Tag: Negros Occidental news

Nov222021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Thousands join Negros Occidental ‘unity caravan’ for Marcos

Thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. clad in red and waving flaglets joined a “Unity Caravan” in Bacolod City Sunday morning, November 28.The caravan participants, shouting “BBM, BBM”, were on vehicles plastered with tarpaulins with photos of Marcos Jr., and decorated with red and green ribbons.Organizers estimated the vehicles, which included a lot of motorcycles, that participated in the caravan that started in Talisay City in the north and Bago City in the south at from 3,000 to 5,000.The police had no estimate of the number of vehicles that participated.The caravan was in support of Marcos and his runningmate Sara Duterte as shown in their red and green ribbons, Aurora Blanca, Silent Majority BBM 2022 chairman, said.She s...

Nov222021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

‘Lugaw ni Leni’ served to 12,000 in Negros Occidental

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Supporters of presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo, clad in pink, joined the nationwide “Palugaw ni Leni,” serving over 12,000 bowls of rice porridge in 13 cities and municipalities all over Negros Occidental on t Saturday, November 20.From fancy set-ups to mobile trisikads reaching inner roads, Kakampinks went all-out, exceeding their initial target of 5,000 lugaw bowls by more than double, Lawyer Pinky Mirano Ocampo, Laban Leni Negros Occidental (LLNO) spokesperson, said Sunday.They consolidated the figures by members of various groups, including the Negros Youth for Leni, Team Leni Robredo, Victorias Para Kay Leni, Kabataan Para Kay Leni Silay, Lenitarians and individual volunteers among others, she said.In Bacolod City, more than 4,000 beneficiaries were serve...

Nov212021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Ceneco residential rates down by 11 cents per kWh in November

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The Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. announced Friday, November 19, that its average residential rate for November is P10.0621/kWh.It dropped by P0.1167/kWh from last month’s P10.1788/kWh, Danny Pondevilla, CENECO acting general manager, said in a press release.The decrease can be attributed to the reduction in generation, transmission and system loss charges, implementation of Time-Of-Use rate for 24MW due to the directive of the Energy Regulatory Commission as well as the other pass-through charges such as value-added tax, he said.He added that the pass-through charges equivalent to P8.8755/kWh of the total power rate include the generation and transmission charges, ERC-approved adjustments, government subsidies and taxes.Only P1.1866/kWh of the power rate goes to...

Nov212021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Elect leaders who will put country first – Alex Lacson

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"We need to elect leaders who will put our country's interests first and foremost."This was stressed by lawyer Alex Lacson, a Negrense senatorial candidate running under the team of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Kiko Pangilinan, in a virtual forum entitled "Patriotism in the Time of the Pandemic".The event was organized by the Rotary Club of Bacolod headed by its president Pauline Cuaycong, and participated in by various Rotary Clubs of Bacolod, Interactors and Rotaractors on Thursday, November 18.Lacson, in his talk, raised the alarm on the increasing influence of China in the Philippines, especially in the light of the recent bullying of Chinese patrol ships, using water cannons, against Philippine boats in the West Philippine Sea.Last year, the Senate raised wh...

Nov212021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

VMC takes ‘desperate moves,’ group claims; mill mgmt replies

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Sugarcane trucks at Victorias Milling Co.* Ronnie Baldonado photoCorporate giant Victorias Milling Co. appears willing to lose hundreds of millions of pesos by extending additional milling incentives to attract individual planters to deliver their sugarcane to VMC for crop year 2021-2022, a press release from the Vicmico Planters’ Association Inc. said Sunday, November 21.Industry sources indicated that VMC, fearing a reduced volume after unilaterally severing ties early this year with long-time business partner Vicmico Planters Association Inc. and consequently, with Vicmico Planters’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative, is giving milling incentives of as much as P300, or a total package of P550 per ton cane, to attract farmers to deliver their sugarcane to the mill, the press release said....

Nov212021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Soldiers slain in Moises Padilla encounter laid to rest

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303rd IB photoTwo soldiers who died in a Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, encounter were simultaneously laid to rest in separate venues and given full military honors on Saturday, November 20.Army troops together with family and friends buried Corporal Biencent John Trero at Angel's Memorial Park in Kabankalan City, while Private Cesar Ian Eleuterio was laid to rest at the Brgy Jaena Norte public cemetery in Jamindan, Capiz.Trero and Eleuterio of the Philippine Army's 79th Infantry "Masaligan" Battalion paid the ultimate sacrifice in an encounter against members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army in Sitio Tiyos, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, an Army press release said.A gun salute was also held at the burial and the Phi...

Nov212021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Capitol remembers road traffic victims

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Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government marked the World Day of Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims at the Capitol grounds in Bacolod City on Sunday, November 21.Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and provincial officials led the activity, participated in by Capitol office heads and employees, national government agencies, non-government organizations, and private groups.A marker was unveiled at the Capitol Lagoon as part of the activity. It serves as a constant reminder to all commuters to observe road safety rules to prevent deaths and injuries in order to save more lives, a press release from the Capitol said.The World Day of Remembrance is themed, “Act for low speeds/act for low speed streets”, which aims to raise awareness on road safety and pr...

Nov212021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Hidden treasures of Isabela, Negros Occidental

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Nov202021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Migz files bill to restore NIR, Kiko to file House counterpart

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Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said on Friday, November 19, that he just filed Senate Bill No. 2453 that seeks to establish the Negros Island Administrative Region to be known as Region XVIII.Zubiri, who filed the Negros Island Region Act on Wednesday, said the bill seeks to bring together Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, and Bacolod City as a single administrative region.The senator said a counterpart bill needs to be filed in the House of Representatives.“I need a counterpart in the House and I’m hoping we can have the Negros congressmen file it as well,” Zubiri told DIGICAST NEGROS.Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) said he will file a counterpart bill in the House of Representatives next week.“The establishment of th...