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Apr272024 by Nanette GuadalquiverNo Comments

Twelve tertiary schools compete in 1st Negros Island PRISAA Meet

Athletes from 12 tertiary schools in Negros Occidental and Oriental are competing in the first-ever Negros Island Region (NIR) Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) Meet in Bacolod City that started Friday, April 26.After the opening rites held at the STI West Negros University gymnasium, the various sports events began in venues of participating schools and in shopping malls and will run until April 30.Ryan Mark Molina, executive vice president and chief operations officer of STI West Negros University and second vice president of National PRISAA, said that during its planning conference last August, the National PRISAA Board gave its blessing to put up the NIR PRISAA."While our government is looking into the structure of the Negros Island Region, we, here, in the acad...

Apr272024 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

PSA questions issuance of birth certificate to Chinese national

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The Bacolod City’s Civil Registrar’s Office is being questioned by the Philippine Statistics Authority for the issuance of a birth certificate to a Chinese national in 2019.On Wednesday, representatives from the PSA went to the Civil Registrar’s Office to investigate how the Chinese national acquired a birth certificate from them.Civil Registrar Hermilo Pauyon said on Friday, April 26, that they already presented the documents that PSA needs for their inquest.He clarified that a foreigner can have a birth certificate issued in the country for as long as the person was born in the Philippines.*

Apr272024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

6th District worst-hit by drought, Alvarez seeks nat’l agencies help

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Rep. Mercedes Alvarez (Neg. Occ., 6th District) is seeking the help of national government agencies to assist the southern Negros Occidental farmers who have been the worst-hit by the long drought.Of the P197.1 million damage to rice and corn crops in Negros Occidental, the 6th District accounts for almost two-thirds at P130.3 million, the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist reported on Thursday.Alvarez said she has sought the help of the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).The DSWD Region 6 has given food packs to the affected farmers,” she said.“We're also in talks with DA for assistance to the farmers. Hopefully they will also grant our request for solar pump...

Apr272024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Alvarez confirms running for reelection in 2025

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Rep. Mercedes Alvarez (Neg. Occ., 6th District)*Rep. Mercedes Alvarez (Neg. Occ., 6th District) confirmed on Friday, April 26, that she is seeking reelection. She said if former Hinoba-an Mayor Ernesto Estrao runs against her in 2025 that is his right, anybody can run for office. Estrao is planning to run for representative of the 6th District under the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, Jesus Villanueva Hinlo, PDP deputy secretary general for Visayas and Negros Occidental Council president, said earlier. She has worked with so many members of the PDP in the Lower House and the Senate, but if their party decides to field a candidate against her there is nothing she can do about it, said Alvarez, who is a member of the Nationalist People’s Coalit...

Apr262024 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Tricycle driver shot dead

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A tricycle driver was shot dead by an unidentified suspect at Deca Homes Subdivision in Brgy. Cabug, Bacolod City, on Thursday, April 25. The police identified the victim as Teresito Gepelga, 56. The suspect was in his tricycle that he parked on the side of road when he was approached by an unidentified man who shot him, PCapt. Michael Tuburan, Police Station 9 chief, said. The police said Gepelga was brought to the hospital but was declared dead on arrival. Tuburan said an investigation is ongoing to identify the suspect. They are looking for CCTV footage in the area that could help in identifying the suspect and will ask the victim’s family if they know of any possible motives for the crime, he added.*

Apr262024 by Mark L. GarciaNo Comments

Sipalay man killed

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A 43-year-old man was shot dead by an unidentified suspect in Sitio Cambogui-ot Proper, Brgy. Camindangan, Sipalay City, on Wednesday, April 24. The victim, whose name was withheld by the police, was on his way home when he was waylaid by an unidentified suspect and shot several times. The victim was brought to Sipalay City Infirmary where he was declared dead.*

Apr262024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Death of pregnant dog hit, priest denies order to kill

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Cindy Maria in front of the San Sebastian Cathedral.* Greenfield Ramirez FB photo Animal welfare advocates took to social media on Friday, April 26, to slam the killing of a pregnant stray dog, known as Cindy Maria, who had been residing at the San Sebastian Cathedral grounds in Bacolod City. “I was so heartbroken when I heard the news today that there's a priest in the Cathedral who ordered his people to put her inside a sack and have her killed while she's pregnant with her puppies,” Greenfield Ramirez, Spay and Neuter Negros founding member, said on her Facebook page. Cindy Maria’s mouth and feet were tied up, and she was stuffed into a sack to suffocate on the Church grounds, JP Ninjutsu also said on his Facebook page.Msgr. Ronaldo Quijano, rector of t...

Apr262024 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Victorias celebrates 118th Malihaw Festival

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The Fluvial Parade at Daan Banwa, Barangay IX in Victorias City on Thursday.*Victorias PIO photo Victorias City opened its 118th Malihaw Festival celebration with the traditional Fluvial Parade at Daan Banwa, Barangay IX, on Thursday, April 25. Several boats sailed at the Barangay IX Port with the images of the city's patron saints, Our Lady of Victory, and St. Casimir leading the parade. A blessing ceremony of the boats and the images was then conducted to solemnize the event. Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez led the celebration with Vice Mayor Abelardo Bantug III and the city councilors. Benitez, in his message, emphasized that the traditional fluvial parade symbolizes the faith and hope of Victoriahanons.&...

Apr262024 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

2 minors tagged as NPA members arrested, 7 firearms, ammo seized

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The two arrested minors.*3ID photos Two minors who are alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested with seven firearms and ammunition in Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) town, Negros Occidental, on Thursday, April 25, the spokesman of the 3rd Infantry Division said on Friday.Cousins aged 16 and 17 years old, who are alleged remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front of the NPA, were captured by the Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion and the 1st Negros Occidental Provincial Mobile Force Company, Lt. Col. J-Jay Javines, 3ID spokesman, said. Their names are being withheld by DIGICAST NEGROS for being minors.Seized from them were two KG9 submachine guns, a .45 caliber pistol, two homemade shotguns, a 12-gauge sh...

Apr262024 by Mary Judaline PartlowNo Comments

45 dancers, spectators collapse at festival due to extreme heat

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Some of the festival participants who passed out.*Screen grab from video courtesy of Julia Arjillo About 45 street dancers and spectators in the Pakol Festival in Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental, passed out at the height of the competition due to extreme heat, an official said Thursday, April 25.Guian Jeif Anqui, a nurse and in charge of Operations and Warning of the Sta. Catalina Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said that the fainting spells occurred before the festival’s street dancing competition began Wednesday afternoon.“Some of the street dancers had already passed out before 2 p.m. and were treated with oral rehydration salts and given first aid by emergency responders on standby,” he said.The cases were sporadic as the street dancing ...