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  By Mae Singuay Employees of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) said they were highly impressed with the way MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) serves the residents of Iloilo City. Ceneco employees recently visited MORE Power’s office to personally check the electric distribution utility’s modern facilities and well-organized technology. Ma. Cecilia Pe-Calunod, …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga La Castellana Councilor Donato Dumaguit could face expulsion from the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) if he continues to be absent from the regular sessions. Teodora Sumagaysay, provincial director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Negros Occidental, said Dumaguit’s absences could be used as a basis by the La …

LORETA ALACRE (Facebook photo) By Dominique Gabriel G. BañagaThe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has confirmed the death of the missing Negrense overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Israel, following the attack at a music festival by the Palestinian-militant group Hamas recently. Loreta Alacre, who works as a caregiver in Israel, is the third Filipino fatality in …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The family of the missing Negrense overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Israel has sought the help of the Negros Occidental provincial government to locate her amid concerns that she could have been abducted by the Palestinian terror group Hamas. Anabella Alacre, the sister of the missing OFW, Loreta, personally visited …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Negrense overseas Filipino worker (OFW), who has been reportedly missing, is feared to have been taken captive by the Palestinian terror group Hamas, after an attack at a music festival in southern Israel over the weekend. The missing Negrense OFW was caregiver Loreta Alacre, a resident of Barangay Cadiz Viejo in …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  The families of soldiers and civilians who were killed during encounters or murdered by the insurgents of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental are calling on human rights groups and advocates for support. In a press conference of the Provincial Task Force-End Local Communist Armed Conflict at the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson reminded candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to limit their campaigns to “verbal tussles” only. With only 10 days left before the official campaign period begins, Lacson told aspirants that their election campaign should not resort to violence. The governor expects …

  The joint venture agreement (JVA) entered between Primelectric/Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC) and Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco), which aims to promote quality service for the consumers, underwent assessment by the National Electrification Administration (NEA). Primelectric/NEPC, a sister company of MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power), and Ceneco presented its joint …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) believes that the three suspects allegedly involved in a robbery incident last week were members of an organized crime group. Lt. Colonel Ronnie Brillo, BCPO’s City Mobile Force Company commander, said they classified the suspects as members of an organized group as two of them wore …

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental has served show-cause orders against 73 candidates in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) for allegedly being involved in premature campaigning. “The Task Force Anti-Epal sent the show-cause orders along with the evidence submitted,” Comelec-NegOcc elections supervisor Ian Lee Ananoria said. He said the involved candidates would submit their …