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Mayor Salvador Escalante ginaduso mangin Negros ACE president

Mayor Salvador Escalante ginaduso mangin Negros ACE president

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https://youtu.be/cgG3KT9-dNsCadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante, Jr. ang ginaduso nga mangin presidente sang Negros Association of Chief Executives ukon ACE.Si Escalante sa karon ang pinaka senior sa mga bag-o nagpungko nga alkalde matapos ang 2025 Elections.Yara na siya sa iya last term, pero sadto pa naka serbe na siya alkalde sang Cadiz sa sulod man sang tatlo ka termino.Wala pa man siya maka desisyon pero iya ginsiling nga mahuya man siya mag pamalibad sa mga naga duso sa iya.Sa Biyernes magasapol ang mga alkalde sang probinsya para diri.Mga 17 tubtob 18 sa 31 ka alkalde sa Negros Occidental suno kay Escalante ang katapo sang UNegA.Ang nabilin katapo sang Love Negros kasubong man mga independent.Nagapapabilin man ang coalition sang Love Negros kag UNegA.Si Esca...
HR Head sang NegOcc gin-dismiss sa serbisyo; Nag-file na sang MR

HR Head sang NegOcc gin-dismiss sa serbisyo; Nag-file na sang MR

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Gin-dismiss sa serbisyo ang pamuno sang Human Resource Department sang Negros Occidental matapos makit-an nga liable sa Opression, Conduct Prejudicial to the best interest of the Service, Grave Misconduct kag being Notoriously Undesirable.Sa desisyon nga gin lagdaan ni Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson sa kaso ni Atty Anabelle Palic, sadtong Hunyo 17, nakasaad man nga nalakip sa pag dismiss sa iya gikan sa serbisyo ang accessory penalties kasubong sang cancellation of eligibility, perpetual disqualification from holding public office, pag bar sang pagkuha sang civil service examination kag forfeiture sang retirement benefits sandig man sa Section 57 (a) Rule 10 sang 2017 RACCS ukon ang Revised Rules on Administrative Cases in Civil Service.Suno kay Atty Alberto Nellas, Jr., ang Provinci...
Fuel prices to go up again

Fuel prices to go up again

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Expect fuel prices to go up again on Tuesday, May 23, Unioil Petroleum Philippines announced Saturday.Diesel prices will increase by P0.50 to P0.70 per liter, and gasoline by P0.70 to P0.90 per liter, it said.On May 16 the price of gasoline went up by P0.35 per liter, diesel by P1.40 per liter, and kerosene by P1.20 per liter.*
Rain triggers 2 landslides, evacuation in north Negros

Rain triggers 2 landslides, evacuation in north Negros

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The house destroyed by a landslide in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City.* Dionela Madrona photoHeavy rain triggered two landslides, flooding and evacuations in northern Negros Occidental on Wednesday, January 11.A landslide destroyed a house and injured an 8-year-old boy in Sitio Panlucasan, Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City, Social Welfare Officer Dionela Madrona said.The boy who suffered from an eye injury was admitted at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City.The five members of his family are now staying at the house of a relative and have been provided assistance by Talisay Mayor Neil Lizares, Madrona said.A landslide in Barangay Paraiso, Sagay City, also partially blocked a road but was cleared later in the day, Zephard Caelian, ...
3 children who were typhoon victims die in San Carlos fire

3 children who were typhoon victims die in San Carlos fire

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San Carlos PNP photoThree children died in a fire that destroyed 12 houses in Sitio Trozo, Brgy. Buluangan, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, December 21, four days before Christmas.They were victims of Typhoon “Odette” and were using candles to illuminate their homes since power has yet to be restored in their community, FO2 Neil Bantillo of the San Carlos Fire Station said on Wednesday.Killed in the fire were siblings Erly John, 6, and Chisca, 3, children of Ann Sombise, and their cousin Rose Jane, 9, daughter of Mary Rose Sombise who lives in Guihulngan City, San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza said.Their mothers are twins.Bantillo said the fire that started at the Sombise house, which was made of light materials, was believed to have been caus...
Negros Island typhoon deaths 114; Occidental sets P50M to aid victims

Negros Island typhoon deaths 114; Occidental sets P50M to aid victims

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The death toll from Typhoon Odette in Negros Island has hit 114.Negros Oriental reported 74 deaths and Negros Occidental has 40.There were also 100 injured in Negros Occidental and 11 are still missing Zeaphard Caelian, Provincial Disaster Management Program Division (PDMPD) head, said Wednesday, December 22.Of the 40 deaths in Negros Occidental, Sipalay City had 17, Kabankalan City - 11, Moises Padilla - 3, Candoni - 2, and Binalbagan, Cauayan, Ilog, Isabela, La Carlota City, Manapla and San Carlos City – 1 each, he said.However, Mayor Pedro Zayco on Tuesday reported 14 typhoon-related deaths in Kabankalan City.Of the 11 missing, Caelian said Sipalay had 7, Kabankalan - 3 and Candoni - 1.The typhoon also destroyed 42,432 houses and damaged 158,832 in Negros Occiden...
Duterte places WV, 5 other regions under state of calamity for 1 year

Duterte places WV, 5 other regions under state of calamity for 1 year

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Ronnie Baldonado photoPresident Rodrigo Duterte has declared the entire Western Visayas and five other regions under a state of calamity for one year after Typhoon Odette “caused widespread devastation and damages.”Also declared under a state of calamity are regions IV-B, VII, VIII, X, and XIII effective Tuesday, December 21.The Sangguniang Panlungsod also approved a resolution Wednesday afternoon, December 22, placing Bacolod City under a state of calamity following the onslaught of Typhoon Odette, Councilor Renecito Novero said.Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia had forwarded a City Development Council resolution to the SP requesting the declaration of a state of calamity and to accept offers of national and international assistance based on need, he said.The typhoon affe...
Migz to help hasten power restoration in south, landowners delaying repairs

Migz to help hasten power restoration in south, landowners delaying repairs

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Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, right, meets with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and Board Member Jose Benito Alonso (l-r) Wednesday, December 22, to discuss how he can further help the province following Typhoon Odette.*CPG photoIt will be a Christmas without homes, power and water for many victims of Typhoon “Odette” in southern Negros Occidental.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said he requested, in the presence of President Rodrigo Duterte Monday, for manpower to help the Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative restore power in the southern part of the province.Power needs to be restored because there is very poor quality of water right now in the south, and communication is affected, Lacson said Wednesday, December 22.Kabankalan Mayor Pedro Zayco said if...
Zubiri to seek add’l P10B to P15B for typhoon victims, aids Negros

Zubiri to seek add’l P10B to P15B for typhoon victims, aids Negros

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Kabankalan PIO photoSenate Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Wednesday, December 22, that he is filing a bill for a P10 to 15 billion supplemental budget to aid the victims of Typhoon “Odette” in various parts of the country.Zubiri said the General Appropriations Act for 2022 has already been approved and ratified, and is just waiting for the signature of the president.The budget for calamity response in the GAA for 2022 was very little so they need to pass a supplemental budget of at least P10 billion, but they will try to increase it to P15 billion if the national treasurer says there are sufficient funds from savings, he said.The funds will be targeted to help families whose houses were destroyed and damaged, he said.The Department of Social Welfare an...
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