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Dec122021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Mayor to lead switch-on rites of 95,000 Christmas lights at city plaza

City PIO photoIt will begin to look a lot like Christmas right in the heart of the City of Smiles starting Monday night, Dec. 13.Mayor Evelio Leonadia will lead local government executives during the 6 p.m. lights-on ceremony at the Bacolod Public Plaza, wherein the iconic bandstand will transform into a "Lights Castle" and the symbolic Diamond Jubilee Tower facing Araneta Street will become a "Tower of Lights".Dr. Andrew Tan, head of the Alliance Global Group Inc. that includes real property developer MegaWorld Corporation and Emperador Distillers Inc., gifted Bacolodnons with Christmas lights and decorations at the Bacolod City Government Center and the Bacolod Public Plaza.Tan is an adopted son of the city and had been named as Bacolod's honorary mayor.About 95,000 C...

Dec112021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

SP to hear complaint vs. ‘Hepatitis C outbreak’

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The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Health is set to hold a hearing on a complaint of an alleged “outbreak of Hepatitis C virus” at the hemodialysis facility of a private hospital in the city.Councilor Cindy Rojas, SP Committee of Health chair, said on Friday, December 10, that she has set the hearing at the SP session hall at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.Representatives of the City Health Office, Department of Health and the City Legal Office, and the stakeholders from both sides have been invited so all sides can be heard, Rojas said.Rojas said the hearing is being held in response to a letter sent by Alma Lamis Desabille, a representative of the complainants, to Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran.It was alleged that more than 60 patients were affected, Rojas said.Desabill...

Nov162021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

UNIFED calls for fertilizer subsidy

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The United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) is urging the Department of Agriculture to subsidize the cost of fertilizers by immediately issuing a P1,000 voucher per bag of fertilizer for sugar farmers who have been greatly affected by the continuing rising cost of the commodity.UNIFED President Manuel Lamata said Monday, November 15, that the cost of urea fertilizers have more than doubled in just months from the P800 to P900 per 50-kilogram bag to almost P1,900 per bag.“This is unacceptable and we want the Department of Agriculture to act on this, otherwise our production will definitely go down again,” Lamata said.This is one problem that needs immediate action especially since more than 80 percent of the sugar producers are small planters, Lamata added, saying “how else c...

Nov72021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Photo of the Day (November 7, 2021)

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Vice President Leni Robredo meets with the chapter leaders of Murcia Women's Association-Lakas ng Kababaihan in Sitio Sumbingco, Brgy. Damsite in Murcia on Saturday, November 6.*OVP photo

Oct282021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

SB member sang Moises Padilla ginpapanaugan sang warrant of arrest sa kaso nga rape

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Sangguniang Bayan member sa banwa sang Moises Padilla ang wanted sa kaso nga rape.Ginserbe kahapon sang katapo sang Moises Padilla PNP ang warrant of arrest sa kaso nga rape batuk kay SB Fred Villaflor bangcaya pero wala siya sa ila puluy-an.On leave man ang akusado humalin pa sang Oktubre 25.Nag-gwa nga isa ka dise otso anyos nga grade eleven student ang nagreklamo sa pulis nga sang bulan sang mayo matapos gin alegar nga makapila ka beses man nga ginhimuslan sang opisyal humalin sang Enero kag Abril 2021.Gani sang mag-gwa na ang warrant of arrest gikan sa Regional Trial Court sang Guihulngan, Negros Oriental sang nagligad nga inadlaw gilayon man ini nga ginserbe sang kapulisan batuk sa SB member.Non-bailable ang kaso nga ginpasaka batuk sa iya.Si SB Bangcaya ang wa...

Oct262021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

5 ka mga nagpa transfer sang voters registration sa Bacolod gin deny

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Lima ka mga voters application sa Comelec-Bacolod ang gin-disapprove sang Election Registration Board.Sa masobra 302,000 ka mga voter applicants nga nabaton sang Comelec-Bacolod as of July 2021, may lima diri ang na disapprove paagi sa ERB hearing.Suno kay Atty. Kathrina Trinio-Cana, kalabanan sa mga voter applicants ang nagfile sang voter's transfer of registration halin sa isa ka barangay sa Bacolod saylo sa lain nga barangay.May ara man sang na-disapprove nga new voter applicants nga naga-renta sang puluy-an sa Barangay Mansilingan nga may balay sa banwa sang Murcia.Samtang, ang katapo sang ERB ang maga-deliberate man para sa nabilin nga 35 ka voter applicants nga may opposition.Kabahin sila sang masobra sa 20 mil ka voter applicants nga nagfile sumugod hulyo kag Set...

Oct72021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Utod ni anay mayor Quito Montilla nag file COC sa pagka board member, kuchinta vendor nag file man COC sa pagka BM

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Sa Fifth District, board member Rita Gatuslao ang nag file sang iya nga COC sini nga hapon para sa iya nga re-election.Siya ang katapo sang United Negros Alliance ukon UnegA.Sang Hwebes sang aga, utod ni anay Mayor Enrique Montilla sang Isabela ang nag file sang iya nga certificate of candidacy sa pag ka board member sa ika lima nga distrito. Ang tiglawas ni Patrick Miguel Montilla amo ang nagfile sang iya nga COC bilang independent candidate. Suno sa iya nga tiglawas sadto anay nag serbe man si Patrick Miguel Montilla bilang konsehal sang banwa.Miyerkules, nag file sang iya nga COC si Mayor Alfredo Maranon, III, para sa pag ka kongresista sa second district. Magatapos na sang iya nga termino bilang alkalde sang Sagay City si Maranon.Samtang, isa ka naga negosyo sang kuchin...

Sep32021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv attributes mayors’ support to good relationship with LGUs

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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson attributed the support of the mayors of Negros Occidental for him and Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer to the provincial government’s very good relationship with the local government units (LGUs).More mayors aired their support on Thursday, September 2, for the re-election bids of the Lacson and Ferrer in 2022.“The provincial government has tried to address whatever requests that the LGUs make. This is just the result of our very good relationship,” he said.“We are very thankful that they continue to have their trust and confidence in the Lacson-Ferrer tandem. This will further motivate us to do better, hopefully if allowed in our next term,” he said.Talisay City Mayor Neil Lizares and Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo were among the latest to air their sup...

Aug242021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Mga residente sang Negros Oriental gin abisuhan nga indi anay magkadto sa mga lugar nga may mataas nga kaso sang Covid-19

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Negros Oriental IATF naga panawagan sang pag likaw sang mga residente sa pag padulong sa mg lugar nga may madamo nga kaso sang Covid-19 agud indi na liwat mag saka pa ang kaso sa probinsyaNagapabilin tubtob karon nga yara lang sa masobra 300 ang active cases sa Negros Oriental nga kahapon nag record man sang 44 new cases kag 32 new recoveries. Sinemena na nga 2 digit cases lang ang ga dugang sa probisnya nga karon may 354 active cases lang kag recoveries nga 10,376.Suno kay Dr Liland Estacion, provincial IATF commander, isa lang sa paagi agud indi na mag saka liwat ang kaso sang probinsya amo man ang pag limit sang pag gwa sang mga residente ilabi na ang pag padulong sa mga lugar nga madamo kaso karon kag may yara sang Delta variant.Wala pa sa karon sang recorded ang Negros Ori...

Aug192021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Two Negros universities sites for reg’l Bar exams

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Photo from USLS FB pageThe Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday, August 18, released the list of 24 local sites, including two in Negros Island, for the 2020/2021 regional Bar Examinations scheduled in November.To significantly reduce the examinees travel and accommodation expenses, as well as minimize their transit to comply with public health guidelines in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020/2021 Bar Examinations will be held in several local testing centers in different regions across the country, SC Bar Bulletin No. 23 said.The bar examination sites in Negros Island will be at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City with a maximum of 1,340 slots, and Silliman University in Dumaguete City with a maximum of 1,000 slots.In Panay Island, the bar examination site will ...