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Aug82022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Rotary Club officially turns over computer laboratory to NOHS

The members of the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central, led by President Juliana Carbon and District Governor-Elect Maria Ester Espina, are joined by the NOHS teachers, NOLITC director Cristina Orbecido and some of the graduates of Batch 1.*Two years after launching the program entitled, “3Cs Towards Global Competitiveness,” the Rotary Club of Bacolod Central officially turned over the 40-unit computer laboratory to the Negros Occidental High School.The program was made possible through a global grant by The Rotary Foundation with international support from the Rotary Club of Cheongyu-Wawoo of District 3740 in South Korea. The club also partnered with the NOHS Batch 85.It was designed to provide a facility that will enable training on contact center services and other information te...

Aug72022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

No eviction just regulation, city sidewalk vendors told

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (center) with Councilor Celia Flor and City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III meeting with the representatives of the vendors on Saturday.*The Bacolod government will not evict the close to 1,000 sidewalk vendors in the city, the majority of whom are vending outside three major public markets, but will regulate the areas where they can vend, Councilor Celia Flor said on Sunday, August 7.Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Flor and City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III met with the representatives of the vendors on Saturday.The sidewalk vendors feared that they would be cleared out, Flor, who chairs the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Markets and Slaughterhouse, said.“We told them that was not our intention, our i...

Aug72022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Consumers’ group slams CENECO ‘Triple A’ status

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Consumers’ group Power Watch Negros slammed the Category AAA or Triple A rating of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. (CENECO) given recently by the National Electrification Administration (NEA).Power Watch secretary-general Wennie Sancho said Sunday, August 7, that the award is a “form of window dressing or an instance of making something appear more attractive in an attempt to redeem a tarnished image.”This is another uproar amid the controversies hounding CENECO from mismanagement to neglect of duties, he added.The Triple A Category is the highest rating given by NEA to electric cooperatives that have performed excellently in their operations. From 2016 to 2021, CENECO was able to maintain the Triple A status.But Sancho chided NEA for being “oblivious” that onl...

Aug72022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Cops nab 2 for drugs in Victorias, Bacolod

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The drugs recovered during the raid in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, Saturday, August 6.*BCPO photoA drugs high-value target was arrested after he encountered a police patrol team at Osmeña Avenue in Brgy. 13, Victorias City, Negros Occidental, on Saturday, August 6.Nabbed was 43-year-old Jerry Magallanes of Zone 5, Brgy. 6 in Victorias.The police said the patrol team flagged down the motorcycle-riding suspect when they saw a handgun protruding from his waist.When inspected, the suspect yielded a .38 caliber pistol with three live ammunition, and four sachets containing suspected shabu worth P3,400, the police said.The suspect is now in police custody and will face charges for illegal possession of drugs and firearm.Meanwhile, drugs street-level suspe...

Aug72022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Man found dead with slashed throat

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The man who was found dead in Brgy. Mambulac, Silay City.*Silay PNP photoA man with a slashed throat was found dead at Antonio Luna Interior, Brgy. Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, Friday night, August 5.He was identified as 20-year-old Steven Placido of Loney 1, Brgy. Mambulac in Silay.The victim succumbed to stab wounds on his armpit and slashed throat.The killing could be a case of mistaken identity as the victim has an identical twin, who may have been the target of the unidentified suspects, the police said.Police are still investigating the incident.*

Aug72022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Heroes welcome set for Bago softbelles

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The Bago City Girls Junior League Softball Team *Little League Philippines photoTeam Asia-Pacific represented by the Bago City Girls Junior League Softball Team won third place in the 2022 Junior League Softball World Series held in Kirkland, Washington in the United States of America, Bago Mayor Nicholas Yulo said Sunday. Bago is beaming with pride, he said.“I personally would like to congratulate our softball girls and their coaches for their hard work, dedication, and perseverance in bringing honor not only to Bago City but to the entire nation,” he said.He thanked the parents for encouraging their children and the Filipino community in the USA for taking good care of the Bago players, which boosted their morale and fighting spirit to hit a “home run”.“Our new j...

Aug72022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Diesel, gas prices to drop

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Diesel and gasoline prices are expected to go down starting Tuesday, August 9. Unioil Petroleum Philippines on Saturday forecasted that fuel prices will drop from August 9 to 15.Diesel prices should go down by P2 to P2.20 per liter, it said.Unioil also said gasoline prices should drop by P1.90 to P2.10 per liter.*

Aug72022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Negrense softbelles fifth place in World Series seniors division

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Negros Occidental Provincial Sports Coordinator Anthony Carlo Agustin with the Negros softbelles and their coaches in Delaware, USA.*The Negrense softball girls won the fifth place in the World Series Little League Softball Girls Seniors Division 2022 in Delaware, USA, on Saturday, August 6, Negros Occidental Provincial Sports Coordinator Anthony Carlo Agustin said Sunday.The Negros players won 6-5 against the California team to take 5th place, he saidThey earlier lost their bid to qualify for the quarterfinals after losing to the South East Florida Team 7-1.“We will get better next time, we are proud of them”, Agustin said of the Negros players.He said Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson even gave the players a pep talk before the game.*

Aug72022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv: One political party for Negros not discussed

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The newly elected officers of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines – Negros Occidental chapter *Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Sunday, August 7, stressed the need for organizations of local government officials to focus on good governance.“Good governance is our contribution to nation building,“ he said.The programs of the provincial government are geared towards good governance, Lacson added.The officers of the Negros Association of Chief Executives led by Victorias Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, League of Municipalities of the Philippines – Negros Occidental chapter headed by Pulupandan Mayor Miguel Antonio Peña, and the Vice Mayors League of the Philippines – Negros Occidental chapter led by Pulupandan Vice Mayor Anthony Gerard Suatengco recently ...

Aug72022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Protecting small sugar farmers among priorities of Valderrama

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Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez administers the oath of SRA Board Member Aurelio Valderrama, Jr., left, representing the planters at the BCGC Saturday. *Archie Rey Alipalo photoNegrense Aurelio Gerardo Valderrama Jr., the newly-installed board member of the Sugar Regulatory Administration, vowed to work towards the unification of a common goal and set aside political and personal agenda for the survival of the industry."I will talk to every planter, find out what their concerns are. My dream and my prayer is that we can unify and have one common agenda," said Valderrama, SRA board member representing the planters, after taking his oath before Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez at the Bacolod City Government Center on Saturday, August 7.Valderrama, president of the VICMICO Planters A...