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Feb62023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Relic of Padre Pio to visit USLS February 10-17

The University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City is gearing up for the week-long Holy Relic Visit of St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina with several meaningful activities lined up from February 10-17.Activities related to the visit at USLS will focus on the theme: “Padre Pio: Touching Lasallian Hearts to Jesus, Our Model of Humility and Gratefulness amid Great Suffering”, a press release from the university said Monday, February 6.A caravan is expected to start at noon on Friday, February 10, from the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish going to USLS where the relic of Padre Pio will be brought to the St. La Salle Coliseum at 1:30 p.m. for the Veneration of the Relic.An Institutional Solemn Mass will then take place at 2 p.m. to be celebrated by Rev. Fr. Raymon Asoy.Other acti...

Feb62023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

3 NPA rebels killed in encounter, Kabankalan residents evacuate

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The bodies of three unidentified suspected NPA rebels were found following a series of encounters with the 94th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Bugne, Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, on Saturday and Sunday, February 4 and 5, the Army reported.Kabankalan Mayor Benjie Miranda said 283 families with 822 individuals had evacuated to the Oringao covered court as of Sunday afternoon.The encounters took place at 5 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday.Fed-up by the rebels’ daily extortion of food, the Sitio Bugne residents reported their presence prompting the 94IB soldiers to conduct a security operation, the Army reported.While in the vicinity of Sitio Bugne, the 94IB soldiers encountered 15 armed rebels. Sensing the overwhelming firepower of the government troops, t...

Feb62023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Nine persons rescued

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Some of the nine persons rescued*EB Magalona PIO photoNine persons were rescued in the waters off barangays Tomongtong and Gahit in EB Magalona, Negros Occidental, by members of the Barangay Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council at 8 a.m. Saturday, February 4.Rescued were seven residents of Manapla town and two of Ajuy town (Iloilo), who all work in a fishpond in Ajuy, EB Magalona reported.Their boat capsized on Thursday, February 2.The Municipal DRRMO then endorsed them to the Manapla and Ajuy local governments.*

Feb62023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

EB Magalona police station top performer for January

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The E. B. Magalona Municipal Police Station (MPS) was awarded the Top Performing Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental for January 2023.The EBM MPS has received the same award for two consecutive months. This January, it garnered a rating of 91.69, and in December - 92.90, an EB Magalona press release said.The award was given by the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office.The E. B. Magalona MPS is led by PMaj. Kenneth Jay Gratones, chief of police, and PLt. Minardo Ellaga, deputy chief of police.*

Feb52023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

NegOr reps reject Degamo call for new Negros province

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Negros Oriental representatives Arnolfo "Arnie" Teves Jr. and Manuel Sagarbarria (right).*Negros Oriental representatives joined their Negros Occidental colleagues on Sunday, February 5, in opposing the proposal of Gov. Roel Degamo to create a third province in Negros Island.Degamo, in a meeting with Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson last week, said the planned Negros Island Region (NIR) should include four provinces to ensure equal voting at Regional Development Council (RDC) meetings.The bill pending in Congress calls for the creation of a new region composed of Negros Occidental and Oriental, and Siquijor which was co-authored by all of the representatives of Negros Island.Degamo wants the new region to include four provinces by creating a third one from Vallehe...

Feb52023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Fuel prices to drop

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Fuel prices are expected to go down on Tuesday, February 7, Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc. announced Saturday after three weeks of increases.Diesel should go down by P2.60 to P2.80 per liter, and gasoline by P1.90 to P2 per liter, it said.Other reports said the price of diesel could decline by P2.80 to P3.10 per liter and gasoline by P2.20 to P2.50 per liter.Kerosene is also expected to decrease by about P2.50 per liter.*

Feb52023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Bizman, sister pursuing Sicogon property claim

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atrick Miguel Montilla and his sister, Tizza.*A businessman and his sister are pursuing their ownership claim over a portion of Sicogon Island that is part of the 809 hectares being developed under a joint venture agreement.The joint venture is between Ayala Land and Sicogon Development Corporation, they said at a press conference Sunday.Patrick Miguel Montilla and his sister Tizza said that they are not against any development in Sicogon island, all they want is that their parcel of land inherited from their father and believed to be part of that 809 hectares be identified.The land they inherited is 2.9 hectares, they said.Patrick Miguel is the judicial administrator and heir of the Intestate Estate of their father, the late Enrique Montilla Jr.They were accompanie...

Feb52023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Backhoe burned in Bago

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The burned backhoe*PNP photoA backhoe was burned by unidentified persons at Hda. San Juan Del Monte, Purok Narra, Brgy. Malingin, Bago City, Negros Occidental, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, February 4.The backhoe is owned by Jorge Clavecillas Sian, 32, of Sta. Clara Subdivision, Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod CityThe backhoe was parked more or less 100 meters away from a river when it was burned.The owner and the caretaker said that they did not receive any threats and extortion letters from anybody prior to the incident.The Bago police are still conducting a follow-up investigation and are coordinating with the Bureau of Fire Protection to determine the cause of the fire.*

Feb52023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Talisay 1st Cong. Kiko Cup basketball tourney champ

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The Talisay City champions*The powerhouse basketball team of Talisay City emerged as champion of the 1st Cong. Kiko's Cup Metro 3rd Basketball Tournament, defeating E.B. Magalona with a score of 72-70 in a tightly contested final game held at the E.B. Magalona Public Plaza Saturday, February 4.The Talisay cagers were awarded P50,000 in cash, while 1st-runner up E.B. Magalona team received P30,000 during the awarding program led Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) with tournament manager Talisay City Councilor Rolin Meliton and E.B. Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon.Third placer, Silay City basketballers received P20,000 and the fourth-ranking team of Victorias City was awarded P15,000.The E.B. Magalona team was first runner up.*The mythical five players ...

Feb52023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

PDEA seizes more than P3.5M shabu in 2 Bacolod operations

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The suspected shabu seized in Baranggay 10, Bacolod.*PDEA photoThe Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the police seized more than P3.5 million in suspected shabu in two buy bust operations in Bacolod City, Saturday, February 4.The PDEA Negros Occidental Provincial Office, PDEA 6 Special Enforcement Team and Bacolod City Police Station 1 personnel arrested Noel Quilaton Palacios, alias Toto, 22, in Barangay 10 at 4:20 p.m. Saturday.About 500 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated value of P3. 4 million was recovered from Palacios, including the buy bust money, the PDEA reported.The PDEA also arrested Nemia Aguilar Jalando-on, 43, in Barangay Banago, Bacolod, at 7:43 p.m. Saturday.Seized from her was 20 grams of suspected shabu estimated to cost P136,000 an...