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Feb52023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Missing fisherman’s body found in Cadiz

The fisherman's body was found on the shoreline of Cadiz Viejo.*PNP photoThe body of a 35-year-old fisherman who went missing was found on the shoreline of Brgy. Cadiz Viejo, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, 7 a.m. Saturday, February 4.The victim was identified as Elmero Fernandez Padayao, 35, of Villa Luisa, Brgy. Luna, the police said.The victim left his house at 4 a.m. on February 1 to go fishing and was reported missing when he failed to return home.His body was positively identified by his siblings, the police said.*

Feb52023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

3 shot, hacked dead in Candoni during search for stolen carabao

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The search for a stolen carabao resulted in the killing of three persons in Sitio Buyong, Brgy Cabia-an, Candoni, Negros Occidental, at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4.Killed were farmer Edmund Pacheco Castro and his 9-year-old son of Brgy Haba, and Analie Oreta Emaray, 44, of Brgy Cabia-an all in Candoni.The police already have a person of interest in the killing whose name is being withheld pending his arrest, Maj. Ruel Culanag, Candoni police chief, said.He said Castro and son went to Cabia-an in search of their stolen carabao and the suspect chased and killed them.The 9-year-old boy was found near Amara, who may have been killed because she could identify the suspect, Culanag said.Emaray sustained a gunshot wound on her upper eyebrow and Pacheco suffered from mul...

Feb42023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

NEDA Board okays P17B new Dumaguete airport

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The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board approved the P17 billion New Dumaguete Airport Development Project on Thursday, February 2, NEDA Secretary Arsenio Balisacan announced Friday.Under the project, a new airport in Bacong, Negros Oriental, will be developed with domestic and international standards for operational safety and efficiency, Balisacan said in a statement.The project will be implemented within seven years, he added.It will replace the existing Dumaguete-Sibulan Airport “due to physical and operational constraints”, Balisacan said.“The New Dumaguete Airport shall enhance the province’s tourism and trade potential, economic activities, and standard of living,” he said.The total project cost is P17 billion, of which P13 billion will be fu...

Feb32023 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

City conducting inventory of all office equipment

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The Bacolod Committee on Good Governance is currently conducting an inventory of all the equipment in the various departments of the city government, City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III said Friday, February 3.This is on top of its search for the 122 city vehicles that have yet to be accounted for, he said.The Central Processing Unit or CPU of some computers of the city government cannot be found, he said.The employees who were issued memorandum receipts for the equipment that cannot be found will be held accountable, he said.The inventory is also being conducted to identify unserviceable equipment that can no longer be repaired, so they can be sold through bidding, Maghari said.The various departments are expected to submit their inventory lists this February, he s...

Feb32023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Police seize shabu, nab jobless man

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The Bacolod police arrested a jobless man in a drug buy-bust operation at Purok Sigay, Brgy 2, Bacolod City, 2 p.m. Friday, February 3.Nabbed was Cyros Narciso Canlas, 27, the police said.Seized from him was 3 grams of suspected shabu valued at P20,400.He was detained at Bacolod Police Station 2.*

Feb32023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

20 EBMagalona applicants qualify for IT scholarships

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The exam and interviews were conducted by NOLITC project development officer Avelyn Marañon *Twenty applicants from E. B. Magalona have qualified for scholarships in two Information Technology courses of the Negros Occidental provincial government for 2023, Mayor Marvin Malacon said Friday, February 3."Take this scholarship seriously by diligently attending the daily classes. The knowledge and the skills you will have learned from this course will be your ticket to finding a better job, and eventually leading a prosperous life," the mayor told the scholars.The Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC), a technical-vocational school owned and operated by the Provincial Government, conducted a pre-assessment examination and interview at the E. B. Magal...

Feb32023 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Former mayor may run for barangay captain

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Councilor Richard Jaojoco*Councilor Richard Jaojoco has transferred his voter registration from Barangay Pobacion to Magticol in Toboso Negros Occidental.He transferred his voter registration as he may run as barangay captain of Macticol in the barangay elections in October, Jaojoco said Friday, February 11.Jaojoco is a former three-term mayor of Toboso.His resignation as councilor will be automatic if he files a certificate to run for barangay captain, he said.If he wins he may then run as president of the Association of Barangay Captains.As a former chief executive, he has seen the importance of serving at the grassroots, he said.*

Feb32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

‘Degamo proposal diversionary tactic’

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San Carlos Mayor Renato Gustilo.*San Carlos City Mayor Renato Gustilo said on Friday, February 3, that the proposal of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo to create a third province in Negros Island is a diversionary tactic.“Put him in a mental hospital,” Gustilo said.Degamo, in a meeting with Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Wednesday, said the new region 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.Degamo wants the new region to include four provinces by creating a third one from Vallehermoso in Negros Oriental to Escalante City in Negros Occidental.Gustilo pointed out that a t...

Feb32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros rep rejects Degamo’s push for 3rd Negros province

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Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer (Neg. Occ., 4th District) *Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer (Neg. Occ., 4th District) said on Friday, February 3, that she cannot accept the proposal of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo to create a third province in Negros as a pre-requisite for the passage of the Negros Island Region (NIR) bill.Ferrer, author of House Bill 119 that is the mother bill of the NIR consolidated and substitute bill, said ultimately it is Congress who has the legislative authority to approve it.Degamo, in a meeting with Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Wednesday, said the new region 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...

Feb32023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Isabela to feel effect of stolen funds later in year, mayor says

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Mayor Irene Montilla said they will make sure that the person responsible for the loss of funds belonging to the municipal government of Isabela in Negros Occidental will be held responsible.While the loss of the funds will not be felt by the municipality immediately, it will before the end of the year if it is not returned, Montilla said Friday, February 3.Former Isabela municipal treasurer Nenette Mandadero Escarda said funds of the municipality that she brought to Bacolod City to be deposited in a bank were stolen from her house at Las Palmas Subdivision in Barangay Taculing, on January 21.Montilla said according to Escarda the amount stolen was P3.8 million in checks and P2.6 million in cash but they are still investigating the exact amount.The Commission on Audit is in...