By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental is set to donate P4 million financial assistance for the typhoon victims in Luzon. The financial assistance was approved during the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) meeting held at the Capitol Social Hall last Tuesday afternoon. The event was presided …
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Loud sounds, videoke banned during class hours in Iloilo City
Iloilo City’s Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) issued an ordinance banning unnecessary and distracting sounds during class hours. On Tuesday, the SP passed on third and final reading the ordinance that prohibits the playing of sound systems and conducting of karaoke and videoke sessions and other distracting sounds from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday. …
Widening of Bacolod-Silay Airport road completed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has recently completed the P45.94-million widening of the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road (BSAAR) in Silay City, Negros Occidental. The project involves the widening of the access road from two lanes to four lanes with the width of three meters. Although hampered by …
NegOcc gov’t, PCG to send aid to typhoon victims
Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) transports 200 sacks of rice, five sacks of sugar and 50 boxes of noodles to the Philippine National Police national headquarters which will be distributed to the victims of Super Typhoon “Rolly” and Typhoon “Ulysses.” (PRO-6 photos) By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The provincial government of Negros Occidental and the …
Iloilo City resto bars serving liquor temporarily closed
All resto bars operating in Iloilo City are temporarily closed effective Monday. Mayor Jerry P. Treñas ordered the closure until the end of month following reports that many resto bars are still serving liquor even if public consumption is prohibited under the guidelines of the general community quarantine (GCQ) status of the city. Treñas stressed …
Cadiz LSI travel freeze extended
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force in Western Visayas has extended until November 30 the moratorium on the return of locally stranded individuals (LSIs) to Cadiz City. In Resolution No. 64 dated November 13, the RIATF said that the moratorium will give Cadiz City government sufficient time to prepare the city’s quarantine …
‘High-value’ target falls in Bacolod drug bust
Police arrested a man tagged as “high-value” target and his companion in a buy-bust operation in Bacolod City’s Barangay 12. “High-value” target 31-year-old Mukzzhin Tampi of the city’s Barangay Alijis and 26-year-old Noraya Barani of Barangay 26 were caught around 7:00 p.m. on November 13, City Drug Enforcement Unit of Bacolod City Police Station 1 …
Capitol employees to receive salary hike in 2021
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Although the issue of bonuses for the employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental is still facing some uncertainty, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz announced that the provincial capitol employees will receive a hike in their salary next year. According to Diaz, the funds for the Salary Standardization Law …
NOPPO records 5 active COVID cases
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) confirmed that they currently have five active coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, cases among their ranks. NOPPO public information officer, Police Lt. Abegael Donasco, said the active cases consisted of four police officers and one non-uniformed personnel. Donasco did not reveal any further …
Brgy ‘kagawad’ shot dead in Sagay City
A village councilman was shot to death by riding-in-tandem suspects at the national road going to Barangay Lopez Jaena in Sagay City, Negros Occidental around 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 12. Sagay City Police Station OIC, Police Major Albert Sy, said 39-year-old Mario Negro, the No. 1 “kagawad” of Barangay Lopez Jaena, sustained four gunshot …