Tag: Negros Occidental
San Carlos gov’t worker killed months after husband’s slay
San Carlos PNP photoA San Carlos City government job order worker was shot to death Monday, months after her husband was also killed, Mayor Renato Gustilo said Tuesday, October 19.Maria Elena Belos Peque, 40, of San Julio Subdivision in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, was on board a tricycle on the way to the San Carlos City Hall when she was shot by a gunman on a motorcycle, the police said.The victim sustained a gunshot wound on the head and was rushed to the San Carlos City Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.It is possible that she was killed over a land dispute that allegedly also was the motive for the killing of her husband early this year, the police said.Peque was a job order worker assigned to the city government’s accounting offi...
Power rates down P2.0814 per kWh
The Central Negros Electric Cooperative average residential rate for October is P10.1788/kWh, a decrease of P2.0814/kWh, from last month’s rate of P12.2602/kWh, its acting general manager Danny Pondevilla said Tuesday, October 19.He attributed the P2.0814/kWh rate drop to the reduction in generation charges with the decrease in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM ) price, transmission, system loss charges, implementation of PCPC adjustment, and other pass through charges such as Lifeline and Senior Citizens Discount and Value Added Tax.In monitoring the monthly electricity usage, consumers are advised to look at their kilowatt-hour consumption and not the amount, Pondevilla said.The amount may vary depending on the pass-through charges, he explained.*
Robredo visit to Negros on Nov. 5 symbolic: Lito
Vice President Leni Robredo, the presidential candidate of the opposition coalition 1Sambayan, is visiting Negros Occidental on November 5, former governor Rafael Coscolluela said Tuesday, October 19.“She offers hope for our broken nation. Her visit to Negros on the day we celebrate ‘Al Cinco de Noviembre’, or liberation day for Negros island, is symbolic of our struggle for a better Philippines after the 2022 elections,” Coscolluela said.The vice president has expressed keen interest in meeting her supporters, who have asked her to grace the blessing and inauguration of the Leni-Kiko campaign headquarters in Bacolod City, he said.Her itinerary while in Negros is still being finalized, said Coscolluela, a convenor of 1Sambayan and the Negros4Leni group, an alliance of Robredo's...
Kwizko ni Kiko championship face-off set October 23
Who will emerge as champion in the final round of the 1st Kwizko ni Cong. Kiko quiz bee competition?Fifteen Grade 10 students from the Third District of Negros Occidental will compete for the title at the Technological University of the Phil.-Visayas gymnasium in Talisay City starting 2 p.m. Saturday, October 23, a press release said.Finalists from Victorias City are Jozh Pruellene F. Romaquin - Victorias National High School, Chester M. Abanggan - Negros Occ. National Science High School, and Libert A. Villaruel - Brgy. Estado National High School .Those from EB Magalona are Joshua G. Eso - Tanza National High School, and Christine Mae Tramado and Paul AntawnB. Guinalon from Enrique B. Magalona National High School .Finalists from Silay City are Bea Marie T. Alisbo - Brgy....
Guv launches MIS portal for vax cards with QR codes
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson launched the Negros Occidental Monitoring Information System Portal where fully vaccinated Negrenses can download their COVID-19 Vaccination QR (Quick Response) identification card, Tuesday afternoon, October 19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.Those whose names have already been uploaded into the system can download their cards at https://mis-negros.com/vaccine/id, he said.Negros Occidental mayors are urged to ensure that the lists of their fully vaccinated residents are uploaded so they can avail of their cards with QR codes, Diaz said.He said this will be an easier way to distribute the vaccination cards since more than 300,000 Negrenses have already been vaccinated.To access the vaccination card at the site one must type in one's na...
Monico throws support behind Albee, Manny
Former Bacolod mayor and representative Monico Puentevella said he is campaigning for mayoral candidate Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez and his team “against these people who harassed me for all the years I have been in public service”.Benitez is running for mayor of Bacolod City against incumbent Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Puentevella’s political nemesis.Puentevella, at a press conference Tuesday, October 19, said three more cases filed by the camp of his political opponent have been dismissed.“All these cases from the beginning up to now have all been dismissed, which were proven to be harassment cases against me”, he said.“I am warning the people against reelecting these people…I suffered a lot, they defeated me in the past elections by using these harassment cases,” Puent...