By Mae Singuay Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez will no longer allow vendors of ready-to-wear (RTW) clothes and ukay-ukay (used clothing) to sell at the city public plaza next year. This, after the city government received complaints that the kiosks had become an “eyesore” at the plaza. “I will discuss this with the city council. We …
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W. Visayas to seek funding for 10 priority projects
The Regional Development Council in Western Visayas (RDC-6) is set to submit to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) next month a funding request for 10 priority projects, its chairman, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, said yesterday. “We made a selection. These are mostly on social services and infrastructure,” Benitez said. These projects …
80 Negros Oriental brgys now insurgency-free
After struggling with a lack of access to safe drinking water for several years, potable water is now a part of life for the residents of Barangay Lumapao in the mountain city of Canlaon. Barangay Lumapao earlier received a water system project and water reservoir under the Barangay Development Program (BDP) after it was …
Prepare for El Niño, NegOcc LGUs told
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) has urged the local government units (LGUs) in the province to prepare for the El Niño phenomenon early next year. Provincial agriculturist Dr. Dina Genzola said, based on a forecast by the state weather bureau, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical …
Capitol looking into ‘possibilities’ over motorpool robbery
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government is looking into all possibilities over the alleged robbery incident at the Provincial Engineer’s Office motorpool on Bacolod City’s Gatuslao Street. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the hole in the wall of the motorpool’s supply room was not made in one day. …
Military ops vs. NPA to continue amid efforts to resume peace talks
Soldiers in the Visayas will continue their operations against communist rebels and engage communities in localized peace initiatives despite the Marcos administration’s expression of readiness to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF), an Army official said. Lt. General Benedict Arevalo, Visayas Command (Viscom) commander, said that while the national government is …
Lechon sales pick up as holidays near
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Lechon vendors in Bacolod City reported that their sales are going well a few weeks before the holidays. Velma Rose Gomez, proprietor of a lechon store in Barangay Singcang Airport’s Purok Lechonan, said the interest of the consumers for the highly-popular holiday dish has not waned despite the threat …
BCC graduate obtains 10th place in LET
By Mae Singuay A magna cum laude graduate from Bago City College (BCC) in Negros Occidental’s Bago City, ranked 10th in the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). Donabelle Tubal Fernandez, a Bachelor of Secondary Education-Major in Social Studies graduate and a resident of the city’s Barangay Taloc, was BCC’s first LET topnotcher. She obtained …
Lacson mulls return to wearing of face masks amid flu cases spike
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is contemplating releasing a new executive order on the return to wearing of face masks after the province recorded a 258.93 percent increase in the number of influenza-like illnesses for this year. Lacson made the revelation during a private function he hosted for …
Comelec-NegOcc to impose fines vs. BSKE bets who failed to submit SOCE
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental will begin imposing fines against candidates in the recently-held barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) who failed to file their Statements of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCEs). Comelec-NegOcc elections supervisor Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria said they will begin issuing notices to the candidates …