Tag: Negros Occidental news

Dec112021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

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

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.*

Dec112021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Teenager found dead in Calatrava

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Calatrava PNP photoA teenager was found dead near a river at Sitio Capanoyan, Brgy Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental, Thursday, December 9.Nonie Boy Pales, 19, of Sitio Mainit, Brgy. San-Isidro, Toboso, was already lifeless when he was discovered by a resident.The victim sustained gunshot wounds to his forehead and neck, the police said.He was brought to the Calatrava Municipal Health Office for post-mortem examination.Residents said they heard two gunshots around 4 to 5 a.m. on Thursday.The police are still investigating the motive for the killing.*

Dec102021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Cong. Marilou Arroyo maga suporta sa kandidatura ni Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa pagka presidente

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[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4a5oR70PGI&live=1[/embedyt]5th District Representative Ma Lourdes Arroyo ang maga suporta sa kandidatura nanday Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. kag Mayor Sara Duterte sa 2022 nga piniliay.Si Arroyo nga katapo sang Lakas-CMD kag kapartido ni Mayor Sara ang nagsiling nga suportado niya ang Uniteam ukon ang Marcos-Duterte tandem kag siya ang maga kampanya para sa ila sa iya nga sakop.Ginalauman man ni Arroyo nga ang mga alkalde sang kinto distrito ang maga suporta man sa Uniteam. Maga suporta sa Marcos-Duterte tandem kanday Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo sang Moises Padilla, Rhumyla Nicor-Mangilimutan sang La Castellana kag Raymund Tongson sang Himamaylan City.Sa bahin ni Isabela Mayor Irene Montilla, nga katapo sang Nationalist People’s Coalition,...

Dec102021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Teenager nasapwan patay

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Calatrava PNP photoPatay na sang masapwan sang mga pumuluyo kag otoridad ang isa ka estudyante kahapon sa dalan malapit sa suba sa Barangay Minapasok banwa sang Calatrava.Ang biktima amo ang 19 anyos nga si Nonie Boy Pales.Suno kay Major Roberto Indiape, las 5 sang aga kahapon sang makabati sang lupok ang mga residente kag ila na lang nasapwan ang bangkay ni Pales nga may igu sang bala sa iya agtang kag liog.Dugang pa ni Indiape, nag gwa sa ila nga balay sang Miyerkules sang gab-i si Pales matapos ini maka baton sang text message sa iya na may emergency.Pagkadason nga adlaw natabo ang pagtiro sa iya.Gina hibalo pa karon sang PNP kun ano ang nangin motibo sang suspetado.

Dec102021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Senior citizen patay matapos aksidente matiruhan ang kaugalingon

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NOCPPO photoDuguon na sang maabtan kahapon sang iya nga hinablos ang 71 anyos nga si Benbenido Castigador sa iya sini balay sa Barangay Dos Hermanas, siyudad sang Talisay.Sa imbestigasyon sang Talisay PNP, si Castigador lang ang naga istar sa sulod sang puluy-an kag mahimo suno sa pulis nag lupok ang iya sini nga armas samtang iya sini gina kuti kag naigu ang iya nga paa.Pag kakita sa iya sang iya sini hinablos, gindala man siya gilayon sa ospital suno sa pulis ugaling gin deklarar na ini nga dead on arrival.

Dec102021 by Martian MuycoNo Comments

Misis patay, mister pilason matapos mag labog sa gutter ang ila nga motor

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Cauayan PNP photoDead on arrival sa ospital ang 36 anyos nga si Ritchel Robles matapos mag labog sa gutter kag mahulog sa kilid sang dalan ang ila nga motorsiklo sang Martes sa highway sang Barangay Inayauan sa banwa sang Cauayan.Pilason naman ang iya mister nga naga dala sang motor nga si Benedicto Robles.Sa imbestigasyon sang Traffic Division sang Cauayan, nag likaw si Robles sa iya gina sundan nga tricycle nga maliko kun tani sa bangga.Na alang alang suno sa pulis si Robles sa iya nga pag likaw gani naglabog kag nag tupa ini sa gutter antes mahulog sa pil-as sa kilid sang dalan.Padayon karon nga ginabulong ang mister sa ospital.

Dec102021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Wala na sang may na quarantine sa Silay kag Cadiz healing center

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Wala na sang may naka quarantine sa healing facilities sang Silay kag Cadiz sa karon. Naga pabilin na man lang nga single digit ang naka quarantine sa healing facility sa EB Magalona.Ini suno kay provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz nga nag siling sang Hwebes, nga padayon ang pagnubo sa karon sang kaso sang Covid - 19 sa probinsya.Ang occupancy rate naman sang ospital sa Cadiz nga nagapabilin subong nga isahanon nga Covid hospital sang probinsya ang yara na lamang sa 30 percent. Sa datus sang Provincial Incident Management Team, 321 ang Active Covid 19 cases sang Negros Occidental se December 9 sini nga report.Wala naga untat ang probinsya sa pagpahanumdom sa publiko nga bisan pa nag panaog na ang Covid cases kag naghalog na ang restriction indi pagkalipatan ang pag gamit sa...