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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings scheduled in Bacolod City, at the SMX Convention Center from March 22 to 23, will focus on ASEAN awareness. The meeting will be comprised of the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting Responsible for Information (SOMRI), chaired by Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Undersecretary Noel George Puyat. “It is …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Five members of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO) could face administrative charges after getting into a brawl during a basketball game in Dumaguete City. In a Facebook post by Hulagway ug Kasikas sa Dumaguete, a group of men can be seen getting into a fist fight in the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) chief, Police Superintendent Luisito Acebuche, denied allegations by Liga ng mga Barangay (Liga) President Noli Villarosa claiming they are politicizing their apprehensions of colorum tricycles. In a radio interview by Bombo Radyo-Bacolod, Acebuche stressed BTAO is not looking at whether the tricycle driver is a …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A former call center agent was brought to Police Station 8 (PS8) after he was allegedly caught shoplifting inside a mall located in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, yesterday afternoon. Police identified the suspect as 35-year-old Tomas Pialda, a resident of Barangay Antipolo, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental. Members of PS8 said Pialda …

The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed an ordinance earlier this year that increases the monthly allowance for barangay health workers to P4,000. According to City Councilor Em Ang, the author of the ordinance, the current allowance they receive is “rather small,” noting these workers serve as health educators, community organizers, and primary health care …

The Bacolod City Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) recently passed a resolution applauding and expressing appreciation for Sugar Order No. 3, enacted by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA), which regulates the entry of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). City Councilor Caesar Distrito pushed for the resolution’s passage. “The actions taken by the SRA in addressing [HFCS] is …

By Paulo Loreto Lim With the Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) scheduling special elections later this month, on March 26, after elections in Districts 4 and 5 failed to produce viable candidates, the two previously disqualified candidates in the District 4 race both recently submitted their certificates of candidacy. Former Board of Director (BOD) …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia remains mum on claims made by former Provincial Board Member Victor Puey, who alleged the case filed against the mayor is being “prejudged” by the Court of Appeals. Puey recently penned a letter to the Court of Appeals-Cebu Station, requesting the division inhibit itself and …

By Paulo Loreto Lim A group comprised of contractors, suppliers, truckers, haulers, and media men filed a complaint before the deputy ombudsman for the Visayas, claiming Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia and his Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) violated RA 9184, or the Government Procurement Reform Act, during the recent process of selecting a waste …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Based on the recent audit of job order casual employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental, Provincial Accountant Merle Fortu revealed, based on their data, violations were discovered. “There were some violations of the internal process of release of their salaries,” she said. “The next step is to personally …