Construction halted and pending investigation By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga At least two construction workers are confirmed dead after a portion of the Capitol Central Mall, which is still under construction, located at San Juan Street-South Capitol Road in Bacolod City, collapsed over the weekend. Authorities identified the fatalities as Doddy Boy Mallorca, a …
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Bacolod City’s most wanted thief falls
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City police officers nabbed the city’s most wanted thief at Purok Cheriza, Barangay 27, late Friday afternoon. Police identified the suspect as 24-year-old Jeric Robles, a resident of Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, and a suspected member of the infamous ‘Akyat Bahay’ gang. Police Station 4 (PS4) said, around 5:00 p.m., their …
City Councilor responds to opposition on endorsement of Charter Day shift
Distrito: If Gamboa was absent or outside the hall, that’s his problem By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In response to a call by Bacolod City Councilor Wilson Gamboa, Jr. for more public hearings on the recent endorsement by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of a bill, earlier submitted by Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg …
Ceneco: 446 caught stealing electricity this year
PWN urges cooperative to name violators By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde, Jr. said they have caught 446 individuals stealing from Ceneco’s power lines this year. Records released by the cooperative state, of the 446 individuals, around 283 have settled by paying for the systems …
RTNHS student suicide triggered by cyberbullying –Local CHR
Teacher denies shaming allegations By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Commission on Human Rights (CHR) determined cyberbullying triggered the recent suicide of Ramon Torres National High School (RTNHS) Grade 8 student Eric Hain Demafeliz. In a radio interview yesterday, CHR-Negros Occidental investigator Vincent Parra said he spoke with the student’s advisor Larina …
San Carlos City biomass plant expected to be operational next month
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga North Negros BioPower, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Arthur Aguilar said the 20 Megawatt (MW) San Carlos Biomass power plant will be operational by next month. During recent groundbreaking ceremonies for the 25 MW biomass power plant in Manapla, Aguilar said, aside from the San Carlos facility, they are also …
Negros Oriental Board Member dies in Aklan
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Oriental Board Member Arturo Umbac reportedly passed away while on an official trip to Aklan on Thursday. Negros Oriental Acting Governor Mark Macias said during a radio interview yesterday, he was on a tour of the Allen Salas Quimpo Bakhawan Ecological Park in Kalibo, alongside the 83-year-old provincial official …
Provincial Board to hold hearings on proposed P3.5B budget
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Negros Occidental Provincial Board will be conducting hearings later this month on the proposed 2018 budget submitted by Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr., valued at just over P3.5 billion, a 12.45 percent increase from the prior year. Hearings are scheduled to run from November 20 to 23. The majority of the …
Japanese woman slashed in Dumaguete City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An 18-year-old Japanese woman was rushed to a hospital in Dumaguete City after she was reportedly assaulted by an unidentified suspect in Barangay Calindangan, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental earlier this week. Dumaguete City police refused to identify the Japanese national, although they confirmed she was temporarily residing at an …
Vice Governor sees no reason for ‘revolutionary government’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said there is “no reason for President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a revolutionary government,” following recent statements made by the president. In a recent interview, Lacson said the statement could just be a strategy by the president to counter groups who are …