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Feb222023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Motorcycle hits parked truck, driver sustains fatal head injury

The motorcycle that hit the parked truck*PNP photoA 39-year-old man died when his motorcycle accidentally bumped a parked truck with no early warning device at Purok Kamansi, Circumferential Road in Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City, at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday, February 21, the police said.Killed was Ruben Canayan of Barangay Felisa, Bacolod City,Canayan was driving his Suzuki Raider 150 when it bumped the rear of a Mitsubishi trailer truck that was parked beside the road with no early warning device which resulted to a fatal injury to his head, the police reported Wednesday.The truck driver was identified as Noel Maquiñana, 62, of Brgy. Manta-angan, E. B. Magalona.*

Feb222023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Calatrava man killed

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The scene of the crime in Calatrava.*PNP photoA Calatrava resident was shot to death while he was eating supper in his house at Barangay Minaotok in Calatarava, Negros Occidental, at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 20.Killed was 40-year-old Arnie Melitante Casipong, alias “Toloy”.The victim was eating inside his house when unidentified armed suspects entered and shot him twice on the head causing his instantaneous death, the police reported Wednesday.Recovered from the crime scene were a fired cartridge case of an alleged .45 caliber pistol, one deformed slug and a fired cartridge case of an M-16 riffle.*

Feb222023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bacolod going cashless for markets, transportation

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Bacolod City is adopting QR PH Digital Payments for all business establishments and local transportation in line with the Paleng-QR PH Program as stipulated in City Ordinance No. 1019.The Department of the Interior and Local Government and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 Series of 2022 on the Paleng-QR, which established guidelines enjoining Local Government Units’ (LGUs) participation in the Paleng-QR Ph Program on June 22, 2022.The BSP informed the Bacolod government that the city has been included in their priority list to launch the program in the middle of February this year.Transitioning to the digitalization of payments proves to be effective in facilitating the continuation of business and government transactions amid mobility ...

Feb222023 by Levi Z. TrioNo Comments

Starlink now live in PH, including Negros Occ.

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Elon Musk's promise of better internet connectivity in the Philippines has finally become a reality with the launch of Starlink, a satellite-based internet service by SpaceX.The service is now live in the country, including in Negros Island, according to a tweet by SpaceX.Starlink offers game-changing technology in the field of internet connectivity, especially in areas where fiber internet service is unavailable due to infrastructure limitations.Its official website, https://www.starlink.com/map, is now accepting orders from interested subscribers in Negros Island, with a single kit costing Php 29,320. This includes a WiFi router, cables, and a base.The monthly service fee is Php 2,700, according to its website, which is almost similar to the cost of a regular fiber connec...

Feb222023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod cops nab 2, seize P510K in shabu

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The drugs seized at Estancia Subdivision Tuesday night.*PNP photoThe police seized P510,000 in suspected shabu and arrested two persons at Brazil Street in Estancia Subdivision, Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod City, at 9:57 p.m. Tuesday, February 21.Arrested were "high value drug target" Rowena Garcia Ponce, 44, and Alter Torres Hernaez, 32, of Brazil Street, the police reported.They were arrested in a buy bust operation conducted by the City Drug Enforcement Unit led by Capt. Joven Mogato.Seized were 75 grams of shabu worth P510,000, the report said.The arrested persons were turned over to Police Station 3 for proper disposition.*

Feb212023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

36 fire victims given P360K in assistance

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City Social Welfare Officer Sally Abelarde said P360,000 was distributed to 36 fire victim families in Bacolod City on Tuesday, February 21.The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) VI distributed P10,000 for each family, she said. The recipients were 34 fire victim families from Barangay 10, one from Barangay Felisa and one from Barangay 27, she said.The Office of Senator Bong Go also distributed grocery packs, umbrellas and T-shirts and raffled off a cellphone, shoes, a bike and watch.Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said the city government will provide those whose houses were destroyed P15,000 each and P10,000 for those damaged.Benitez said a better housing solution needs to be found for the fire victims in Barangay 10.They cannot just be allowed to rebu...

Feb212023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

27 vendors get fruit stalls at Libertad Market annex

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Tension at the Libertad Market Annex Building in Bacolod City on Tuesday morning.*Nico Delfin photoTwenty seven fruit stalls at the Libertad Market Annex Building in Bacolod City were raffled off to previously identified vendors on Tuesday afternoon, February 21, City Administrator Pacifico Maghari said.They will discuss the status of the stall assignments in the other sections of the annex on Wednesday, he said.The market committee will deliberate on the complaints aired, Maghari said.The raffle of the stalls in the other areas did not take place Tuesday amid complaints from some vendors that they had not been included in the master list despite their having been longtime market tenants.Maghari said the masterlist of vendors had been verified several times.Those ex...

Feb212023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

4 with P1M rewards on their heads considered armed and dangerous

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The police have not located the four wanted persons with addresses in Negros Occidental, who are believed responsible for the disappearance of missing “sabungeros (cockfighting enthusiasts)” in the Manila Arena.The four security guards and the two others wanted with them are considered armed and dangerous, Capt. Judesses Catalogo, Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office spokesperson, said Tuesday, February 21.The Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group on Friday, February 17, released wanted posters of the six accused security guards. A reward of P1 million is being offered for the arrest of each of the six or a total of P6 million, the CIDG announced.The four from Negros Occidental on the poster are Mark Carlo E. Zabala, 29, of Barangay II (Pob...

Feb212023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Diaz: PSWDO head retiring, transition at PHO starts April

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Negros Occidental Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer Merle Garcia and Provincial Health Officer Ernell Tumimbang*Richard Mailhan photoNegros Occidental Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer (PSWDO) Merle Garcia and Provincial Health Officer Ernell Tumimbang are set to retire this year.Garcia is retiring on February 24 and Tumimbang in June, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Tuesday, February 21.A new permanent social welfare officer will have to be found because it is a Seal of Good Local Governance requirement, he said.Diaz also said a PHO transition team or OIC will start work in April.There are a lot of concerns that the PHO needs to address, including nutrition and sanitation, he said.He said the PHO report that there wer...

Feb212023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol aims to provide water at reasonable rates

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There are now three firms interested in investing in the bulk water project of Negros Occidental, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Tuesday, February 21.The three are Suez, Manila Water of billionaire Enrique Razon Jr. and Aboitiz InfraCapital, he said.Whether or not the unsolicited proposals are submitted, the Negros Occidental provincial government will continue to conduct its bulk water project feasibility study, he said.Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson wants to ensure that water rates for Negrense consumers are reasonable, Diaz said.An investors’ forum is set for June, but it could also be held earlier, Diaz said. “I we can hold the investors’ forum and conduct the bidding earlier I think the governor and our water consumers will be happy,” he said.The provin...