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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz meeting with Vicky O’Halloran, Administrator of the Northern Territory in Australia.*The Negros Occidental provincial government is set to renew its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Northern Territory in Australia for more areas of collaboration, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Thursday, November 10.Also being explored is a sisterhood agreement between Bacolod City and Darwin City in the Northern Territory, he added.Diaz is part of the Negros Occidental delegation led by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson who have been in the Northern Territory this week.Diaz said the existing MOU between Negros Occidental and the Northern Territory is from2018 to 2022, so it is up for...

The active COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental hit 218 on Friday, November 11, with six deaths since the start of November, the Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) reported.The PIMT also reported that Talisay City had the most number of active cases at 19 on Thursday.Silay City had 18 active cases, Cadiz City – 16, Bago City, Escalante City and Murcia – 11 each, Manapla - 8, Kabankalan City and La Carlota City – 7 each, Victorias City – 6, La Castellana, Candoni, Pontevedra, EB Magalona, San Enrique and Valladolid – 5 each, Pulupandan and Sagay – 4 each, Himamaylan City, Calatrava, Cauayan, Ilog, Moises Padilla and Toboso – 2 each, and San Carlos City, Isabela, Salvador Benedicto, Binalbagan and Sipalay City – 1 each.Hinoba-an and Hinigaran had zero active Covid cases.*...

A well in Purok Luhod-luhod being close down on Friday.*Bacolod PIO photoTwelve wells in Purok Luhod-luhod, Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City, were temporarily closed Friday, November 11, for chlorination, Dr. Grace Tan, head of the Environmental Sanitation Division of the City Health Office, said.She said the chlorination on Friday was conducted to ensure that water is safe for residents after one well in Purok Luhod-luhod was found positive for the Vibrio cholerae bacteria.The wells will be opened for use after 24 hours, she said.The Office of the Mayor contracted the mobile water station of Prime Water to temporarily supply the needs of the residents of the purok, she said.Luhod-luhod residents are asking for a Bacolod City Water District-Prime Water connection to th...

The validation of lands, implemented under the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) project, to subdivide the lands that were previously issued to the Negros Occidental ARBs through collective certificate of land ownership award. *DAR photoDepartment of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado Estrella III announced on Friday, November 11, that individual land titles will soon be issued to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Negros Occidental covering 250.18 hectares of agricultural lands.This follows the completion of the validation process in the area, which identified the beneficiaries and affirmed their occupancy and tilling of the land, Estrella said in his announcement posted on the DAR websiteEstrella said that the validation process is imp...

The two batteries were stolen from this Amity tanker.*Two batteries of an Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade tanker were stolen on Thursday, which will hamper the response of their volunteers should a big fire occur, Crispin Chua, Amity Club corporate secretary, said Friday, November 11.The tanker was parked behind their firehouse at Hilado Street when the batteries estimated to cost about P22,000 were stolen, he said.Chua is appealing to anyone who has information regarding the batteries to call 433- 3244 or 09189023568.He said the first time the batteries of the same tanker were stolen three months ago the buyer returned them to Amity, but six days after they were stolen again.The latest theft took place on Thursday. The thieves destroyed the battery cage and lock, Chua...

Thirty-three University of St. La Salle (USLS) College of Medicine graduates passed the October 2022 Physician Licensure Examination.The USLS College of Medicine had a passing rate of 70.21 percent, while the national passing rate was 64.41 percent.The USLS first takers passing rate was 81.58 percent,data from the USLS College of Medicine showed.The 33 who passed are Erma Joice Alindogan, Keith Mark Almarines,Cristina Aniban, Patricia Ann Avelino, Karen Mae Besana, Bryan Amiel Brey, Aubrey Clavel, Eleanor Deita, Rissa Mae Andrea Deocampo, Paul Justin Deoma;Mary Ann Janette Erazo, Rembrandt Firmeza, Marivic Franco, Elmor Gicaro III, Leomer Gromea, Arn Ginette Gutierrez, Judith Dianne Ignacio, Christele Marie Jaen, Gerard Charles Jimenez, Katrina Ma. Antonia Jover, Christine ...

Four people, including two teenagers, were apprehended in a drug buy-bust operation at Barangay 2, Bacolod City, Wednesday, November 10.Nabbed were Reeben Omega, 20, and Joemarie Magbanua, 22, while the names of the two teenagers, aged 15 and 17, were withheld by the police.They yielded 10 grams of suspected shabu worth P68,000, the P500 marked money, and P500 in cash.The four suspects who are in the custody of Police Station 2 are now facing drug charges.*

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB ) has authorized the operation of 1,099 Modernized Jeepney’s (MJ) in Bacolod City.The 1,099 MJs are expected to all be plying the streets of Bacolod by April 1, 2023, a Bacolod Public Information Office report said Thursday. November 10.The awarded units as of November 10 were already 1,046, with 53 unawarded, the report said.The report also said 175 more MJs will be operating in Bacolod City by November 15 in nine routes:• Northbound Terminal - Libertad;• Bata - Libertad;• Eroreco - Central Market;• Punta Taytay - Fr. Ferrero St.;• Alijis (RPHS) - Central Market;• Mansilingan- Central Market via City Heights;• Fortune Towne/Estefania - Central Market;• San Dionisio - Central Market; and• PHHC (Homesite)- Central M...