By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The former head of the Negros Occidental provincial capitol’s General Services Office will be charged with estafa after she was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Bacolod City’s Barangay Bata earlier this week. NBI-Bacolod chief, Atty. Renoir Baldovino said Lucille Chavez Pines had allegedly victimized several …
Monthly Archives: April 2023
Another NPA killed in Isabela gun battle
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Another member of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a gun battle with soldiers from the 62nd and the 94th and Infantry Battalions (IBs) in Negros Occidental’s Isabela town yesterday morning. Authorities have yet to identify the latest fatality as of press time. Colonel Orlando Edralin, 303rd Infantry …
Panaad fest’s first 2 days bring P3.6-M in sales
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The first two days of the 2023 Panaad sa Negros Festival was a huge success as it generated P3.6 million in sales, data from the Negros Occidental provincial government and the festival organizers showed. The festival’s first day income was at P1.7 million and P1.9 million on the second …
BCPO conducts drug tests on all personnel
By Mae Singuay The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) conducted a spot drug test on all its personnel following the assumption of office of the newly-installed acting city police director, Colonel Noel Aliño. Aliño led the spot drug test at BCPO headquarters on Wednesday, April 19. The first batch for the drug test were the …
Himamaylan shooting kills laborer
By Mae Singuay A laborer was shot to death for unknown reasons at Barangay Carabalan in Negros Occidental’s Himamaylan City on Wednesday afternoon, April 19. The 36-year old Regie Soledad of the said locality, succumbed to gunshot wounds to the head and his back. Police identified the suspects as Dandy Salvador and Jun Jun Balsimo, …
Lower generation rate, fuel cost cut power rates in NegOcc
Lower generation rates and fuel costs have brought down the average residential power rates in all three electric cooperatives in Negros Occidental in April. The Northern Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (Noneco) reported yesterday a downward adjustment of P0.5144 per kilowatt hour (kWh) from P14.1849 in March to P13.6705 in April. “This can be attributed …
PBA Governors’ Cup Finals: TNT takes down Ginebra
By ADRIAN STEWART CO TNT Tropang Giga moves closer to dethroning Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings with a 104-95 victory in Game 5 of the 2022-2023 PBA Governors’ Cup Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday night, April 19. With the Gin Kings threatening at 95-96 after eight straight points by Nard John …
UAAP: La Salle makes quick work of Adamson for solo no. 3
The De La Salle Green Spikers needed only three sets to rip the skidding Adamson Soaring Falcons in the UAAP Season 85 men’s volleyball tournament on Wednesday, April 19. The Green Spikers registered an overwhelming 25-17, 25-14, 25-12 win over the Falcons at the Mall of Asia Arena to stay alone in third spot. …
Bacolod Tay Tung’s Despi transfers to UST Tiger Cubs
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts basketball team standout Dylan Despi is set to take his talents to Manila as he transfers to the University of Santo Tomas (UST) Tiger Cubs. The Bacolod City-native guard opted to commit to the Tiger Cubs amid numerous enticing offers from other Manila-based schools …
Back to masking; NegOcc residents urged to wear face masks anew
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is encouraging residents to wear face masks in public places as the province surpassed the COVID-19 positivity rate threshold. The province logged a moderate positivity rate of 7.5 percent, higher than the five percent infection rate threshold set by the World Health Organization. …