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The arrest in EB Magalona*A 42-year-old man classified by police as a high-value drug suspect was arrested after about P374,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized during the implementation of a search warrant in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, early Saturday, Aug. 29.The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region identified the suspect only as alias “Flo,” a resident of Brgy. Alicante.Police said intelligence operatives of the E.B. Magalona Municipal Police Station implemented the search warrant at around 12:15 a.m. after conducting casing, surveillance and a test-buy operation.Authorities recovered one knot-tied plastic sachet and five heat-sealed sachets containing about 55 grams of suspected shabu with an estimated standard drug price of P374,000.An improvised to...

CENECO acting general manager Arnel Lapore at the consultative meeting.*CPG photoThe proposed amendments to the Central Negros Electric Cooperative by-laws as it transitions from a distribution utility into an asset management corporation will be subject to the approval of the Energy Regulatory Commission and the ratification of the CENECO members, its acting general manager Arnel Lapore said Friday, August 28.The amendment of CENECO’s by-laws and the manner in which future dividends  will be distributed to its about 220,000 members were tackled at a consultative meeting at the Acacia Hotel in Bacolod City.CENECO had previously entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC).Under this agreement, NEPC acquired CENECO's di...

The Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City will soon become the fifth solar-powered building  of the Negros Occidental provincial government, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Friday, August 28. .The national government approved and downloaded a ₱171-million Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) for the province, Diaz said. Of the total allocation, ₱21 million will fund the TLJPH solar power project, which is set to begin soon. The remaining ₱150 million will fund road projects  in various local government units in the province, he added.TLJPH will join the Provincial Capitol, the Food Terminal Market, and the Negros Residences in Bacolod City as solar-powered provincial facilities. Meanwhile, the installation of solar panels at ...

The arrested Chinese national.*Bureau of Immigration Facebook postIntelligence operatives arrested a 34-year-old Chinese national with alleged ties to illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO) during an operation along Yulo Street in Barangay 16, Bacolod City, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Wednesday, August 27.BI agents, supported by the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office and Bacolod City Police Station 1, nabbed the suspect, identified as Xie Yingwen, outside a residential area pursuant to a mission order issued by Immigration  Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado on August 6.Xie was declared an overstaying and undesirable alien after failing to present valid identification and visa extension documents. He also admitted to previously ...

The Negros Occidental provincial government has appointed two new department heads, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Friday, Aug. 28.The Sangguniang Panlalawigan concurred with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson’s appointments of Felomina Gozon as head of the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) and Ma. Elisa Doronila Yanson as provincial accountant, Diaz said.Gozon replaces the terminated former HRMO head, while Yanson takes over following the retirement of former provincial accountant Annabel Magalona. Both Gozon and Yanson are stepping into their leadership roles after serving the provincial government for over 30 years, Diaz added.Also approved was the appointment of Avelyn Agudonn Marañon as the assistant department head of the Negros Occidental Language and Informati...