Tag: Negros Occidental

Oct202021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

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...

Oct202021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Power rates down P2.0814 per kWh

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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.*

Oct202021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Robredo visit to Negros on Nov. 5 symbolic: Lito

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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...

Oct202021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Guv launches MIS portal for vax cards with QR codes

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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...

Oct202021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Monico throws support behind Albee, Manny

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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...

Oct202021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

OHS caters to 1,300 infected with Covid

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Capitol photoThe digitized One Hospital System of Negros Occidental has catered to more than 1,300 Negrenses infected with the COVID-19 virus since its inception in July this year, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Tuesday, October 19.About 5,806 residents from the different cities and municipalities in Negros Occidental, including residents of Bacolod City, were also facilitated by the One Hospital Command System from July to October 12, Diaz said.The digitized system of the province has efficiently facilitated its inter-hospital COVID-19 response and prevented a possible breakdown in hospital operations and capacity, he added.The OHS has reduced the waiting time of patients looking for hospitals by simply referring them to the appropriate district hospitals that...

Oct192021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Alleged CPP-NPA leader, 2 sons surrender: Army

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3ID photoA member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People Army and his two sons surrendered to the Philippine Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion and Philippine National Police, at Sitio Nahayag, Barangay Talalak, Sta Catalina, Negros Oriental, Sunday, October 17.Lt. Col. Roderick Salayo, 11th IB Commanding Officer, identified the surrenderees as alias Kol/Reynald, Team Leader of South East Front (Dismantled), Komiteng Rehiyon-Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor, and his sons as alias Emman, 23, and Junie, 20, both members of Yunit Militia, a press release from the Army said.They surrendered one M-14 single bolt action rifle without markings with defaced serial number and subversive documents with high intelligence value, the press release said.*

Oct192021 by Digicast NegrosNo Comments

Environment volunteers in 3rd District get incentives

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Capitol photoGovernor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of cash incentives to 64 peace and environment volunteers in the Third District of Negros Occidental in Silay City, Tuesday, October 19.Talisay City, Silay City, Victorias City , EB Magalona, and Murcia comprise the Third District.Through this community-based program, the local governments work together with the provincial government and the Philippine Army in promoting peace and environmental governance strategies, a press release from the Capitol said.The volunteers commit to protect the forests of the province and promote environmental awareness and peace and order, it said.Present at the affair were of Board Members Ryan Gamboa, Andrew Montelibano and Manuel Frederick Ko, Mayors Francis Frederick Palanca...

Oct192021 by Barbara MijaresNo Comments

Negros Occidental maga lunsar sang website para sa pag kuha sang vaccination card nga may QR code

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Gina paabot ang pag launch sang Kapitolyo Probinsyal sang MIS-portal kun sa diin sarang ma access sang mga fully vaccinated individuals ang ila nga vaccine cards nga may QR code.Suno kay provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz, iga launch ni Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson sa mga LGU kag sa mga alkalde agudto ma access ang link para diri.Naga kasayuran nga sarang na mismo ma download sang fully vaccinated individual ang iya nga vaccine card nga may QR code.Mas mangin mahapos sa mga natungdan ilabi na nga masobra naman sa 300,000 ang nabakunahan sa karon. Sa tion nga yara na sa Provincial Health Office ang impormasyon sang nabakunahan kag mahatag na ini sa Management Information System sang probinsya, mangin tayuyon na.Bisitahan lamang ang site kag sundon ang ...

Oct192021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Presyo sang produkto petrolyo liwat nga nagsaka sa ika 8 nga semana

Balita Hiligaynon

Isa ka big time oil price hike naman sa liwat ang gin patuman sang mga gasolinahan subong nga adlaw.Ini ang ika walo na ka sunod sunod nga semana nga naga mahal ang presyo sang gasolina kag krudo.1.50 ang gin saka sa kada litro sang diesel samtang 1.80 naman ang saka sa kada litro sang gasolina.Masobra sa siyete pesos na tanan ang ginsaka sa kada litro sang gasolina sa duha ka bulan. Kag humalin sang Enero, ini ang nag saka na sa malapit 20 pesos kada litro.Ang krudo naman, 8.65 na ang gin mahal sa sulod sang walo ka semana kag humalin sa pag bukas sang tuig, 18 pesos na ang gin saka sa kada litro sang diesel.