Another holiday treat for everyone is underway! The SM Store Bacolod will kick off its After-Christmas Sale on December 26 up until December 31, 2020. Shoppers score up to 70% off on a wide selection of merchandise from apparel, kitchenware, kids’ toys, art supplies, safety essentials, and many more! Shop with your SMAC and get …
Monthly Archives: December 2020
You and I: Apart Yet Together
‘Being apart now is the only way I can prove how much I care for you’ By Ann Marie Bantigue The world is struggling amidst the pandemic. Our country has to struggle in between the virus outbreak and natural calamities. Unfortunately for us, here we are in the middle of it all. They said that …
LSIs stranded due to TD ‘Vicky’ allowed to return home
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The city government of Bacolod has given consideration to at least 80 locally stranded individuals (LSIs) who have been stranded last week due to the onslaught of Tropical Depression “Vicky.” Based on a report released by the Bacolod City Emergency Operation Center (EOC), at least 50 Bacolod LSIs arrived at …
Cop gunned down in Pontevedra
By Shiela G. Gelera An intelligence officer of the Pontevedra Police Station was shot dead by a lone gunman at the reclamation area of Barangay 1-Poblacion in Negros Occidental’s Pontevedra town around 6:00 a.m. yesterday. Authorities identified the victim as 37-year-old Police Staff Sgt. Ildefonso Casugod of the town’s Barangay Recreo. He succumbed to a …
Iloilo City outpaces Cebu, Clark in office space sales
Iloilo City has charmed most locators to settle in the metropolis despite difficult times as spaces were selling like hotcakes amid lockdowns. This was the assessment of industry leader Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) in its latest report. “Mayor Jerry P. Treñas’ programs to address the pandemic have shown leadership and preparedness,” LPC stated. The real …
Bacolod City Hall workers to receive addt’l P10K bonus
The Bacolod City Hall employees are set to receive an additional P10,000 as Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) as ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte. This is on top of the five types of cash incentives that the city employees have received this November and December. The President issued Administrative Order No. 37 on December 8, 2020 …
NegOcc gov’t implements One Hospital System
The provincial government of Negros Occidental has implemented a One Hospital System that enabled its doctors to perform elective surgery procedures to patients needing surgical treatments in provincial government-run hospitals. The first kick off was at Valeriano Gatuslao Memorial Hospital in Himamaylan City on Monday, where doctors have successfully performed hemorrhoidectomy, inguinal hernia repair, debridement …
Almost 900 Negrense LSIs arrive prior to holiday travel halt
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Almost 900 Negrense locally stranded individuals (LSIs) from Metro Manila and Cebu have arrived over the weekend prior to the scheduled holiday moratoriums in Negros Occidental. Dr. Zeaphard Caelian, head of the Provincial Incident Management Team, said a batch of 333 LSIs from Manila and 140 from Cebu arrived last …
Sacked lawyer files complaints against NegOcc guv
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A lawyer who had been previously dismissed from the Negros Occidental Provincial Legal Office has filed a complaint against Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson. Based on a letter written by Atty. Ernie Magaspag and addressed to President Rodrigo Duterte dated December 9, he accused the governor of alleged abuse of authority, …
NOCPPO TO THE PUBLIC | Do not generalize police force over Tarlac incident
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) yesterday appealed to the public not to generalize the entire police force over the double murder incidents in Paniqui, Tarlac last Sunday. NOCPPO Public Information Officer, Police Lt. Abegael Donasco, said the public should not point to the entire police force over the …