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Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) said on Thursday, April 28, that he is proud to be part of the electric vehicles development bill that has now become a law, known as Republic Act 11697.“I am proud to be part of the Bicameral Conference Committee that consolidated the House and Senate bills on this important subject. As climate change intensifies, we need to transition away from fossil fuels and develop vehicles that utilize other energy sources,” Benitez said.Benitez was a member of the Bicameral Conference Committee that crafted RA 11697.RA 11697, a Comprehensive Roadmap for the Electric Vehicle Industry (CREVI), will serve as a national development plan for the electric vehicles (EV) industry to accelerate the development, commercialization, an...

DSB PNP photoA newly-opened cafe in Barangay Bunga, Don Salvador Benedicto, was robbed Wednesday night, April 27.Four unidentified suspects, who were onboard two motorcycles, pretended to be customers and even ordered food at the establishment, the police reported.They then declared a hold-up and carted away P13,000 worth of sales from the cafe and another P20,000 from a customer.The police are continuing to investigate the case.*

3ID photoMaj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division commander, is encouraging all soldiers who registered for the three-day Local Absentee Voting (LSV) to exercise their rights to suffrage.“We would like to thank the Commission of Elections (Comelec) for the opportunity given to soldiers to vote, before their actual deployment in areas of Western and Central Visayas. Together with other state forces and the Comelec, we all aim to have a safe and peaceful election this coming May”, he said.Arevalo said 1,186 3ID personnel across Western and Central Visayas signified to the Commission of Election to participate in a three-day LAV.A total of 61 personnel of the 303rd Infantry Brigade in Brgy Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental, were approved by the Comelec to...

The National Police Commission has upheld its earlier decision to dismiss six former Moises Padilla policemen for arresting then vice mayor and now Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo and her husband Felix Yulo III at a checkpoint in 2017.The couple accused the policemen of harassing and planting evidence against them.The new decision dated March 4, 2022, and released to the media Wednesday, April 27, was signed by Acting Staff Service Chief Chito Bustonera of the NAPOLCOM Legal Affairs Service.The NAPOLCOM ordered the Philippine National Police to dismiss the policemen from the service within five days from receipt of its order.NAPOLCOM has also ordered the cancellation of their police eligibilities, forfeiture of retirement benefits, except accrued leave credits, and perpetual disqual...

NOCPPO photoClose to 1,000 of the more than 2,700 listed absentee voters in Negros Occidental, most of whom are uniformed personnel, began voting on Wednesday, April 27.Absentee voters can only vote for a president, vice president, 12 senators, and one party-list group using manual ballots.The Commission on Elections-approved local absentee voters have until Friday, April 29 to vote, Negros Occidental Acting Provincial Elections Supervisor, Roberto Salazar said.Among the absentee voters are two members of the media in Bacolod City, and soldiers, policemen, firemen, personnel of the Commission on Elections, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Education and some local government units, a list furnished by Salazar showed.Among those on the list o...

Aksyon Demokratiko standard-bearer Isko Moreno Domagoso is holding a grand rally in Bacolod City and a mini rally in Binalbagan town Thursday afternoon, April 28.He will arrive at the BREDCO Port in Bacolod City at 8:40 a.m. Thursday from Iloilo City and join a motorcade to the St. Jude Parish Church in Barangay Alijis where he will meet with parish pastoral council officers and priests, his staff said.He will then travel to the Bacolod City Government Center to pay a courtesy call on Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia to be followed by radio interviews.After lunch, he will travel to Binalbagan and pay a courtesy call on Mayor Alejandro Mirasol.Moreno will also hold a mini rally at the Binalbagan Public Plaza at 3 p.m. and a 5:50 p.m. grand rally at the Bacolod City Public Plaz...

Negros Occidental has had a 56 percent increase in dengue cases in 2022, which is the highest in Western Visayas, the Department of Health (DOH) in Region 6 reported Tuesday, April 26.The DOH 6 Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit reported that there has been a 4 percent increase in WV dengue cases in 2022 at 714 from January 1 to April 16 compared to 689 cases in the same period in 2021.The age group with the most number of dengue cases in WV is from 1 to 10 years old, or 37 percent.There have also been 14 dengue deaths in Western Visayas this year.Negros Occidental had the highest increase in dengue cases from January 1 to 16 at 56 percent followed by Guimaras - 38 percent, Iloilo Province - 22 percent, and Bacolod City - 11 percent.The regional dengue death co...