Tag: Bacolod

Nov262021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Minor stabbed dead

Police Station 8 photoA 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a fellow teenager outside a computer shop in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, Wednesday night, November 24.Based on the initial investigation, the 18-year-old suspect identified by the police as Edmon Obregon waited for the victim to come out of the computer shop and stabbed him.The minor-victim tried to get away, but he was overpowered by the suspect, who stabbed him multiple times with an ice pick.The victim was rushed to the South Bacolod General Hospital where he expired.Maj. Joery Puerto, Police Station 8 commander, said the incident stemmed from a misunderstanding between the two teenagers.The 18-year-old suspect later surrendered to the police.*

Nov272021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Holiday spirit alive again in iconic Christmas village

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The festive holiday spirit is alive again at Bacolod’s iconic miniature Christmas village that turns 25 years old this December.Christmas songs fill the air, merrymakers are dancing on ice, the trains are running, the carnival rides are on the move, festive lights are blinking - it’s that magical time of the year once again at the 8 by 10-meter room filled with thousands of miniature objects at the ancestral home of Bacolod artist Bamboo Tonogbanua at San Juan Street in Bacolod City.The village that opened in 1996 has brought joy to thousands of children and adults but as the COVID-19 pandemic raged last year Tonogbanua was forced to close it to the public.This year the village that has undergone its annual design upgrades, the secret to its staying entertaining to even those w...

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod S-PaSS unrestricted, approval immediate, Ang says

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The S-PaSS application for travelers bound for Bacolod City is now unrestricted.That means they can directly apply through Bacolod City at https://s-pass.ph and will immediately be granted an S-PaSS, Executive Director Em Legaspi Ang of the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center-Task Force, said Thursday, November 24.The S-PaSS or Safe, Swift and Smart Passage is an online travel management system used for domestic travel.The city government earlier said applying for an S-PaSS was no longer required. The Negros Occidental provincial government, however, said all incoming passengers, including those bound for Bacolod, would be required to obtain an S-PaSS prior to arrival at the Bacolod Silay Airport as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19.Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia ...

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Seda lights up Christmas tree as hotel business picks up

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Seda Capitol Central hotel in Bacolod City lights up its Christmas tree Thursday night.*Ronnie Baldonado photoThe hotel business in Bacolod is picking up with the downgrading of the city’s COVID-19 status to Alert Level 2.Seda Capitol Central hotel in Bacolod City kicked off the holiday season on an upbeat note with the lighting of its Christmas tree Thursday night, November 25.“The lighting of the Christmas tree is a message of hope not only for our guests but for everyone,” Seda Capitol Central manager Kim Guimba said.Lighting the tree will spark that hope that things will be better, he said.He said at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic their hotel business drastically suffered but with the city now under Alert Level 2 it has been picking up, he saidIn November, ...

Nov262021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Pagsasko sa iya FB account ang rason sang construction worker sa pagpatay sa 13 anyos

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Na detain sa karon sa Police Station 8 sa Bacolod City ang desi otso anyos nga construction worker nga si Edmon Sobregon.Miyerkules sang iya ginbuno ang isa ka trese anyos nga solterito sa may Purok Sais sa Barangay Tangub sa Bacolod City.Suno kay Edmon, na akig siya kay gina saskuhan sang biktima ang iya nga Facebook account.Amo kun ngaa sang Miyerkules sang gab-i iya ini nga gin bantayan kag gin buno sang ice peak.Suno sa commander sang Police Station 8 nga si Major Joery Puerto, nag sabtanay pa ang duha kag hinali na lang siya nga ginbuno sang suspek sa dalan sa gwa sang computeran.Sa sini nga dalan natabo ang pagbuno sa biktima. Naka dalagan pa ini sa computeran para magpanugid sa iya nga amay.Matapos ang insidente nag surrender man sa PNP ang suspek.Nagpana...

Nov252021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Curfew violators naglab-ot na sa 13,000 sumugod sang Enero

Balita Hiligaynon

BCPO photoPadayon karon ang panawagan sang Bacolod City Police Office sa mga pumuluyo nga magsunod sa executive order angut sa curfew bangud naga damo pa gid ang gakadakpan subong sang kapulisan bangud sang pag lapas sa curfew.Sa datos sang BCPO, sang nag ligad nga semana humalin Nobyembre 15 tubtob 21, may yara sang 503 ka mga violators nga gin dakop ang mga pulis bangud sang ila pag lapas sa curfew.Ini bisan pa gin idog na ang curfew hours humalin 10pm, karon 11pm na ini tubtob 4am.Kun sumahon humalin sang Enero, suno sa BCPO, yara na sa 13,245 tanan ang mga nadakpan nga naga lapas sa curfew.Gin pahayag naman ni BCPO spokesperson, Lt Col Sherlock Gabana, ang pag sunod sa curfew protocol ang indi lang para sa pag tapna batuk sa paglapta sang Covid-19 kundi pati man sa ...

Nov262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Diaz: Capitol denies Orola S-PaSS for ‘fake’ address

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The Negros Occidental provincial government denied the approval of the S-PaSS application of former Bacolod Rep. John Orola because it contained a “fake” address, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, November 25.In his S-PaSS application Orola placed his destination as Silay City, Negros Occidental, and his destination barangay as Silay Airport instead of his real address, Diaz said.The S-PaSS or Safe, Swift and Smart Passage is an online travel management system used for domestic travel.“We did not approve Orola’s application because he placed a fake address,” Diaz said.Orola said his secretary had filled out the form for his S-PaSS application and placed Silay as the address because that is where the airport it.However, he no longer needs an S-PaSS f...

Nov262021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

Over 13,000 curfew violators nabbed in Bacolod since January

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BCPO photoMore than 13,000 individuals were caught violating the curfew of Bacolod City since January this year, the police said Thursday, November 25.Bacolod City Police Office records show that 13,245 persons have violated the curfew from January to November.In just one week, from November 15 to 21, the police said 503 curfew violators were arrested.The city had earlier implemented a curfew from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. to contain the spread COVID-19.Lt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, BCPO spokesperson, urged the public to follow the curfew hours to keep safe from the virus as well as from criminality.Those exempted from the curfew are workers on night shifts, media practitioners, public emergencies that require fire and ambulance services, calamities, and those requiring medical...

Nov252021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

100 ka mga volunteers maga bulig sa National Vaccination Days

Balita Hiligaynon

Ginsugdan sang Bacolod Emergency Oprations Center ang briefing para sa mga barangay health workers nga amo ang maga bulig sa mga medical personnel sa natalana nga "Bayanihan Bakunahan" sa Nobyembre 29 tubtob Disyembre 1.Suno kay Em Ang, executive director sang EOC, may dugang man nga 100 ka mga volunteer nga maga-bulig man sa mga vaccination center sa tatlo ka adlaw nga National Vaccination Days.May masobra sa 40 ka mga vaccination centers ang igatalana sa Bacolod sa tuyo nga malab-ot ang masobra 60 mil nga qouta sang siudad.Gani nagapangabay man ang eoc sa mga wala pa nabakunahan kag bisan ang mga luyag magbaton ang booster shots nga magpadulong lang sa mga natalana nga vaccination centers sa mga mall, mga kabarangayan kag mga eskwelahan nga magaserbi nga vaccination areas.

Nov252021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Atty. Diaz: Wala gina approve ang S-PaSS nga may sala nga impormasyon

Balita Hiligaynon

Ginklaro ni provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz nga wala naga approve ang probinsya sang S-paSS nga may indi amo nga impormasyon ukon false information.Ini kasunod nga gin kwestion ni Bacolod EOC executive director, Em Ang, ang advisory sang PAL nga naga require sang mga maga padulong sa Bacolod nga mag declare nga sila ang residente sang Barangay Airport siudad sang Silay sa ila nga pag apply sang S-PaSS. Suno kay Ang kasubong lamang nga ginhatagan sang instruction ang pumuluyo nga maghatag sang false information.Suno kay Diaz, wala ang probinsya sang gin aprobahan nga S-PaSS nga peke ang impormasyon.Ang S-paSS application sa probinsya ni Atty John Orola ang wala gin aprobahan suno kay Diaz bangud indi amo ang address, kag ini ang dapat sa Bacolod City, karon nga naga pros...