Tag: Negros news

Dec122021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

WV officials told: Prepare for potential tropical cyclone

The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council alerted all local government officials and DRRMCs in Western Visayas on Sunday, December 12, to prepare for a potential tropical cyclone.The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported that a potential tropical cyclone is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday, December 14, and will be named “Odette”, Ma. Aletha Nogra, Office of Civil Defense-Western Visayas OIC, said.It may intensify into a typhoon before making landfall on Wednesday evening, December 15, or Thursday morning, December 16, over Eastern Visayas, she said.She reminded local government officials to strengthen risk communication and localize warnings to communities within ...

Dec122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

McDonald’s first NXTGEN store in Negros opening at Forbes Hill

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The first-ever, full-scale McDonald’s NXTGEN store in Negros Island in front of Megaworld’s exclusive Forbes Hill residential village and beside the iconic Bacolod Welcome Marker will officially open on Tuesday, December 16.The much-awaited opening of the unique and first-in-the-province McDonald’s NXTGEN store is finally happening as Megaworld continues to bring excitement to its 53-hectare Northill Gateway township along the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road, Harold Geronimo. Megaworld Corp. senior assistant vice president and head of PR and media affairs, said Sunday, December 12.In yet another first in Negros Island, the interiors and exteriors of McDonald’s Forbes Hill are designed following the Ray Palette, the fast food giant’s latest, global standard design scheme that puts...

Dec122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Army’s 79IB intensifies info drive vs. NPA recruitment in Toboso

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The Army’s 79th Infantry (Masaligan) Battalion has intensified its awareness campaign to counter the recruitment and extortion activities by the communist rebels, particularly among the government officials in Toboso, Negros Occidental.An information awareness drive was conducted on Friday, December 10, at the Municipal Hall of Toboso, and was participated by Mayor Richard Jaojoco, barangay captains and representatives from the nine barangays of Toboso headed by Roberto Villasis and PNP personnel led by PCpt Paul Kenneth Magan, an Army press release said.Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, 79IB commander, provided the overview of the activity highlighting how the barangay officials can contribute to the government’s whole-of-nation approach to end local armed conflict and finally eliminate ins...

Dec122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Pink volunteers join Valladolid Our Lady of Guadalupe feast

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More than a thousand parishioners of the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Valladolid, Negros Occidental, got to taste the “Lugaw ni Leni” handed out by supporters of presidential candidate Leni Robredo after the mass celebrating the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Saturday, December 11.Laban Leni Negros Occidental (LLNO) spokesperson, Pinky Ocampo, said that volunteers were “overwhelmed with the warm reception we got from the parishioners and we are thankful that other volunteer groups worked with us to serve the people.”Aside from lugaw, the group also distributed pink juices, pink pandesal, siopao and entertained the crowd with their signature Pink Mob dance.“We would also like to thank Fr. Aniceto “Mao” Buenafe for the invitation,” Ocampo said, adding that the presence ...

Dec122021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Photo of the Day (December 12, 2021)

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Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Benhur Abalos Jr. (6th and 7th from left) with supporters of presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos and his runningmate Sara Duterte Carpio in Bacolod City, Sunday, December 12.* Andy Alvarez photo

Dec112021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

P16.7M in smuggled sugar seized in Subic, BOC says

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BOC photoThe Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Port of Subic seized refined sugar declared as “twist floor maps” and “plastic trash bags” with an estimated value of P16.7 million, it reported Friday, December 10.Information that the shipment was suspected to contain sugar prompted the port to issue Pre-Lodgment Control Orders (PLCO) against the 14x20’ containers consigned to Multi Subsonic Marketing Co., the BOC said.Physical examination was conducted on Tuesday, December 7, in the presence of the Enforcement and Security Service, Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, and Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) resulting in the discovery of the undeclared sugar.Issuance of Warrants of Seizure and Detention ...

Dec112021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Gov allows increase in boat passengers, new bus route

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Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has granted the request of the 2GO Group to increase the number of passengers on its vessels bound for Negros Occidental, and of Vallacar Transit Inc. for a new route.Lacson granted the request of 2GO to increase the passenger cap of its vessels bound for Negros Occidental to 70 percent effective December 16.The classification of Negros Occidental to Alert Level 2 and Executive Order 21-55, Series of 2021 provided that “intrazonal and interzonal travel of all ages and for any purpose, including leisure, shall be allowed,” Lacson said.The previous restrictions on travel have been eased but minimum public health protocols must still be observed at all times, he said.Lacson also granted the request of Vallacar Transit Inc. to resume bus trips from Duma...

Dec112021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

447 JOs in Isabela finally paid: mayor

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The Sangguniang Bayan of Isabela, Negros Occidental, finally approved the release of funds for the payment of more than 400 job order workers, Mayor Irene Montilla said Friday, December 10.“I made sure they got paid for three paydays because they stopped getting paid starting October 15,” the Isabela mayor said.They were paid their salaries from October 15 to November 30, Montilla said.The mayor in November had complained that 447 JO workers had not been paid since October because of the failure of the SB led by Vice Mayor Renato Malabor Jr. to approve the release of funds.Malabor is running against Montilla for mayor of Isabela in the 2022 polls.There are still a lot of pending requests that the SB has not acted on, which is crippling the delivery of basic services and...

Dec112021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Accidental firing kills senior citizen

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NOCPPO photoA senior citizen died after he accidentally fired his gun in his home at Hacienda Carmen, Brgy. Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Thursday, December 9.The victim was 71-year-old Benbenido Castigador.The victim was holding his firearm when it accidentally fired and hit him on the leg, the police said.He was found by his niece on the floor with a wound on his left leg.He was brought to Talisay City Health Center for medication but was declared dead on arrival.*