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Feb92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Go says he’ll support majority’s stand on NIR

Mayor Marxlen dela Cruz and Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go (right) in Don Salvador Benedicto on Thursday.*Romeo Subaldo photoSenator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go said he will support whatever the decision of the majority is on the creation of the Negros Island Region.Go was in Don Salvador Benedicto town in Negros Occidental for its Kali-Kalihan Festival on Thursday, February 9.He is just one out of 24 votes in the Senate “but rest assured I will support whatever is good for Negros”, Go said.All of the representatives of Negros and Siquijor islands are pushing for the creation of a new region. Their pending bill in Congress calls for the new region to be composed of Negros Occidental and Oriental, and Siquijor.He will support what is good, right and proper for...

Feb92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Go breaks ground for San Carlos super health center, more to come

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Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go and Mayor Renato Gustilo (3rd and 2nd from left) at the groundbreaking of the Super Health Center in San Carlos City.*San Carlos LGU photoSenator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go and Mayor Renato Gustilo led the groundbreaking for a Super Health Center (SHC) at Brgy. Prosperidad, San Carlos City in Negros Occidental, on Thursday, February 9.There were funds allocated for 307 SHCs in 2022 and 222 in 2023 nationwide, with Negros Occidental allocated seven in 2022 and 18 in 2023, Go said.The San Carlos Super Health Center will cost P16 million, with P10 million from the Department of Health (DOH) and a P6 million counterpart from San Carlos City.Go said he is very happy that Brgy. Prosperidad is getting a Super Health Center, because he lea...

Feb92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

2 suspects in slay of Teves, foreigner’s wife shot dead

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Maila Ozoa Cagas and Tim Moerch at the Valencia police station hours before they were killed Wednesday night.*Photo courtesy of Bhoy PilonggoThree persons, including two suspects in the killing of the brother of a mayor, were shot to death in Barangay Balugo, Valencia town, Negros Oriental, late Wednesday evening, February. 8.Killed were Danish national Tim Moerch, 45, his legal wife Karen Kate Cadiente Moerch and Maila Ozoa Cagas, 40.Tim Moerch and Cagas were among three persons linked to the killing of Don Paulo Zartega Teves, 42, the younger brother of Mayor Edgar Teves Jr., and son of former Mayor Edgar Teves Sr.The body of Don Paulo, who sustained a bullet wound on the left side of his head, was found near a dumpster in Purok 3, Barangay Calayugan in Valencia at 8:33 a...

Feb92023 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Housing orientation held for Bacolod informal settlers

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The housing orientation in Barangay Banago, Bacolod City*Councilor Vladimir Gonzalez FB page photoThe Task Force Pabahay, along with the Pag-IBIG marketing staff, conducted a series of housing and Pag-IBIG orientations for the informal settler families (ISFs) of barangays 7, 41, Banago, Sum-ag, Bata, and Villamonte in Bacolod City on the housing program of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez.The orientations were organized by the Pabahay Community Organizers and was spearheaded by Pabahay Program Coordinator Joel Vergara, the Bacolod City government announced Thursday, February 9.Hundreds of ISFs signified their intention to avail the Bacolod Pabahay program which aims to provide 10,000 housing units.The first batch of beneficiaries will be screened as recommended by the Pabahay...

Feb92023 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

240,000 eggs seized

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Authorities intercepted 8,000 trays containing 240,000 table eggs at the BREDCO port in Bacolod City on Monday, OIC provincial veterinarian Placeda Lemana reported Thursday, February 9.The eggs were seized by personnel of the Bureau of Animal Industry Veterinary Quarantine Service 6, Department of Agriculture, and the Veterinary Offices of Negros Occidental and Bacolod.The eggs were immediately disposed to protect the poultry and gamefowl industries of the province against avian influenza or bird flu.In January P293,830 worth of prohibited poultry and poultry products were seized at the airport, seaports and other entry points in the province, Lemana also said.The African Swine Fever Task Force also seized pork and pork products worth P382,111.00 in January, she added.T...

Feb92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Grandma hacked dead by minor who hit her dog

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Angelina Asugan Escorial was hacked to death in her house in San Carlos City.* PNP photoA 78-year-old grandmother was hacked to death at Sitio Pisong, Brgy. Buluangan, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 8.The victim was identified by Angelina Asugan Escorial, while the name of her assailant was withheld for being a minor, the police said Thursday.Police investigation showed that the victim reprimanded the 17-year-old suspect after he struck her dog with a bamboo pole.The suspect got angry which led to his hacking the victim multiple times using a sharp-bladed weapon. The victim sustained hack wounds on different parts of her body and one on her head which caused her death, the police said.The suspect voluntarily surrendered at the Buluangan ...

Feb92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

HFMD cases increase by 6,300% in Neg. Occ.

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All mayors and health officials in Negros Occidental have been advised to strengthen their preparedness and response against the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), with cases in the province having increased by 6,300 percent.The province is on alert status versus HFMD cases, Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, provincial health officer, said Thursday, February 9.There were 320 HFMD cases reported from January 1 to February 4, or an increase by 6,300 percent compared to the five cases in the same period last year, he said.Kabankalan City had the highest number of HFMD cases at 73.HFMD is a highly contagious viral disease affecting various life stages but occurs most often in children, Tumimbang said.Infection can be transmitted by person-to-person contact through nose and throat sec...

Feb92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Non-working holiday in Talisay on Friday

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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared Friday, February 10, a special non working holiday in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.This is to mark the celebration of Talisay’s 25th Charter Anniversary, Proclamation 143 issued Tuesday, February 7, said.“It is but fitting and proper that the people of the City of Talisay be given full opportunity to celebrate and participate in the occasion with appropriate ceremonies,” the proclamation signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin for the president added.*

Feb92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bulk water project to continue even without BACIWA: Lacson

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Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Wednesday, February 8, that the Negros Occidental provincial government will proceed with its bulk water project even if the Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA) does not avail of its supply.“The bulk water project being pushed by the province will be implementable maybe three years from now so if BACIWA thinks three years from now they will have enough water, I guess that is why they don’t want to join,” he said.“BACIWA’s not joining the project may affect it, but there are other options and we will just have to rethink what to do”, he said.Aboitiz InfraCapital that is proposing a P2.8 billion bulk water supply joint venture project with the Negros Occidental and Bacolod City governments is expected to submit its unsolicited proposal befor...

Feb92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv prefers executive order creating NIR, not sub regions

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Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson*Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said he would prefer that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issue an executive order creating the Negros Island Region, instead of sub-regions, ahead of the passage of a law.The EO could be similar to the one issued by former President Benigno Aquino III that led to the creation of the NIR composed of Negros Occidental and Oriental on May 29, 2015, Lacson said on Wednesday, February 8.However, former President Rodrigo Duterte abolished the NIR on Aug. 9, 2017.Lacson also reiterated that the call of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo for the creation of a third Negros province to ensure “equal footing” under the new region can be addressed through other means.The need for equal footing can b...