Two of the three suspects who allegedly started a fire at the Java Pension House along Bacolod City’s Gonzaga Street last Tuesday have been arrested in joint follow-up operations by the city’s Police Station 1 (PS1) and Murcia Municipal Police Station. Police identified the suspects as Rodolfo “Onyok” Inson Jr., a resident of the city; …
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Typhoon Tisoy
Bacolod City placed on ‘Blue Alert’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga As Typhoon Tisoy (Kammuri) approached the southern portion of Luzon over the weekend, Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia placed the city on “Blue Alert” status, which signals the second stage of a warning, wherein emergency preparations begin and rescue personnel are ordered to check-in …
Bacolod City hotels shuttered for operating without permits
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two Bacolod City hotels were closed down last Friday for allegedly operating without necessary permits. Based on a document signed by Licensing Officer Stela Rose Rayos, the Bacolod Pension Plaza and the MO2 Westown Hotel-San Juan were shuttered as they were operating without a Mayor’s Permit. According to the document, …
Sugar producers submit proposals to address industry challenges
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Confederation of Sugar Producers’ Associations (Confed) recently submitted several proposals to address challenges faced by the industry. The proposals were sent to Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, Agriculture Secretary William Dar, and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) board seeking to improve productivity, revisiting the Sugar Industry Development Act (SIDA) and …
Former mayoral candidate points out flaws along Airport Access Road
Change.org petition created calling attention to lamppost issues Former Bacolod City Councilor Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, who ran for mayor earlier this year, recently called attention to the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road, where, she noted, the lampposts that line the over 10-kilometer road are not being used. “The whole airport road, from Bacolod to Silay, has no …
Typhoon ‘Kammuri’
Negros Occidental on ‘Blue Alert’ status By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson issued an order to all disaster risk reduction management offices (DRRMO) in the province to go on “Blue Alert” status today due to the threat of a typhoon outside the country. Based on the order signed …
Pag-IBIG Fund to raise decades-old savings rate in 2021
After months of public consultations and getting the support of both labor and employer groups, Pag-IBIG Fund will soon raise the three decades-old P100 monthly savings rate of its members. On November 6, the agency’s 11-member Board of Trustees approved the increase of the Pag-IBIG Fund members’ mandatory monthly savings from the current P100 to …
City Library holds storytelling contest
The Bacolod City Public Library conducted a storytelling contest for students of various public high schools in this city last Tuesday, November 26. The contest was part of the celebration of the 85th National Book Week, with the theme, “Inclusive, Innovative, Interconnected.” It was also part of the 29th Library and Information Services Month and National Children’s …
Vice governor: No ‘pork’ in 2020 P4.3B budget
Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer denied there is “pork barrel” inserted in the recently approved P4.3 billion budget for 2020. Ferrer said the members of the provincial board including him “did not insert any budget for projects for their projects.” “It only happens in Congress. Here in the province, we only have a small …
Leonardia: DILG to decide vendors’ operation in downtown area
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia leaves the decision to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to allow vendors’ operation in the downtown area during the holiday season. If the DILG approves, the vendors will be allowed to sell in the areas of the Bacolod Public Plaza and the Old Bacolod City Hall, …