The Bacolod City government will soon bid on the delivery of services to implement the ordinance mandating a security seal on issued official documents. Councilor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, chair of the city council’s Committee on Appropriation and Finance, said yesterday the bidding would proceed once funding is available. However, it does not mean the …
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Drug test to continue as 3 cops found positive in W. Visayas
Three members of the Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) tested positive for the use of illegal drugs in a series of random drug tests conducted by the regional headquarters in line with the internal cleansing program of the Philippine National Police (PNP). “Out of the more than 13,000 organic PNP members of …
Visayas panel to draft plan vs. drug entry in piers, airports
The Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) in Western Visayas will draft a resolution detailing strategies to tighten the campaign against the entry of illegal drugs into the region, particularly in piers and airports. “The RLECC met two Wednesdays ago. We will have another meeting this month. We will come up with policies on …
Man yields ‘shabu’
By Mae Singuay A man was arrested once again during a drug buy-bust operation in Negros Occidental’s Silay City on Friday, September 22. Noli Dicto, 29 years old, was apprehended at his residence in Barangay 2’s Bonifacio Kalye Onse at 4:08 p.m. Eleven plastic sachets of suspected shabu worth P102,000 were recovered. Silay police said Dicto was also arrested …
Chinese-Korean e-vehicle maker sets up PH office in Bacolod
Chinese-Korean electric vehicle company e-Future Motors Philippines (PH) Inc. has set up its headquarters in Bacolod City with an initial investment of US$200,000 (around P11.5 million). It is a subsidiary of Jiangsu Fengchuen New Energy Power Technology Co. Ltd. with a head office in Wuxi, Jiangsu province and a factory in Jiangyin City in China, …
App promotes 3 Negros Oriental protected areas
A new application launched recently by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) aims to promote and preserve at least three protected areas in Negros Oriental. Rommel Azucena Jr., Science Research Specialist 1 of the DOST, is referring to Dubbed Starbooks Nature, an app that contains all the information about the protected areas that they …
2 found dead
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The remains of two individuals were found at a rice paddy at Barangay Dulao’s Purok Talutog in Negros Occidental’s Bago City yesterday morning. Authorities have yet to identify the two men, believed to be in their 20s and 30s. They were hogtied, and their mouths and noses were covered with …
Negrense students demonstrate big potential in robotics
Elementary and high school students in Negros Occidental are showing big potential in the creation and operations of robots under the robotics program of the Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center (NOLITC). Some 12 winners excelled in this year’s “Battle of Bots: Provincial Level Robotics Competition,” which featured machines in the line tracing …
2nd batch of micro rice retailers in Negros Oriental gets subsidy
A total of 76 micro rice retailers in Negros Oriental received government assistance of P15,000 yesterday to cushion the effect of the mandated price cap on their businesses. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) led the distribution of cash assistance at the convention center in Dumaguete City and was facilitated by the Department of …
172 villages in W. Visayas tagged as election areas of concern
The Regional Joint Security Control Center (RJSCC) approved yesterday the recommendation of its six provincial counterparts identifying 172 barangays in Western Visayas as election areas of concern during the command conference in preparation for the October 30 polls. “We would like to make it on the record that we adopted the recommendations of the six …