By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) has been placed on high alert status starting yesterday ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. NOPPO director Police Colonel Romy Palgue said even with the current COVID-19 pandemic, they are still expecting people flocking in places of convergence such as churches …
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Bacolod’s TF Disiplina to resume ‘face shields crackdown’
By Shiela G. Gelera The Task Force (TF) Disiplina will resume their operations against individuals who are not wearing face shields in Bacolod City, Wilfredo Geolingo, action officer of the group, said yesterday. Proper wearing of face shields is now mandatory in public places in Bacolod, under City Ordinance 944. This is on top of …
San Carlos City bans local gatherings
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Despite San Carlos City in Negros Occidental being placed under modified general community quarantine, the city government issued an executive order on Monday banning local gatherings due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the city. Executive Order No. 269 signed by Mayor Renato Gustilo ordered a ban on …
Brgy ‘kagawad,’ 2 others yield P1-M ‘shabu’
Around 150 grams of suspected shabu valued at P1,020,000 were seized following a buy-bust operation at Buri Road in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mandalagan. Officers of thePhilippine Drug Enforcement Agency 6 – Special Enforcement Team arrested around 3:00 p.m. on Thursday the three high-value targetsidentified as 32-year-old Jan Michael Astorga, a barangay “kagawad” of Zone 12-A, …
Lacson:Allowing minors in malls up to LGUs
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said it will be up to the local government units (LGUs) in the province to decide whether or not they will allow minors in shopping malls. “I would rather leave the discretion to the respective LGUs,” Lacson said. However, he advised the …
Farm worker killed in Binalbagan
Suspect sells shovel for his fare as he flees By Shiela G. Gelera A farm worker was killed in their barracks at a hacienda in Barangay San Jose in Negros Occidental’s Binalbagan town around 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Rescuers found Bryan Lanojan lying on the floor bathed in his own blood, police said. Binalbagan Police …
NegOcc still in ‘good shape’ despite COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental is still in “good shape” despite OCTA Research’s recent classification of the province as an area of concern, assured provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz yesterday. According to Diaz, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has made the recommendation to retain Negros Occidental’s modified general community quarantine …
Construction worker shot dead in Talisay City
By Shiela G. Gelera A construction worker was gunned down in a “sari-sari” store near the entrance of Campuestohan Highland Resort in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City in Negros Occidental, around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday. Police identified the victim as 57-year-old Julieto Rosalem Sr., a native of Negros Occidental’s Binalbagan town and temporarily residing at a farm …
Iloilo City SP OKs P2.6B 2021 budget
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has approved the proposed P2.608 billion budget for 2021 of Iloilo City. After series of committee hearings, city councilor Rommel Duron said the legislative body approved the proposed budget of P2.608 for 2021, which is 3.47 percent lower than this year’s P2.7 billion budget. Earlier, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas …
Lacson to LSIs: Return home early for holidays
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday advised the locally stranded individuals (LSIs) who are planning to go home for the holidays to return home early. According to Lacson, LSIs who are planning to spend Christmas day in the province are advised to return home not later than December 20, …