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Jun232022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

27 former rebels get financial assistance

The former rebels who received financial assistance.*Twenty-seven former rebels (FR) received financial assistance from the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the Negros Occidental provincial government under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP) at the Capitol in Bacolod City Wednesday, June 22.E-CLIP is a government program that aims to help members of Communist Party of the Philppines-New People’s Army and Militia ng Bayan restore their allegiance to the government and reintegrate back to the community, a press release from the Capitol said.The 25 FRs received a total of P660,000, and two FRs received P71,000 financial assistance and P39,000 as their firearms remuneration.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and DILG – Negros Occ. Provincial ...

Jun242022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Four meted life sentences for sale of drugs to cops

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A Bacolod Regional Trial Court judge has sentenced four Bacolod residents to life imprisonment for the sale of drugs to policemen in buy-bust operations.Sentenced by Executive Judge Raymond Joseph Javier of RTC Branch 52 to life imprisonment were Cyril Borerro Cuadra, Emelou Beronio Costelo alias Matet, Roderic de Guzman Cordero and Nelson de Asis Dewara alias “Moki”.Cuadra was found guilty for the sale of .103 gram of shabu for P500 to a policeman at his house in Purok Sigay, Barangay 2, Bacolod City, on June 11, 2020 and was sentenced to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P1 million on Tuesday, June 21.He was also found guilty of possession of 31.880 grams of shabu and sentenced to life imprisonment and to pay a fine of P1 million.Costelo and Cordero were found guilty...

Jun242022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

DOH: NegOcc dengue cases now 521% higher than 2021

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Dengue cases in Negros Occidental are now 521 percent higher than last year, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday, June 24.Negros Occidental’s dengue cases this year hit 1,161 with 143 new cases from June 5 to 11, and six deaths, making it the topnotcher in Western Visayas, the DOH reported.Bacolod City’s dengue cases rose to 206, with 10 new cases from June 5 to 11, or 137 percent higher than 2021.Bacolod City has four dengue deaths this year.Dengue cases in Western Visayas hit 3,029 as of June 11 or 241 percent higher than 2021.There have been 23 dengue deaths in WV this year, the DOH added.*

Jun242022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol announces road closure for prov’l officials inauguration

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The provincial Capitol in Bacolod City flanked by the South and North Capitol roads.* Ronnie Baldonado photoThe South Capitol Road in Bacolod City will be closed on Saturday, June 25, for the inauguration of the Negros Occidental provincial government officials at the Provincial Capitol grounds.The inauguration of Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer and the 12 board members of Negros Occidental will be held in front of the Capitol at 4 p.m. Saturday following a mass.The South Capitol Road will be temporarily closed and one-way traffic will be observed along the North Capitol Road, from Lacson Street to Gatuslao Street, an advisory from the Capitol said.Affected vehicles are advised to take alternative routes, it added.There are 10 returning board members ...

Jun232022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

21 new WV Omicron BA.5 cases not in Negros Occidental: DOH

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Sixteen cases are from Iloilo City, four from Iloilo province, and one from Guimaras.*The 21 new Omicron BA.5 variant cases in Western Visayas are not in Negros Occidental, Dr. Adriano Suba-an, Department of Health Western Visayas regional director, said Thursday, June 23.He said 16 of the cases are from Iloilo City, four from Iloilo province, and one from Guimaras.The Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) Task Force on COVID-19 New Variants recommended that cases positive for BA.5 variant of concern, either asymptomatic or with mild or moderate symptoms, must complete 14-day isolation.The 21-day hospital isolation should be observed for severe/critical cases, it added.The Omicron BA.5 variant was first detected in South ...

Jun242022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Police nab two farmers at marijuana plantation

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The seized marijuana plants in Bacolod City.*The police arrested two farmers for growing marijuana plants at Sitio Handalago, Brgy Nataban, in San Carlos City, Negos Occidental, at 8:49 a.m. Friday, June 24.Nabbed were Armando Mesino Quejado, 27, and Peter Benigay Laor, 30, of Sitio Handalago following reports from concerned citizens that they were growing marijuana plants, Lt. Ruby Aurita, San Carlos police spokesperson, said.Seized were 57 fully grown marijuana plants with estimated weight of 2,000 grams (2 kg), she said.The marijuana was valued at P 240,000.The suspects and the marijuana plants are now in the custody of the San Carlos City police.*

Jun232022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Strengthening of dollar to drive prices up: Guv

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The entire country, not only Negros Occidental, is faced with challenging and hard times ahead with the strengthening of the dollar against the peso and the rising fuel prices, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Thursday, June 23.The Philippine peso was P54.4840 to the dollar on Thursday.“Especially that we are an importing country, prices of commodities will also go up and very clearly we see that also in the fuel price,” Lacson said.That is why he favors the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections for at least a year so government resources can instead be used for pressing needs, and food security, he said.Rep. Martin Romualdez (Leyte) said that postponing the barangay elections would ...

Jun232022 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Neg. Occ. to get P4.62B for 2023, down P782M

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The provincial government will have to tighten its belt and improve its generation of local revenues, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said.*The National Tax Allotment (NTA) of the Negros Occidental provincial government for 2023 will be P4,623,981,428.The Negros Occidental provincial government’s NTA for 2023 will decrease by P782,280,808 or 14.47 percent from this year’s P5,406,262,236, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Thursday, June 23.The drop in the NTA will be felt in 2023 and 2024 by all local government units because of the low tax collections in 2020 and 2021 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.If the 2023 NTA cuts in the shares of the 31 local government units of Negros Occidental are included the total reduction could reach more than P2 billion, Lacson said, but...

Jun232022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Three city projects set for unveiling Friday

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Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia will lead the unveiling of three projects under the Green, Green Green Program Friday, June 24.The projects were completed with allocations from the Local Government Support Fund-Assistance to Cities, a press release from the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC)said Thursday.The City Engineer’s Office said the projects set for inauguration are the improvement and rehabilitation of the Bacolod City Rizal Park, the promenade in front of the Negros Occidental High School along Araneta Street and the improvement of public open spaces at the Government Center.Leonardia earlier disclosed that the city received an LGSF allocation of P9.4 million from the national government to rehabilitate the Rizal Park that included the provision for concrete curbs an...

Jun242022 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Leonardia inaugurates P33.3M Bacolod projects

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Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia at the inauguration of the Rizal Park*Projects totaling P33.3 million were inaugurated by Bacolod City officials led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran on Friday, June 24.Inaugurated were the P9.4 million Rizal Elementary School park, P6.5 million improved promenade at the Negros Occidental High School and the P11.9 million Zen garden and children's playground at the back of the Bacolod City Government Center, a press release said.The mayor also joined the Balay Pasilungan inauguration by Soroptimist International Bacolod.The newly-built Balay Pasilungan inside the Bacolod City Police Office compound is a project of the Soroptimist International of Bacolod made possible through the help of Malcolm Merry, who donated P5....