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Workers painting the pedestrian lane in front of the Apolinario Mabini Elementary School in Barangay 28, Bacolod City.*BCCO photoThe Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod  is urging the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO), in coordination with the City Engineer’s Office, to immediately conduct a city-wide assessment, repainting, and regular maintenance of pedestrian lanes, particularly of those located near schools.The SP issued the call in a resolution  authored by Councilor. Caesar Distrito, which  seeks to enhance pedestrian safety as thousands of students, parents, teachers, and school personnel return to schools with the opening of classes.The resolution states that  many pedestrian lane markings throughout the city have become faded, worn out, or difficul...

Engr. Amelita S. Caganda, along with five members of TIEZA’s technical team, met on Friday with Secretary to the Mayor  Jose Marty Go, City Engineer  Lobel Rafael Ceballos, and Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Building Official Amy Tentia to provide a status update.*The Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) has committed to completing the redevelopment of the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) grounds and public plaza by September or October this year.Engr. Amelita S. Caganda, manager of TIEZA’s Construction Management Department, said that the major infrastructure components at both the Bacolod City Public Plaza and the BCGC grounds have already been installed and construction is progressing smoothly, a press release from the Bacolod City Communicat...

Five fishermen were apprehended in separate seaborne patrol operations for  alleged illegal fishing in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, on Friday afternoon, June 5.Police said the operations were conducted by Bantay Dagat personnel and the Bantay Dagat Task Force in the coastal area of Brgy. Canmoros.In the first operation at around 2:30 p.m., authorities apprehended alias “Johny,” 39, a fisherman from Brgy. 2, Hinigaran, who was the boat captain of F/B “Crizel.”He was allegedly caught violating Section 34, or the prohibition of commercial trawl, under Municipal Ordinance No. 12-02, series of 2012.Recovered from his possession were one fishing net valued at P20,000 and one trawling board valued at P5,000.In another operation at around 3:30 p.m., authorities apprehend...

A man was shot dead while another was wounded after four unidentified armed men entered a house in Calatrava, Negros Occidental,  on Friday night, June 5.Police said the incident happened at around 7:45 p.m. in Sitio Peson, Brgy. Minautok.The fatality was identified as alias “Momar,” a resident of the area.Initial investigation by the Calatrava Municipal Police Station showed the victim was inside his residence when four armed men arrived and forcibly entered the house.Police said one of the suspects shot the victim several times using an unknown caliber of firearm, hitting him in the head and other parts of his body.The victim died on the spot, while the other suspects allegedly served as lookouts during the attack.A second victim, identified as alias “Rodel,”...

A 41-year-old woman was killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen as she was leaving the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City, Negros Occidental, at 4:08 p.m. Saturday, June 6.The victim, identified as Lowela of Barangay 2, Manapla, succumbed to a gunshot wound to the left side of her face following the attack, which occurred just as she and her companions left the NODJ. The police said she had just left the NODJ with two friends. The group had boarded a rented tricycle driven by a Manapla resident when an unidentified suspect on a black motorcycle fired at her with a .45 caliber pistol.The suspects, described as two men wearing black bonnets and no helmets—one in a yellow-gold sweatshirt and the other in a black t-shirt—immediately fled the scene...