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Oct92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

14 vehicles at Lacson St. towed for illegal parking

The Bacolod Traffic Authority (BTAO) towed 14 vehicles for illegal parking along Lacson Street in Bacolod City on Monday, October 9, the first day of the enforcement of the city’s clamping and towing ordinance.Towed were six motorcycles, two canter delivery trucks, three private vehicles and three tricycles, Maj. Junjie Liba, BTAO head, said.He said 44 tickets for traffic violations were also issued to erring drivers.Drivers who park along Lacson Street and put their hazard lights on are warned that they cannot stay in the area for long. Parked vehicles with no drivers are clamped for towing.Liba said they will continue to implement the ordinance along Lacson Street to ease traffic.Its implementation will later also be expanded to other areas where traffic violations ar...

Oct92023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

MBM bet No. 7 stresses need for sportsmanship

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Jada Biaxyl Celeste, 19, is a volleyball player*MBM photoA 19-year-old varsity player from the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod highlighted the importance of sportsmanship in both sports and pageantry.Jada Biaxyl Celeste, 19, a volleyball player and a Business Administration student is the seventh candidate for this year’s Miss Bacolod MassKara.Celeste, who brings the advocacy for youth empowerment, was raised by her grandmother.She said the value she will use as a contestant of MBM is sportsmanship.“In pageantry, it’s a competition, however, there will be someone who will excel that night, and being a sport allows us to accept the challenge and celebrate the wins of that girl,” she said.Celeste is one of the 15 candidates vying for the Miss Bacolod Mass...

Oct92023 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Don’t try it in Bacolod, Albee warns holduppers

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Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez warned persons who intend to commit crimes in Bacolod not to do it because they will be arrested.“You will be arrested because we are ready. Make sure you don’t try it,” Benitez said on Monday, October 9.Benitez said the Bacolod police has created the B-HAB (Bantay Holdaper and Akyat Bahay) Task Force to focus on holduppers and house thieves, especially during the MassKara Festival when criminal elements may strike.He also pointed out that the Bacolod police will be augmented by 1,048 additional cops coming from the police regional office during the festival.*

Oct82023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negrense chef upbeat on investing in Bacolod

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Silay Councilor Ryan Gamboa, Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Chef Margarita Fores and Edgar Allan L. Caper (l-r) at the opening of CIBO SM City Bacolod Saturday, October 7.*Chef Margarita Araneta Forés said on Saturday, October 7, that she hopes more Manila-based Negrenses decide to invest in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City.“There is so much more development in Bacolod, you can see a real spike in the economy…the energy is changing,” she said.Fores, who is upbeat about the local economy, opened her second Cibo restaurant in Bacolod at SM City on Saturday, which was attended by Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Rep. Francisco Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) and Silay Councilor Ryan Gamboa.The Cibo restaurant at Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod that o...

Oct102023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

MBM contestant No. 8 a hardware cashier

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Contestant No. 8 Janine Cabrillos*MBN photoA hardware cashier raised by a puto-kutsinta vendor tries her luck at becoming the next Miss Bacolod MassKara (MBM) queen.Janine Cabrillos, 22, who works as a cashier at the Bacolod Triumph Hardware, brings to the pageant stage her advocacy for inclusivity and youth empowerment.Cabrillos said she is proud to have been raised by her mother who is a puto-kutsinta vendor, and her father who is a construction worker, saying that the jobs of her parents financed her education.“My mom’s version of puto-kutsinta is the best in the Philippines as I grew up eating it and I am here today because of it,” she said.“My mother’s puto kutsinta is a testament of who I am right now”, she added.When asked to define what is a super city, she ...

Oct92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Keep campaign non-violent, guv urges BSKE candidates

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The Negros Occidental COMELEC office in Bacolod City*Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday, October 9, that he expects the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to heat up as the October 30 polls near and the candidates should keep it non-violent.“I can expect the campaign period to be heated but let’s limit it to verbal tussles, it does not have to get violent,” Lacson said.“We just have to show the world that here in Negros Occidental in spite of the intensity of the campaign period no untoward violent incident will happen,” he said.He also reiterated that it is very important for the candidates to take seriously the warning of the Comelec as far a premature campaigning is concerned.The fact that the Comelec is issuing show cause order...

Oct92023 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

SM Prime Holdings to present Manokan Country dev’t plan

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Officials of SM Prime Holdings are scheduled to present their plan for the development of the Manokan Country and adjacent properties of the city government at a public hearing at the Bacolod City Government Center 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 10.SM is leasing 16,875 square meters of property owned by the Bacolod City government where the Manokan Vendors Plaza, Bacolod Arts Youth and Sports Center and nearby properties at Fr. Ferrero Street are located.The hearing is being conducted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Laws, Ordinances and Good Government and Committee on Transportation and Traffic chaired by Councilor Al Victor Espino and Committee on Markets chaired by Councilor Celia Flor.“We have successfully negotiated with the proponent and it has been endorsed to the ci...

Oct82023 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

MBM contestant No. 6 raised on ‘chicken joy’

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Contestant No. 6 Allona Nejar.*MBM photoA daughter of a fried chicken vendor brings her advocacy on women empowerment as she competes in this year’s Miss Bacolod MassKara (MBM) pageant.Allona Nejar, 24, a Tourism Management graduate of Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod, said that her mother was a “chicken joy” vendor who raised her seven siblings, including her, single-handedly.During the MBM press presentation on October 1, Nejar shared that aside from her mother’s chicken joy, she enjoys eating sweets like chocolate cake and pastries.“I am a person with a sweet tooth and I associate myself with a chocolate cake for its authenticity”, Nejar, who is contestant No. 6, said when asked what dish she associates herself with.The media also asked her to comment on Artificial Intell...

Oct92023 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Meralco vs Rain or Shine in PBA Pasiklaban sa Supercity

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Basketball fans in Bacolod will have an opportunity to cheer and meet their idols as the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will bring in the Meralco Bolts and Rain or Shine as part of the highlights of the MassKara Festival 2023 at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City on October 19.The match, entitled PBA Pasiklaban sa Supercity, is expected to be exciting as both teams have seen close matches in the past, among which was the final games in the PBA Governors’ Cup where Meralco won against Rain or Shine but was defeated by the latter in late last year’s match in the PBA Commissioner’s Cup, a press release from the Bacolod Yuhum Foundation said.Following the recent win of Gilas Pilipinas in the Asian Games, basketball enthusiasts in the City of Smiles are exp...

Oct92023 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

NEA evaluates Primelectric/NEPC, CENECO, joint venture agreement

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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) convened to assess the joint venture agreement (JVA) of Primelectric/Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC), a sister company of MORE Power, along with Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) on Wednesday, October 4, which is aimed at promoting quality service to the consumers.NEA Administrator Antonio Almeda said during the hearing that along with scrutinizing CENECO’s donated capital and viability, the board would also address the concerns of the oppositors to improve the JVA of the involved parties."I hope we can address the concerns of the oppositors. We must also consider them. Regarding the participation of the Member-Consumer-Owners, it has been concluded during the plebiscite so we will put this into motion with a...