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Jul172022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Further drop in fuel prices on Tuesday

Fuel prices are expected to further drop this week.Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc. said the price of diesel is expected to decline by P1.90 to P2.10 per liter on Tuesday, July 19.Gasoline prices will also drop by P4.60 to P4.80 per liter, it said.The price of gasoline went down by P5.70 per liter, diesel by P6.10 per liter and kerosene by P6.30 per liter last week.*

Jul172022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Guv lauds dedication of medical technologists

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson acknowledged the dedication and courage of medical technologists, particularly as frontliners in the fight against COVID-19, during the 11th PAMET Visayas Conference hosted by the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists Inc. - Negros Occidental Chapter in Bacolod City on Friday, July 15.Lacson said that medical technologists courageously exposed themselves to patients by being swabbers, and by performing the actual testing at the molecular laboratory, on top of enduring the heat of the PPEs they need to wear for long hours.“Humanity has been aware of the importance of medical technology in the health sector, but the recent health crisis, more than ever, highlighted the significance of medical technologists,” he said.The governo...

Jul172022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Driver dies after crashing motorcycle into tree

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Samuel Gustilo died after his motorcycle hit this tree*BCPO photoA driver died after his motorcycle crashed into a eucalyptus tree along Lacson Extension at Magsaysay Avenue, Brgy. Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, Saturday night, July 16.Killed was Samuel Gustilo, 50, of Brgy. 28.The victim’s motorcycle overshot the road and hit the tree.The impact of the crash caused his instantaneous death.*

Jul172022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolodnon gets life term for sale of P300 in shabu

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A Bacolod resident was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday, July 15, for the sale of P300 in shabu to a police poseur buyer.Executive Judge Raymond Joseph Javier of Bacolod Regional Trial Court Branch 52 sentenced Cezar Jan Adolfo Decosta to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P500,000.Decosta sold .107 gram of shabu to the police poseur buyer at Purok Sigay, Barangay 2, Bacolod City, of Feb. 10, 2020.On his arrest an additional 9.766 grams of shabu and drug paraphernalia were seized from Decosta.He was sentenced to 20 years and one day and to pay a fine of P400,000 for possession of the 9.766 grams of shabu.He was also sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of six months and one day as minimum, to two years and seven months as maximum and to pay a fine of P1...

Jul172022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Status quo remains for Covid alert levels

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Bacolod City and 11 local government units in Negros Occidental will remain under Alert Level One, while the rest of the province will be under Alert Level 2 pending the review of the alert level classifications nationwide, Malacañang announced on Saturday.The status quo covers the entire country. The members of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) are set to meet on July 18 to discuss the alert levels, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said.Under Alert Level 1 in Region 6 are Aklan, Bacolod City, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Iloilo City.The 11 LGUs under Alert Level 1 in Negros Occidental are Cadiz City, Candoni, Talisay City, Victorias City, Enrique B. Magalona, La Carlota City, Pontevedra, Pulupandan, Sagay ...

Jul152022 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Guihulngan police chief killed in mishap; NORPPO director, two others injured

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A policeman died while three others, including the Negros Oriental police director, were injured in a mishap at San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, Friday, July 15.*San Carlos PNP photoThe chief of the Guihulngan police in Negros Oriental was killed while the director of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office and two others were injured after a truck collided with their motorcycle at the highway in Barangay Rizal in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Friday, July 15.Killed was Lt. Col. Ruben Verbo, while NORPPO director Col. Germano Mallari sustained minor injuries.Based on the initial investigation, the group - Verbo on board a motorcycle with rider Richie Dayday, and Mallari also on a separate motorcycle with Edwardo Aceñas - was hit by a dump truck from the opposite la...

Jul152022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

City to seek nat’l government assistance in settling AZ account

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Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Friday, July 15, that he will seek the national government’s assistance in settling the account of Bacolod City with AstraZeneca.Benitez, who was furnished a copy of the tripartite contract by AstraZeneca on Thursday, said he will coordinate with the Department of Health.They are now studying the contract, he said.An AstraZeneca representative who met with Benitez recently said that the city government owed a balance of P98 million for the 650,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines ordered by the Leonardia administration.The Leonardia administration had paid AstraZeneca an initial P65 million, Benitez was also informed.Benitez said 434,000 doses of the vaccines ordered had not been received by Baco...

Jul152022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Power rates up by P2 in July, Ceneco says

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The Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. (Ceneco) announced Friday, July 15, that its residential rate for July has increased by P2.0710 per kilowatt hour, from last month’s rate of P12.1171/kWh to P14.1881/kWh.Ervin Stan Leo Ticar, acting general manager, said the hike can be attributed to the increase in generation, transmission and system loss charges caused by the surge in PCPC fuel rate from P6.4963 to P8.0841, increase in power cost and other pass through charges.The pass-through charges equivalent to P13.0015/kWh of the total power rate include the Generation and Transmission charges, Energy Regulatory Commission-approved adjustments, government subsidies and taxes.Only P1.1866/kWh of the power rate goes to Ceneco through Distribution, Supply, Metering (DSM) Ch...

Jul152022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Discourteous behavior won’t be tolerated: Albee

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez has directed a traffic aide to explain a viral video showing him “acting discourteously and inappropriately” against a jeepney driver and his partner.Benitez in his show cause order addressed to Traffic Aide 1 Chris Aragon released Friday, July 15, directed him to submit an affidavit containing his written explanation within three days on why no formal charge should be filed against him relative to the incident.Failure to file the written explanation shall be construed to be a waiver of his right to be heard and contravene allegations against him, the mayor added.The viral video showed an altercation between Aragon and a certain Regie Desuyo and his partner Joan Ducay at Lacson-BS Aquino Drive in Bacolod City.Maj. Junji Liba, B...

Jul152022 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

City gov’t plans to dispose of hazardous chemicals

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Samples were taken from the hazardous materials for laboratory testing.*DRRMO photoMembers of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office and the City Health Office already contained the foul odor from the chemical spill at the abandoned compound in Barangay 39, Bacolod City, Thursday, July 14.Councilor Pao Sy, head of the council's Committee on Fire, Social Defense and Natural Disasters, said they are planning to dispose of the containers once it is known what kind of chemical are in them.Sy and Karol Joseph Chiu, secretary to the mayor, led the inspection after residents complained about the foul smell from the compound since Wednesday, July 13.They are already investigating who owns the property and what the hazardous chemicals were for, Sy said.*