DepEd ready for class opening on June 3
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 10:11 a.m.THE Department of Education (DepEd) in Western Visayas is now ready for the opening of classes in all public elementary and high schools on June 3.
The announcement was made after DepEd Undersecretary Mario Deriquito with Regional Director Mildred Garay went around Negros Occidental for two days that ended yesterday with the culmination of the five-day “Brigada Eskwela.”
Abang Lingkod party-list disqualified with finality
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 10:09 a.m.STEPHEN Paduano a.k.a. Carapali Lualhati, the No. 1 nominee of Abang Lingkod, is still hoping for a favorable decision of the Supreme Court for the party’s inclusion among the party-lists in the May 13 elections.
"The people have spoken. They have voted for us. It's not about Abang Lingkod or Carapali Lualhati. It's about the people who voted for us," said Lualhati in reaction to the decision of the Comelec en banc.
Comelec braces for barangay polls
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 10:09 a.m.THE Provincial Comelec Office is now making preparations, in case the barangay elections nationwide pushes through as scheduled in October this year.
Lawyer Wil Arceno, Acting Provincial Comelec Supervisor, said that Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes only made a recommendation for the postponement of the barangay election to another date because they are not yet through with the recently concluded May 13 elections.
Leonardia creates Transition Committee
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 10:08 a.m.AS BACOLOD City Mayor Evelio Leonardia will be ending his term at noontime of June 30, 2013, he has created a transition committee before the midterm elections started to ensure a smooth turn-over from the present administration to the incoming one.
Secretary to the Mayor Moises de la Cruz is the vice chairman of the committee.
Ombud suspends NBI investigator
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 10:07 a.m.THE Ombudsman Visayas has ordered the suspension from service for three months without pay of NBI investigator III Geovel Aperio who is found liable for simple misconduct filed by local broadcaster Rommel Pido of dyAF.
The order was signed by Deputy Ombudsman Pelagio S. Apostol and two others.
Guard returns wallet containing P15,000
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 10:07 a.m.A SECURITY guard detailed at Sta. Fe Bazar Inc. located at Araneta Street, Bacolod City turned over a brown wallet containing P15,000 to the Bacolod City Police Station 1 yesterday.
The guard, who was identified as Meliton Alsado of the 7th Security Agency, is a resident of Purok Kabulakan 2, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City.
3 wanted theft suspects nabbed
Saturday, May 25, 2013 - 10:06 a.m.PERSONNEL from the Bacolod City Police (BCPO) Station 4 personnel arrested on Thursday three men facing theft charges.
Police identified the suspects as July S. Paderna, 27 years old of Purok Calantas, Barangay Villamonte; Rene C. Villegas, 36 of similar home address; and Edgar C. Hapitan,44 of Purok Kalubihan, Brgy. Mandalagan, all of Bacolod City.
Leonardia: Ride momentum of call center growth
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:56 a.m.CONGRESSMAN-ELECT and outgoing Bacolod City Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia said Thursday that his administration has set the foundation and fundamentals of information technology-business process management industry or “call centers.”
This came following the recent elevation of Bacolod City as among the cities in the country classified as "center of excellence" by the Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO.
Leonardia denies ‘dropping’ VM Sayson
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:56 a.m.NPC-Grupo Progreso District Chair Bacolod City Mayor and Congressman-elect Evelio R. Leonardia on Thursday denied claims that he dropped his partner mayoralty candidate Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson during the May 13, 2013 polls to favor the reported "MoBing (Monico-Bing)" alliance on the eve of election day.
Leonardia said it is an impossible thing to happen because, based on figures, 96 percent of the voters who voted him also voted Sayson.
Cops ready for school opening
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:55 a.m.THE Philippine National Police in Western Visayas region are now ready for the opening of classes in June.
Regional Police Director Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz said that more police will be visible near school campuses, terminals and commercial establishments as the opening of classes nears.
Capitol prepares salary adjustment notice
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:54 a.m.AFTER the passage of the 2013 Provincial Budget, all department heads at the Capitol have been advised to prepare the Notice of Salary Adjustments, according to Provincial Administrator Enrique Pinongan.
Pinongan said that each employee will be sent the Notice of Salary Adjustment, in line with the implementation of the last tranche of salary increase.
Army: Bets who paid campaign fees to NPA are answerable
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:54 a.m.POLITICIANS who will be proven to have paid the New People's Army for permit to campaign (PTC) during the recently concluded elections are answerable to the law, a military official warned Thursday.
Colonel Jon Aying, Commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army, said that all over the country, the NPA rebels were able to raise about P25 million from politicians for permit to campaign in what was claimed by the rebels as their controlled areas.
Bacolod SP urge bets to remove campaign posters
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:53 a.m.THE election is over but many campaign posters continue to greet the public until now.
The Bacolod City Council has approved on Wednesday a resolution directing the Department of Public Services through the Office of the City Mayor, all barangay officials and candidates, who participated in the May 13 midterm elections, to help and assist in removing all posters, election materials and political notices placed in non-Comelec poster areas, to make Bacolod City clean and neat.
Pagla-um petitioners ask Comelec to conduct plebiscite
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:53 a.m.Petitioners of Barangay Paglaum, through their counsel Lawyer Gemeno Ymballa, reiterated their appeal to the Commission on Elections to make the conduct of the plebiscite of Barangay Paglaum a reality.
This as the Comelec earlier promised to attend to the request of Pagla-um village residents for a plebiscite after the May 13, 2013 polls,
3 wounded in rumble
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:52 a.m.THREE men were wounded in a rumble which occurred around 1:30 a.m. Thursday in San Sebastian Street, Barangay 32, Bacolod City.
Police identified the victims as Manuel B. Ojera, 23, of Purok Mabinuligon, Brgy. 30; Warlito P. Silos, 31, of Purok Everlasting, Brgy. 29; and Glenn D. Tan, 33, of Purok Cadena De Amor, Brgy 11, all of Bacolod City.
Pastors volunteer as traffic personnel
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:52 a.m.FOURTEEN volunteers, mostly pastors, are helping ensure the smooth flow of traffic in Bacolod City through the project called Society Uniting People Power for Order and Good Governance (SUPPOG) of the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) under the supervision of the Traffic Management Unit (TMU).
BTAO Deputy Head SPO4 Joelito Colantro said that 40 people applied as volunteers and attended the two-day seminar last May 1 and 2 which trained them to direct traffic rules.
Negros Occidental passes P2.6-B budget
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:35 p.m.THE Provincial Board (PB) of Negros Occidental finally approved its budget pegged at P2.6 billion during its regular session Wednesday.
Approved in the final reading were the 2013 Annual General Fund Budget worth P1,912,059,008 and the 2013 Annual Budget of the Economic Enterprise Development Department (EEDD) of Negros Occidental in the amounting to P690,149,879.
Bacolod’s award seen to bring more jobs
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:35 p.m.BACOLOD City is now attractive to investors engaged in information technology (IT) businesses, because of its “Center of Excellence” status, an official said Wednesday.
Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, Bacolod-Negros Occidental Federation for Information and Communications Technology (BNeFIT) executive and founding president, said that Bacolod’s recent recognition means that the city is above average compared to other cities in the Philippines.
Ibañez is richest board member
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:34 p.m.BOARD Member Melvin Ibañez (5th district, Negros Occidental) is still the richest member of the Provincial Board (PB), based on his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth (SALN).
Ibañez declared his net worth at P46,007,714.45 from his assets pegged at P65,590,664.45 and liabilities of P19,590,664.45.
Noppo to implement major revamp
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:34 p.m.SENIOR Superintendent Ricardo Dela Paz, Acting Director of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Noppo), said on Wednesday that a major revamp of the chiefs of police (COPs) in the province can be implemented within May.
Dela Paz confirmed on Wednesday that he received requests from four re-elected mayors to reinstate their respective police chiefs who were transferred prior to the May 13 elections.
Village chiefs told: Get ready for polls
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:34 p.m.ASSOCIATION of Barangay Councils (ABC) President Mona Dia Jardin urged her fellow village chiefs to get ready for the barangay election which might be pushed through this October 2013.
She said that reports have it that President Benigno Aquino III wants to push through the Barangay Elections this October, but his previous stand was to hold it on 2016 while Commission on Elections (Comelec) wants it on 2014 for them to have ample time to prepare for the election.
Recall petition mulled vs Himamaylan mayor
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:24 p.m.FORMER assemblyman Antonio “Tony” Gatuslao revealed on Tuesday that he will spearhead a recall move against his nephew, Himamaylan City Mayor Agustin Bascon.
Gatuslao lost to Bascon for the second time in the mayoralty race last May 13 elections. Bascon won by 6,000 votes against Gatuslao.
6-year-old boy dies of dengue
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:24 p.m.DENGUE fever claimed the life of a six-year-old boy from Barangay Tangub last week, Dr. Grace Tan, head of the Environmental Sanitation Division of the Bacolod City Health Office, reported.
Tan said the total cases of dengue from January 1 to May 15 this year had increased –- 726 cases compared to 68 last year covering the same period.
Dismissal of murders raps vs Alvarezes, Tabujara
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:22 p.m.LAWYER Ria Arles, daughter of the late Judge Henry Arles, confirmed their filing of a Motion for Partial Reconsideration on the resolution of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday, dismissing the murder raps against Vice Governor Genaro Alvarez, his son Mayor John Paul Alvarez of Ilog, and Vice Mayor Jerry Tabujara of Cauayan relative to the killing of their father.
Arles said that they filed the partial reconsideration because of the exclusion of the Alvarezes and Tabujara from the murder case while the DOJ has elevated the murder case against the other suspects.
Abang Lingkod files MR with SC for congress seat
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:22 p.m.ABANG Lingkod, a Negros-based party list group, is hoping that the Supreme Court (SC) would include their votes during the May 13 elections so that they would be assured of one representation in Congress.
Ben Solilapsi, secretary general of Abang Lingkod, said that in the overall results, Abang Lingkod garnered total votes of 206,000 that assured them of a seat in Congress.
Casuals at NGC process Terminal Leave Pay
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:21 p.m.THE appointments of more or less thousands of plantilla casuals are set to expire on June 30 and many of them have started to process their terminal leave pay this early.
City Council Secretary Vicente Petierre III said several plantilla casuals of the city have already applied for terminal leave pay which covers their sick and vacation leaves.
Drug pusher nabbed in Bacolod City
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:21 p.m.A SUSPECTED drug pusher was nabbed by the operatives of the City Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operations Task Group (CAIDSOTG) in a buy-bust operation at Purok Adarna, Barangay 16 around 1:45 p.m. Monday.
Police identified the suspect as Francisco “Ikot” De La Cruz who scuffled with the police operatives when he resisted arrest in a buy-bust operation.
Police eye personal motive in Mansilingan killing
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 11:21 p.m.POLICE are eyeing personal motive as one of the possible angles in the shooting incident that killed Gibson Villanueva in Barangay Mansilingan last May 19.
Villanueva was killed when unidentified suspects suddenly shot him while he was watching TV inside his house. The suspects immediately fled after the incident while Villanueva was brought to the Bacolod Adventist Medical Center but was declared dead-on-arrival after sustaining multiple injuries in different parts of his body.
Guv calls on cooperation of new officials
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 12:05 a.m.“NOW that the election is over, it's time to move on. Let us forget politics. We should unite and cooperate for the good of the province," said reelected Negros Oriental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr.
Marañon acknowledged the statement of newly elected Vice Governor Eugenio Lacson, who assured the governor that, despite an opposition-dominated Provincial Board, they won't be obstructionists to Marañon's administration.
Sayson thanks Bacolodnons
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 12:05 a.m.OUTGOING Bacolod City Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson expressed Monday his gratitude to Bacolodnons despite his painful defeat to mayor-elect Monico Puentevella in the May 13, 2013 elections.
“My statement started with the word of gratitude because I wanted to emphasize my heartfelt thanks to all Bacolodnons for the chance they had given me to serve them,” Sayson said.
