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Jan102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Diaz: Appointment of GSO head, assistant prov’l accountant ok’d

Arnel Argusar and Jamira Magbanua*Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has appointed a General Services Office head and assistant provincial accountant, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Tuesday, January 10.The Negros Occidental provincial government selection board had approved the appointments of Arnel Argusar as GSO head and Jamira Magbanua as assistant provincial accountant, he said.Diaz said their appointments need to be concurred by the Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan.The promotions of several others were also approved and vacant permanent positions were filled up, Diaz said.“We are trying to strengthen all of our departments by filling up vacant permanent positions,” he said.The provincial government is also aiming to grant its per...

Jan102023 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Notices to vacate served to two Manokan tenants

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The Bacolod City Legal Office (CLO) served the tenants of two stalls at the Manokan Country notices to pay and vacate on Tuesday, January 10.The two were served the notices for failure to pay arrears on their rent for years, and despite a compromise agreement reached in 2022.The CLO Enforcement Team found the stall of Rosenie Jaranilla closed.Their electricity had been cut off since November, Jaranilla said.Allan Penaflorida was not at his stall and his caretaker said he was looking for a way to pay the city government.City Treasurer's Office records show that the two owe the city government more than P1 million.The two were given 15 days to pay or vacate their stalls.*

Jan102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Banago man killed

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A man was stabbed and killed at his home at Purok Mahimulaton, Brgy. Banago in Bacolod City at about 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 10, the police said.Killed was Jerald Ty Mirasol, 48, who was formerly detained on drug charges, PCpl. Eugene Ian Baylon of Police Station 3 said.The suspects are Brix Pama Domingo, 19, and his father Rolly Salvador Domingo, 48, who are at-large, Baylon added.Police investigation showed that the victim was sitting in the balcony of his house playing games on his cellular phone when the suspects stabbed him and fled.The suspects were borders at the house.The victim was brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.*

Jan102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

House panel okays substitute bill creating NIR, TWG to set roadmap

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Representatives Greg Gasataya, Gerardo Valmayor Jr., Alfredo Marañon III, Francisco Benitez, Juliet Marie Ferrer and Mercedes Alvarez (l-r) are among those who introduced the substitute bill.*The House Committee on Local Government approved a substitute bill seeking the creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR), which will include Siquijor, on Tuesday, January 10, Rep. Francisco Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) said.The bill was introduced by Benitez and Negros Occidental representatives Gerardo Valmayor Jr. – 1st District, Alfredo Marañon III – 2nd District, Juliet Marie Ferrer – 4th District, Emilio Bernardino Yulo – 5th District and Mercedes Alvarez - 6th District, Greg Gasataya – Bacolod and Joseph Stephen Paduano – Abang Lingkod Partylist.The bill states that the Negros ...

Jan102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Robbers fire at vehicle in La Castellana, 2 injured

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A man carrying a banana trunk blocked a road causing a vehicle to slow down as four men approached and shot at its passengers before declaring a holdup at Sitio Lapak, Brgy Robles in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, 10 a.m. Tuesday, January 10.A job order employee of the La Castellana Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office who was driving a Toyota Innova and his mother who is a teacher were injured, and the robbers took their money, the police said.Injured was Shaem Job Magaspag Galimba, 34, who was hit by a bullet on the left side of his body and was in serious condition, and his mother Chona Magaspag Galimba, 60, who was hit on her right shoulder and was out of danger, the police said.Seated in the back of seats of the vehicle were Katrina Aliermo, 31, Ma. Fe Mo...

Jan102023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Distribution of school supplies to 23,000 Bagonhon pupils begins

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Bago Vice Mayor Ramon Torres awith other local officials leads the ceremonial turnover of school supplies to more than 4,000 school children from five public schools in the city comprising the District IA at Vidal Cauntoy Elementary School in Barangay Dulao Tuesday afternoon, January 10.*Bago PIO photoThe Bago City government has started the distribution of school supplies worth P5.54 million to more than 23,000 public school children, from Kindergarten to Grade 6, in the city.Vice Mayor Ramon Torres along with other local officials led the ceremonial turnover of customized school supplies to over 4,000 school children from five public schools in the city comprising the District IA at J.L. Araneta Elementary School in Barangay Taloc Tuesday morning, January 10, a press release from...

Jan102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Another NPA rebel killed in Guihulngan

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The 62IB soldiers carrying the remains of the slain suspected rebel.*Army photoAnother alleged New People’s Army (NPA) member in Central Negros was killed in an encounter with 62nd Infantry “Unifier” Battalion troops in Sitio Banderahan, Brgy Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, at about 7 a.m. Tuesday, December 10.Killed was Orlando Fat, alias Banban, a resident of Sitio Banderahan and an alleged political instructor of the NPA Guerilla Unit 3 of the Central Negros Front 1 that operates in the tri-boundaries of Guihulngan City and Canlaon City in Negros Oriental and Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, the 62nd IB reported.He was killed in a 62IB IB encounter with about five NPA rebels.Concerned residents annoyed by the rebels’ extortion, intimidation, and harassment ...

Jan102023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

No word from Pamitan yet on resignation, Lacson says

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said he has not heard from PCol. Leo Pamitan yet*Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez on Monday, January 9, said they support the call of Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. for police colonels and generals to file their courtesy resignations in an effort to help purge the Philippine National Police (PNP) of cops involved in the illegal drug trade.Lacson said PCol. Leo Pamitan, Negros Occidental police director, has not informed him yet if he has tendered his courtesy resignation.“I also want to talk to him to ask if he already submitted his courtesy resignation,” he said.Lacson said Pamitan should follow the call of his superiors.He said the call of Abalos for the courtesy re...

Jan92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Ceneco backs Benitez call for probe on high power cost

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CENECO president Jojit Yap (center) flanked by lawyer Chuchie Destriza – Office of the General Manager OIC and Norman Pollentes - corporate planning manager at a press conference Monday.*Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Monday, January 9, that he will seek a rebate on consumers’ electricity bills if it is discovered that a coal-fired power plant overcharged Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO).Benitez has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to investigate why two different contract prices were charged for the purchase of power by CENECO from Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC).Under a 35MW 10-year contract PCPC charged CENECO P14.6 per KWH and under a 20MW 1-year contract it charged P10. 27 per KWH.Benitez wants ERC to investigate where PCPC is...

Jan92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

City sets up system to hasten JO salaries, prevent ghost employees

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Identification cards were being issued to job order workers at the Bacolod City Government Center lobby on Monday.*Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Monday, January 9, that the work done by 894 job order (JO) workers hired by the city government previously could not be identified.They were removed from the list and the city government now has 2,700 job order workers, he said.The assignments of all of the JO workers were reviewed to make sure that they are doing actual work, he said.More JO workers will be hired as additional projects are implemented within the year, he said.“We want to make sure that all those we hire have something to do…and are actually productive,” he said.The city government has put in place a scheme to prevent ghost JO workers, he ...