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Oct252021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Do well and you’ll go places, mayor tells college students

City PIO photoBacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia urged Mansilingan college students on Sunday, October 24, to do their best in school as this will be their ticket for a better future."Do well in school and you will go places," Leonardia was quoted as saying in a Bacolod Public Information Office press release.Leonardia made the remarks as he led officials during the turnover of educational assistance to 60 college students residing in Barangay Mansilingan, at a program held at the Mansilingan Agro-Industrial High School.The release of the financial aid, which was sourced from the barangay funds, was facilitated by the Sangguniang Kabataan of Mansilingan, led by chairperson Fercy Lyn Almaiz.Each of the 60 student-recipients received P2,000 under the SK-led program. This was ...

Oct252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

500 vehicles join pink caravan, Leni overwhelmed by support

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Caravan participants were reminded to observe Covid-19 health protocols*Pedicabs joined the Para kay Leni caravan.*Nic Ledesma photoThe billboard at Araneta Street in Bacolod City.* Nic Ledesma photoDrumbeaters and MassKara dancers added to the festive air during the "Para kay Leni" caravan on Saturday, October 23.*CPG photoAbout 500 vehicles joined a festive one-hour “Para kay Leni” pink caravan in support of presidential candidate Leni Robredo, that included MassKara dancers and drumbeaters on the back of pickups, in Bacolod City Saturday morning, October 23.Caravans in support of Robredo were held in Bacolod City and in about 25 other provinces and cities in the country on Saturday.“Thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts”, Robredo said in response.“I am co...

Oct242021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Duterte removes Cano from drug watch list

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Ricardo “Cano” Tan at a press conference at his Campuestohan Highland Resort in Talisay City on Saturday, October 23.*CPG photoFormer Councilor Ricardo “Cano” Tan on Saturday, October 23, thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for clearing him from the drug watch list.Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año, in a memorandum order dated Aug. 11, 2021, certified that Tan was “removed/delisted from the Inter-Agency Drug Information database under the recommendation, review, evaluation, and management of Inter-Agency Drug Information Database Committee and approved by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte through a memorandum dated July 31, 2021”.Tan, who received a copy of the certification recently said the certification said it is the "closure to a bad dream.”“Today marks my ...

Oct232021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

More Moderna vaccines arrive, Negros has 15 new Covid deaths

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CAAP Bacolod photoNegros Occidental and Bacolod City received more vaccines on Friday, October 22, to boost the intensified campaigns against COVID-19.The Moderna vaccines arrived at the Bacolod-Silay Airport via Philippine Airlines.Bacolod City received 7,400 doses and Negros Occidental got 66,000 doses from the Department of Health.Meanwhile, the COVID -19 active cases in Negros Occidental have slightly dropped below the 4,000 mark.The province had 3,948 active COVID-19 cases and 15 new deaths, the Provincial Incident Management Team reported on Friday.Negros Occidental’s COVID-19 death toll is now at 1,132.The Department of Health reported 123 new COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental and 46 in Bacolod City on Friday.Bacolod City has 1,697 active COVID-19 c...

Oct232021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Tanod shot to death by tricycle passenger

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BCPO photoA barangay tanod was shot to death by a passenger on board his tricycle in front of Royal Am Rei Hotel in Barangay 7, Bacolod City, at about 7:30 a.m. Friday, October 22.Killed was Michael A. Hugo, 42, of Purok Tahong, Brgy. 2, Bacolod City, PCapt. Paul Vincemt Pendon, Police Station 2 chief, said.Investigation showed that the victim was driving his tricycle when his passenger suddenly shot him several times, hitting him in different parts of his body and causing him to fall on the road, Pendon said.After the incident the suspect boarded a motorcycle driven by an unidentified male, waiting in the vicinity and fled in an unknown direction, he added.*

Oct222021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Bacolod naga sugod na sa pag issue na sang vaccination certificate, wala pa vax ID

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWgZ3GqHPKI&live=1[/embedyt]Indi pa available ang online vax cards nga QR coded sa karon gani humalin sang nagligad nga semana, mano-mano ang ginahimu nga encoding kag uploading sang katapo sang City Health Office para sa issuance sang mga vax certificate sang mga fully vaccinated sa Bacolod.Ang vax id ang naga tumod sa digital id para sa mga fully vaccinated individuals nga may qr code samtang ang vax certificate naman ang tawag sa papel nga gina issue para maka pamatuod nga fully vaccinated na ang isa ka persona.Suno kay Dr. Edwin Miraflor, OIC sang Bacolod CHO, tanan nga mga fully vaccinated sa Bacolod ang sarang magkuha sang vax certificate nga pwede nila gamiton sa domestic travel kag bisan sang mga OFW nga manuglakat sa abroad...

Oct222021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Bishop Buzon: May pilili-an ang mga botante sa sini nga pinili-ay

Balita Hiligaynon

May paglaum. Ini ang pagpati ni Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon para sa 2022 elections karon nga suno sa iya may sarang nga mapilian.Suno sa obispo kun lantawon ang mga naga papili subong, may yara sang mga bag-o nga breed sang pulitiko. Gani indi pwede ang bumuluto nga mag siling nga iya nga napilian ang “lesser evil” bangud may yara sang pililian, ayhan sa tunga sang malain kag maayo, sa may sarang ukon competent kag wala sang igkasangkol, sa tampad ukon sa corrupt.Ang eleksyon karon matuod tuod nga pwede magresulta sa maayo kun iga exercise sang maayo sang mga bumuloto. Ang battlefield suno sa obispo yara sa social media. Madamo sang kabutigan nga naga luntad.Ang mga nagapamatuk sa kamatuoran suno sa obispo iya sang kaaway. Samtang, panawagan man sang obispo sa tanan nga mangi...

Oct222021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Barangay tanod gintiro, patay

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yc0mVcbHYM&live=1[/embedyt]Patay na sang maabtan sang iya pamilya ang 42 anyos nga si Michael Hugo nga nagahapa sa kilid sang isa ka hotel sa 13th Street Lacson sa Bacolod kaina sang aga.Suno sa iya misis nga si Nerissa, kaagahon pa lang nagbyahe na sang tricycle ang iya bana nga barangay tanod sa Barangay 2.Gani indi man siya mahim-os sa natabo sa iya bana.Suno sa mga nakakita, duha ka wala makilal-an nga gunman ang nagluthang sa biktima. Isa sa ila ang nagpakuno kuno pa nga pasahero kag ang isa sa mga gunman ang malawig na nga nagahulat sa paglabay sang tricycle nga ginamaneho ni hugo sa 13th Street.Malapit lang sa bangkay kag sa ginamaneho nga tricycle sang biktima nagalapta ang bala sang wala pa mahibaluan nga calibre s...

Oct222021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Digicast Negros X (October 22, 2021)

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Oct222021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

64 Bacolodnons get financial help from Cayetano

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City PIO photoSixty-four Bacolod residents received financial assistance from former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano through his “Sari-Saring Pag-asa" and “Sampung Libong Pag-asa" programs on Thursday, October 21.Mayor Evelio Leonardia distributed the financial help to recipients in ceremonies held at the Bacolod City Government Center, a press release from the Bacolod City Public Information Office said.Twenty sari-sari store owners received P3,500 each, while 11 pasalubong store owners got P10,000 each and 33 students were also given P10,000 each.Leonardia thanked Cayetano, of the First District of Taguig-Pateros, for choosing Bacolodnons as among the beneficiaries of his twin programs."You are the lucky ones to have been chosen as program beneficiaries. Make sure t...