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Feb142023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Martinez offers nature adventure

Rodney Martinez*Visual artist Rodney Martinez promises something different in his upcoming solo exhibit at the Charlie’s Art Gallery in Italia Restaurant, Bacolod City, which will open this weekend.Entitled “Nature’s Playground,” Martinez is offering a more colorful take on nature which is far from his usual artworks of women, children and seascapes that he is known for.“Painting is an unending search and one must always continue,” Martinez said of his new collection that explored new forms, colors and techniques derived from his favorite subjects.Martinez offers a new collection entitled "Nature's Playground" for his upcoming solo art exhibit.*This journey, he added, has produced a fresh kind of idea in totally new creations.Martinez has c...

Feb142023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

EBM mayor to newlyweds: Raise responsible children

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The couple’s kiss at the Valentine’s Day Mass wedding in EB Magalona.*Mayor Marvin Malacon underscored the indispensable role of parents in raising responsible children who will later become responsible adults and make up a caring and loving community, during a Valentine’s Day mass wedding at the EB Magalona Public Plaza Tuesday morning, February 14.The EB Magalona mayor solemnized the wedding of 33 Saraviahanon couples during the ceremony.It is the seventh year that Malacon officiated the Valentine Mass Wedding in E. B. Magalona since he became mayor in 2016, a press release from the EB Magalona public information office said.Mayor Marvin Malacon, Vice Mayor Eric Matulac, Sangguniang Bayan Members and other officials with the 33 Saraviahanon couples at the Valentine’s Day ...

Feb142023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

More stringent penalties sought vs. pork, poultry ban violators

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The battle to protect the swine and poultry industries of Negros Occidental and Bacolod against Avian Influenza (AI) and African Swine Fever (ASF) will continue, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Monday, February 13.Negros Occidental and Bacolod City will continue to jointly ban the entry of pork and poultry products from areas hit by AI and ASF, Lacson said.“We are very serious in our campaign against anything that will threaten our livelihood, whether its pork or chickens… Losing these industries will have a long term effect to the province that we cannot afford,” he said.On the burning of the P1.4 million worth of eggs seized at the BREDCO port, Lacson said “let’s not take a chance” against the local poultry industry being hit by bird fluBacolod City Legal Officer Romeo Carl...

Feb142023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Fifth visit of St. Thérèse pilgrim relics to Negros set

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Juan Sergio Tan, Virginia Lopo, Fr. Nitodel Soriano, Rosalinda Jover and Fr. Tomas Rito (l-r) at the press conference in Bacolod City on Monday.*Ronnie Baldonado photoThe 5th visit of the pilgrim relics of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus to the Diocese of Bacolod will be held from February 28 to March 2, Fr. Nitodel Soriano, diocesan coordinator for the visit, announced Monday, February 13.Soriano was joined by Fr. Tomas Rito, Juan Sergio Tan, Rosalinda Jover and Virginia Lopo at a press conference in Bacolod City on Monday.Rito said the pilgrim relics will visit numerous areas of the Diocese of Bacolod, and will not just stay at the Carmelite Monastery in Bacolod City as was done in the past.The St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus reliquary will arrive at the BREDCO Port in Baco...

Feb132023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

BFP gathering evidence on cause of 8-hour fire

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Firefighters putting out the blaze at Luzuriaga Street, Bacolod, on Sunday.* Levi Trio photoBureau of Fire Protection investigators are gathering evidence for laboratory tests to determine what caused the eight-hour fire that hit two establishments at Luzuriaga Street in Bacolod City on Sunday, Chief Inspector Rodel Legaspi, Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) - Bacolod chief, said Monday, February 13.The BFP has placed the initial fire damage to Jean’s Boutique owned by Jean Lumauag and Wan Li Marketing owned by Alex Choi at P20,234,400.Legaspi said they have leads on the cause of the fire and will come out with a statement in the next few days.The fire began from the second floor of Jean’s Boutique and spread to the third floor of Wan Li Marketing, Legaspi said.Legaspi sa...

Feb132023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol to stage a night of love and music for Valentine’s Day

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There will be no Valentine’s Day color coding at the Negros Occidental Capitol, just a free night of love and music, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Monday, February 13.The “Music and Hearts” featuring viral and TikTok sensation Limuel Llanes will be held at the Capitol Lagoon Park in Bacolod City starting 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 14.“What is important is the purity of your heart for your respective loved ones,” Lacson said.Interior and Local Government Provincial Director Teodora Sumagaysay in a Facebook post said all personnel are enjoined to “wear your heart out” based on the color coding below:To mark Valentine’s Day numerous towns and cities are also set to hold mass weddings on Tuesday.*

Feb132023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv: Panaad launching to be set at later date

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The launching of the Panaad sa Negros Festival may be held on the last week of February or the first week of March, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Monday, February 13.The launching of the April 17 to 23 festival that was initially set at the Capitol Lagoon and Park on Monday was postponed.It was postponed because they were not happy with the logo and music presented for the festival, Lacson confirmed.“We’re not happy…so we can take our time,” the governor said.The deadline for the submission of the entries for the festival music and logo was Monday afternoon, Charina Magallanes Tan, executive assistant to the governor, said.“Once we are happy with what is presented we can launch, but definitely the Panaad sa Negros Festival will be held in April”, Lacson said.*...

Feb132023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Governor won’t declare HFMD outbreak in Negros

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The Provincial Health Office has not recommended the declaration of a hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) outbreak in Negros Occidental, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Monday afternoon, February 13.So there will be no declaration of an HFMD outbreak in the province, he said.While the reported increase of HFMD cases in Negros Occidental by 6,300 percent at the start of the year is very alarming, the PHO is in a better position to advise if a declaration of an outbreak is needed, Lacson said Monday morning.He said it was most likely that he would declare an outbreak, but he would follow the judgment of the PHO.A declaration of an outbreak will mean all city and municipal health units should exert more effort to inform their constituents about HFMD that is highly contagious and...

Feb132023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Teen stabbed dead trying to stop mauling

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A19-year-old Himamaylan resident who tried stop a fight was stabbed to death 4:30 a.m. Saturday, February 12, the police reported on Monday.The victim was identified as Mark Gollegue Libo-on of Purok 4, Brgy Nabalian, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, while the suspect is a 17-year-old male whose name was withheld for being a minor.The victim was at a store at Purok 4 when he saw his friend being mauled by the suspect, the police said.Libo-on tried to pacify the two but the minor stabbed him several times resulting in his death, the police said.The suspect who was under the custody of the Himamaylan police Women and Children Protection Desk was set to be referred to the Department of Social Welfare and the Development.In San Carlos City Alberto Tranilla Sateniaman, 47...

Feb132023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Cauayan cops seize P2M in ‘smuggled cigarettes’

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The seized cigarettes in Cauayan, Negros Occidental.*PNP photoThe police confiscated P2 million in suspected smuggled cigarettes at Purok 3, Brgy. Isio, Cauayan, Negros Occidental, 3 a.m. Sunday, February 12.The police also arrested three suspects identified as Dandy Carbon Calago, 28, of Brgy. Polangco, Dipolog City, and Rolando Sanchez Lanario, 27, and Joel Absin Carvana, 42 , both of Brgy. Tuguis, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental.The Cauayan police station received a phone call from their intelligence personnel on the presence of the smuggled cigarettes in Purok 3.The police immediately responded and confiscated about 100 boxes containing different brands of cigarettes estimated to cost P2 million.The suspects failed to present necessary documents for the cigarettes, the...