Brig. Gen. Flynn Dongbo (3rd from left), new Police Regional Office-6 director, is accorded arrival honors during the turnover of command at Camp General Martin Teofilo Delgado in Iloilo City Wednesday, November 10.*PRO-6 photo
The installation of eco-friendly solar street lights along Bonifacio Street in Barangay Zone 7, Talisay City, under Punong Barangay Sulpicio “Bingbing” Verdeflor Jr. has been completed, Mayor Neil Lizares said Wednesday, November 10.“Aside from illuminating the streets for motorists and pedestrians alike at night, these lighting upgrades can help make our barangay community safer due to its crime prevention effect while also creating the conditions necessary for our residents and businesses to thrive,” Lizares said.“This is not only as a crime deterrent initiative but this solar-powered street lights are economical to use, promote renewable energy and significantly lessen the carbon footprint of our communities and reduce our dependence on conventional energy. The absence of extern...
Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Negros Occidental, 3rd District) led the distribution of starter toolkits to 88 scholars of the 2020 Special Training for Employment Program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at separate programs in E.B. Magalona and Murcia on Tuesday, November 9.The office of Benitez partnered with TESDA to facilitate the conduct of community-based specialty training programs to promote livelihood and employment opportunities for the underprivileged and displaced workers in the barangays, a press release said.Acting Provincial TESDA Director Romelia Nuezca thanked Benitez for the support and participation of all cities and municipalities of the Third District, enabling them to teach and provide skills to many beneficiaries, especiall...
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III (3rd from left) gets a show of support from former Rep. Mercedes Alvarez, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, Rep. Greg Gasataya, Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva and Rep. Gerardo Valmayor (l-r) at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City Tuesday.*CPG photoLabor Secretary Silvestre Bello III distributed P16.6 million in assistance to 2,355 Bacolod and Negros Occidental residents on Tuesday, November 9, and said P110 million more will be allocated in next year’s budget.Bello distributed the funds at rites held at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City, where he also disclosed that he may run for senator in the 2022 polls as a replacement candidate.He will decide on his Senate bid after he talks to President Rodrigo Duterte, Bello sai...
Francis Gerard Tuvilla was seen by many of his friends standing on top of jeepney parked along the Bacolod Silay Airport Access Road as part of a stationary caravan to welcome Vice President Leni Robredo to Negros on Friday.*Former Negros Occidental Board Member Francis Gerard “Tanting” Yulo Tuvilla, who was seen standing on the roof of a jeepney cheering for Vice President Leni Robredo during her visit to Negros Occidental Friday, suffered a massive heart attack and died Tuesday morning, November 9.Tuvilla, 62, who had several heart attacks in the past, was at his sister’s house Tuesday morning when his heart gave in, his cousin Paul Yulo said.He was rushed to the Riverside Medical Center in Bacolod City where he was pronounced dead on arrival.Tuvilla served as board memb...
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III reiterated on Tuesday, November 9, that vaccination against COVID-19 cannot be made mandatory."Persons cannot be forced to be vaccinated because we live under a democratic society,” Bello stressed at a press conference at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City.There is no law that requires everybody, including workers, to get vaccinated, he said.However, a national Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) resolution requires that workers at restaurants, hotels and personal care establishments must be fully vaccinated, he said.Meanwhile, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said the Negros Occidental provincial government will abide by the guidelines of the NIATF on when minors can be allowed to go out of their homes.We are being guided by NIATF rules, and ...
Kun ano man ang mangin patakaran sang National Inter-Agency Task Force bahin sa pag tugot sang mga kabataan nga mag gwa na ini ang sundon sang Negros Occidental.Ini suno kay Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson ang panindugan sang probinsya karon nga napaidalom sa alert level 2 ang Negros Occidental.Humalin pa man sadto suno kay Lacson, ginasunod sang probinsya kun ano ang ipa gwa nga guidelines sang IATF.May pila na ka mga lugar sa pungsod nga yara sa alert level 2 nga nagtugot na sang mga kabataan sa pag gwa.Suno kay Lacson kun tugutan gid man ang mga menor de edad sa pag gwa maga sunod man ang probinsya basta may upod lang ang mga kabataan nga ginikanan ukon guardian.
Calatrava PNP photoPatay ang driver sang canter nga si Jay Sabolbora matapos ini gin luthang kag ginkawatan kahapon sang iya pahinante sa banwa sang Calatrava.Sa imbestigasyon sang PNP, nagpanaog ang pahinante sa dalan sa barangay tigbon kag iya gintiro si Sabolbora.Nakuha sa suspek ang bag sang biktima nga naga unod sang kwarta.Padayon pa ang pagpangita sang PNP sa pahinante nga suspek.
EB Magalona PNP photoPatay ang 38 anyos nga si Benjie Pulitod matapos ini maigu sang kilat sang Dominggo sa Malogo River sa banwa sang EB Magalona.Suno sa PNP, may gina kay-o ang biktima upod sang iya misis kag iban pa nga persona sa tunga sang suba sang hinali na lang siya iguon sang kilat.Si Pulitod lang amo na igu sang kilat bangud sa posible suno sa pulis nga ginlagas sang kilat ang iya dala nga pala.Dead on the spot si Pulitod bangud sang direkta nga igu sang kilat.
