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Nov172022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol releases 14th month pay, also giving P40,000 bonus: Diaz

The Negros Occidental provincial government has started releasing the 14th month salaries of its employees who will also receive P40,000 bonuses, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Thursday, November 17.The 14th month salary must be released starting November 15 and some departments have already done it, Diaz said.The 13th month salaries of the Capitol employees were released in the middle of the year, he added.The P40,000 bonus to be released will include the Collective Negotiation Incentive – P25,000, Service Recognition Incentive – P10,000 andProductivity Enhancement Incentive - P5,000, Diaz said.Last year the Capitol employees’ bonus was P65,000 each. However, the Commission on Audit has disallowed the provincial government from granting the Incentive Benef...

Nov172022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv calls top taxpayers new heroes of Negros

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The top individual taxpayers with Negros Occidental officials led by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson*Richard Malihan photoGov. Eugenio Jose Lacson called the top corporate and individual real property taxpayers on Negros Occidental new heroes “in this time of time of great need”.The top taxpayers were honored during the “Pasidungog sa mga Bag-o nga Baganihan sang Probinsiya (Awards for the New Heroes of the Province)” ceremony at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall Wednesday night.The awardees under the Corporate Category were the Negros Island Solar Power Inc., Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company, Manapla Sun Power Development Corporation, Asian Alcohol Corporation, and Tanduay Distillers Inc.The top corporate taxpayers with Negros Occidental officials led by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson...

Nov172022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

611 displaced E.B. Magalona workers receive TUPAD wages

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Another batch of beneficiaries from E. B. Magalona received wages under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) – Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers (TUPAD) on Thursday, November 17.A total of 611 residents received P4,500 each for rendering 10 days of clean-up drive work, during the cash payout facilitated by Victoria Diwata Borines, focal coordinator of DOLE-TUPAD Negros Occidental Field Office, and Jessilyn Plaza, E. B. Magalona Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager, at the Public Plaza, a press release from EB Magalona said.The TUPAD fund was facilitated by Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod Party-list) as requested by Mayor Marvin Malacon.Joining Malacon at the payout program were councilors Jovie Madayag and Isidro Gome...

Nov172022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv holds issuance of EO on wearing mask at Capitol

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The Negros Occidental provincial government will follow President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s executive order allowing the voluntary wearing of face masks indoors, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Thursday, November 17.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson earlier said he would issue an executive order requiring the continued wearing of face masks inside provincial government offices.The governor has decided to remain silent on the matter and follow the national government pronouncements, Diaz said.However, we are calling for personal vigilance, Diaz said.“If you are careful you will use masks, especially indoors. It’s up to the individual to look after his own health,” Diaz said.There were 280 active COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, and nine deaths since ...

Nov172022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Murcia farmers receive seeds, fertilizers, cash

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One hundred Murciahanon farmers who grow high-value crops received two bags of fertilizers each during the distribution led by Mayor Gerry Rojas.*Murcia farmers received palay seeds, fertilizers and cash assistance under various programs facilitated by the Municipality of Murcia headed by Mayor Gerry Rojas and Vice Mayor Johnny Reosura.Sixty-five Murciahanon rice farmers from barangays Salvacion, Blumentritt, Cansilayan and Damsite received bags of palay seeds, while 100 farmers producing high value crops received two bags of fertilizers each, under the national government’s Typhoon Odette recovery program on Monday, November 14.“We were able to access these programs for our farmers through our close collaboration with our provincial government and with the office of 3rd Distri...

Nov172022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Neg. Occ. in Top 3 for EXCELL award

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Negros Occidental is one of the top three contenders in Western Visayas for the EXCELL (Excellence in Local Governance) Award given by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, November 17.The EXCELL Award recognizes the best managed local governments that demonstrate best practices, achievements and innovations in governance, administration, social services, economic development, environmental management and local legislation.Negros Occidental already made it to the top three in Region 6, Diaz said.DILG representatives are arriving in Negros Occidental Friday for validation and final screening, he said.The provincial government will present the various innovations it has implemented such as the Capito...

Nov162022 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Whale shark trapped in net rescued

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Coast Guard personnel help rescue the trapped whale shark Wednesday.*PCG photoA whale shark that was trapped inside a net in the waters of Barangay Banago, Bacolod City, was rescued Wednesday, November 16.The fishermen immediately informed the authorities about the incident, which prompted the Philippine Coast Guard to deploy their personnel to help the whale shark, locally known as butanding.They dragged the whale shark back to the middle of the sea and released it.*

Nov162022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol employees’ bonuses expected to be less this year

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The Negros Occidental provincial government employees’ bonuses this December are expected to be lower than last year.That is because the Commission on Audit has disallowed the provincial government from granting the Incentive Benefit for Exemplary Services (IBES).The provincial government will only grant bonuses that it is allowed to give, Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Wednesday, November 16.“We will stop the policy of giving what we know will be denied at the end of day,” he said, pointing out that they have never won an appeal to the COA ruling.The denied amounts will have to be deducted from the employees retirement fund, he said.If the COA eventually allows the granting of the IBES, the provincial government will continue to give it to its e...

Nov162022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

Scout ranger dies, 4 others injured in restobar shooting

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Bullets at the scene of the shooting incident in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City.*BCPO photoA 26-year-old Scout Ranger was shot to death while four others were injured after they figured in a verbal confrontation at a restobar in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 16.Killed was Private First Class Edmark Iwayan of of Barangay Balintawak, Escalante City.Maj. Joery Puerto, Police Station 8 chief, said Iwayan was drinking with his army comrade, PFC Joebert Villagracia, and the owner of the bar, Joebert Visem, who is also a former member of the Army, when the suspect and his group arrived.The suspect identified as 41-year-old accountant Ulysis Carampatana of Sta. Lucia, Brgy .Taculing, insisted to be served with drinks but the rest...

Nov162022 by Marchel P. EspinaNo Comments

‘Love’ yields over P300K worth of drugs in Bacolod

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The buy-bust operation at Barangay 1, Bacolod City, on Wednesday.*BCPO photoA woman, who was tagged as a high-value target by the police, was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation at Barangay 1, Bacolod City, Wednesday, November 16.Nabbed was 33-year-old Lyna “Love” Mabunay, who is an online seller.During the bust, the suspect allegedly sold P2,000 worth of suspected shabu to a police poseur buyer.On her arrest she also yielded 51 grams of illegal drugs worth P346,800, a sling bag and P500 in cash proceeds, the police said.Mabunay is now detained at Police Station 2, and will face drug charges.Mabunay’s selling of bags and beauty products online was believed to be a front of her alleged illegal activity, the City Drug Enforcement Unit said.In 2019, her live-in p...