Monthly Archives: March 2023

  By Mae Singuay Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Benitez favors a possible joint venture that could improve the service of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco). “If it would benefit the consumers of Bacolod, it is something worth supporting,” Benitez said. There are reports of a proposed joint venture between Ceneco and MORE Electric and …

By Mae Singuay Three employees were facing theft charges for allegedly stealing dressed chickens inside a supermarket at Barangay Zone 12 in Negros Occidental’s Talisay City. The suspects were Revege Agsam, 28 years old, of the city’s Barangay Zone 14-A; and Edilberto Cosio, 33 years old; and Jason Babao, 20 years old, both residents of …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A fish farm employee died after being electrocuted while working at Barangay Refugio in Negros Occidental’s Calatrava town on Tuesday afternoon, February 28. Jose Negres, 48 years old, a resident of Sitio Paraiso, tried to get some feed for the livestock when he accidentally touched a live wire at …

Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas has requested the resumption of direct flights from Iloilo to Singapore and Hong Kong and vice-versa to cater to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and traveling Ilonggos. In his letter dated February 28, addressed to Kirk Warren Patricio, airport performance manager of the Ground Operations Department, Treñas said he was prompted …

An aggressive and revitalized anti-drug and anti-criminality campaign in Iloilo City has resulted in the confiscation of 567.76 grams of suspected shabu valued at P3.83 million in 30 days after the change in leadership at the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO). ICPO spokesperson Major Shella Mae Sangrines, in an interview yesterday, said the 33 anti-drug …