By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga With barely three weeks left, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental is now all set for the national and local elections on May 9. Comelec-Negros Occidental Elections Supervisor Atty. Roberto Salazar said they have yet to receive the actual ballots that would be used for the polls, but …
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PCG-NORTHERN NEGOCC ALL SET FOR HOLY WEEK
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) station in Northern Negros Occidental said yesterday that they are now all set for this year’s “Oplan: Semana Santa” which is set to begin on Palm Sunday, April 10. PCG-Northern Negros Occidental station commander Joe Luviz Mercurio said they are now on a “heightened …
3 DIES FROM DROWNING IN BAGO; QUARRY OPS SUSPENDED
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Quarry operation along the Bago River located in Barangay Napoles in Bago City, Negros Occidental was ordered to temporarily halt after three people drowned to their deaths. One of the fatalities was Riza Macatigos, a resident of Purok Paho in the said barangay. Also killed were Macatigos’ 16-year-old and …
PRO-6 CLOSELY MONITORS ‘RED AREAS’ IN NEGOCC
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) over the weekend said they are closely monitoring the ground situation in four Negros Occidental local government units (LGUs) which have been tagged as “red areas” or areas of grave concern for the upcoming May 2022 national and local elections. The four “red …
TRANSPORT STRIKE CALLED OFF
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Public utility vehicles’ (PUVs) operation is now back to normal after the local transport groups decided to call off the transport strike yesterday afternoon. During their meeting yesterday with Bacolod City Congressman Greg Gasataya and House Minority Floor Leader Congressman Stephen Paduano it was agreed that the transport groups …
VP LENI ROBREDO SHINES IN NEGOCC
Negrenses welcomed presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo as their new Star of Hope, with a jampacked grand people’s rally in Bacolod City and crowds that gathered at her various stops in Negros Occidental throughout Friday, March 11. At press time, tens of thousands of Negrenses have gathered at the Paglaum sports stadium in Bacolod …
NEGOCC READIES FOR 4TH NAT’L VAXX DAYS
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government is now preparing for the fourth round of the national vaccination days or “Bayanihan Bakunahan” Phase 4 scheduled from March 10 to 12. According to provincial administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, National Task Force (NTF) deputy chief implementer, Secretary Vince Dizon, has allotted 25,000 additional doses …
PCG RAMPS UP SECURITY IN NEGOCC PORTS
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental has ramped up security in the province’s main ports of entry after the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) seized a Bacolod-bound shipment of suspected shabu worth P34 million. PCG-Negros Occidental chief, Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, said the province’s main ports of …
SEVERAL NEGOCC LGUS LOG ZERO COVID-19 CASES
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) of Negros Occidental revealed yesterday that some towns and cities in the province are already reporting zero coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, both active and new cases. Some of the local government units (LGUs) have already been free of COVID-19 for almost a …
NO ADDITIONAL FASTCRAFT TRIPS YET UNDER ‘NEW NORMAL’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The three fastcraft operators plying the Bacolod City-Iloilo City route are reluctant to add more trips even as Bacolod City and Iloilo City’s COVID-19 status were downgraded to Alert Level 1 and Alert 2, respectively. In a radio interview with Brigada News FM-Bacolod, Weesam Express operator Frank Carbon said passenger …