected deputy secretary general for Visayas.Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez is LCP focal mayor for youth and sports development.LCP president is Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama.The League of Cities is composed of 146 cities in the country and its creation is mandated by Section 499 of the Republic Act 7...

Jul222022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Raps filed vs. American, partner for death of wife

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The police have filed charges against an American for the death of his wife, who was found buried in their property at Barangay Palinpinon in Valencia, Negros Orientalm on Wednesday, July 20.A case of parricide was filed against Daniel Glazier, while his new partner was charged with murder for the death of Maribel Glazier, 32, the police said Friday, July 22.Glazier was discovered in one of their properties after she was reported missing last week.Maj. Roger Quijano, Valencia police chief, said before the incident the victim left a letter with her friends saying that if anything happened to her, they should look for her husband.The police are looking at a love triangle and a property dispute as the motives behind the behind the killing of the wife....

Jul222022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Street cleaner hit by truck dies

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The trailer truck that hit the street cleaner.*BCPO photoA street cleaner was killed after she was hit by a truck at Prk. Jalandon in Brgy. 6, Bacolod City, Thursday, July 21.Killed was 70-year-old Rosalinda Filiu, a street cleaner of the barangay.Initial investigation showed that she walking when she was bumped by the trailer truck driven by Leo Barona, 32, of Brgy. Idlaw-an, Murcia.The suspect reportedly failed to notice the victim, who was on the driver’s blind spot.The victim was rushed to the Riverside Medical Center but she didn’t make it.The suspect who surrendered to the authorities was released from custody Friday, July 22, following a settlement with the woman’s family.*

Jul222022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Lacson warns vs. dengue rise in rainy August, September

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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson in a Zoom meeting with the health officers on Friday.*Richard Malihan photoThere is a downtrend in dengue cases in the ten worst hit local government units of Negros Occidental, but vigilance is needed to prevent an upsurge of cases with rains expected in August and September, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Friday, July 22.Lacson met with the health workers of the 31 towns and cities of Negros Occidental via Zoom Friday to discuss their response to the rise in dengue cases and to remind them to activate their dengue task forces.He will also a hold a separate meeting with the mayors of Negros Occidental to discuss their campaigns versus dengue and to remind them to make sure that they have a budget to fight the virus every year, Lacson said.As o...

Jul222022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

NBI nabs 5 for ‘illegal recruitment’ of Negrenses for overseas jobs

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The NBI entrapment operation Friday afternoon*NBI photoThe National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested five persons for the alleged “illegal recruitment” of workers for overseas employment in an entrapment operation at their office at Yusay Arcade at Araneta Street in Bacolod City 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 22.They allegedly recruited persons for jobs in Australia and Japan, which did not materialize, without a license from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), NBI Bacolod chief Renoir Baldovino said.Arrested were Sandy Agena, Maricar Bangcale, Richard Hiponia, Maria Teresa Aragon and Arlene Alonday of KAS-A & SMV Management Consultancy Services located at the second floor of Yusay Arcade, he said.Two of those arrested denied that th...

Jul222022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

AWOL cop shot to death in Cauayan

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The policeman who shot to death in Cauayan Friday, July 22.*Cauayan PNP photoA member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) who was reportedly Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) was shot dead in Brgy. Linaon, Cauayan town, Negros Occidental, Friday, July 22.Killed was Vincent Decena, 54, who was also tagged by the Cauayan police as high-value individual.Initial investigation showed that the victim was having his morning coffee at the Adelfa Coffee Shop when three unidentified men arrived and shot the victim several times from behind. Decena died on the spot.The suspects then fled on a gray van.Police have yet to establish the motive for the killing.*

Jul222022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros voter registrants 86,582, ‘youth will be a very big force’

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The long line of Bacolod residents waiting to register to vote in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections at Robinsons Place Bacolod Friday, July 22, with the deadline set at 5 p.m. Saturday.*Romeo Subaldo photoThe new voter registrants in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City hit 86,582 on Thursday, with almost half coming from the youth sector, Provincial Elections Supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said Friday, July 22.The top five areas with the most number of registrants were Bacolod City with 8,812, Bago City – 5,777, Kabankalan City – 4,935, Cadiz City – 4,866 and Sagay City – 4,120.The registration to vote in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on December 5 began on July 4 and will end at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 23.There was an unusually high numb...

Jul222022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Balay Negrense rehab mulled

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Lyn Gamboa and Rep. Francisco Benitez (seated) with Roger Noshua Venzal, Edsie Valladarez, Tanya Lopez, Architect Rai Busmante and Ysabelle Paula Aquino Peñas (l-r, standing) at a meeting on the conservation of Balay Negrense*Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) recently met with key stakeholders at the forefront of a Conservative Rehabilitation Program for Balay Negrense, the province’s first museum in Silay City.Among those who attended the meeting were Negros Cultural Foundation Inc. president Lyn Gamboa, Negros Museum executive director Tanya Lopez, and Architect Rai Busmante.The Negros Occidental provincial government will be tapped for support and financial assistance for the repair and rehabilitation of Balay Negrense, a press release from the office o...

Jul212022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bishop, environment groups ask SP to revoke non-objection to LNG plant

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Representatives of environment groups submitting their statement of opposition to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental.*Various groups, led by San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, submitted a statement of opposition to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Negros Occidental with the demand to urgently revoke the Resolution of Non-Objection (RONO) enacted by the SP with regard to the planned construction of a 300 MW Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Combined Cycle Power Plant in San Carlos City, a press release from the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development said Thursday, July 21.“We maintain that the resolution of non-objection from the Provincial Board is premature, invalid, and is not representative of the multiple stakeholders from San Carlos who openly objected ...