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Unega and Love Negros top leaders to meet on Friday

Teresa D. Ellera / from 17 hours ago

NEGROS Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr., who leads the United Negros Alliance (Unega) and Third District Representative Alfredo Benitez, who heads rival Love Negros, will meet on Friday to talk about the upcoming 2019 national and local elections."Maybe we would know major political developments in the province on Saturday after ...

Man faces parricide raps for tossing child to death

Glazyl Y. Masculino / from 17 hours ago

PARRICIDE charges were filed on Wednesday against a man who tossed his four-month-old daughter to death inside their house at Barangay Patag in Silay City, Negros Occidental on Monday.Superintendent Noel Polines, city police chief, said the case against 40-year-old Marjun Cusay was filed before the Silay City Prosecutor’s Office around ...

Ordinance on banning use of plastic straw hurdles first reading

Merlinda A. Pedrosa / from 17 hours ago

THE Bacolod City Council approved on first reading a proposed ordinance prohibiting the distribution of plastic straws in the city.The ordinance was authored by Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr.He said there are environmentally-friendly straws that can be used as an alternative to plastic straws such as made of paper, plant, vegetable ...

Coastal clean-up pushed

Carla N. Canet / from 17 hours ago

BACOLOD City Councilor Sonya Verdeflor authored a resolution enjoining all coastal barangays in the city through their respective punong barangay in coordination with the Environment and Natural Resources Office and the Mayor’s Office to spearhead a coastal clean-up on the third Saturday of September, dubbed as International Coastal Clean-Up Day.The ...

Lawmaker pushes for review of internal rules on official travel

Merlinda A. Pedrosa / from 17 hours ago

“I BELIEVE that it is high time that we should review our internal rules so we can spell out the manner and number of councilors who will travel in order to stop the recurrence of what happened last July 25 and August 1.”This was stressed by Bacolod City Councilor Ricardo ...

Rebels own up death of town civil security personnel

Glazyl Y. Masculino / from 17 hours ago

THE Leonardo Panaligan Command (LPC) of the New People’s Army (NPA) admitted they were behind the killing of a civil security personnel in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental last Tuesday.In a press statement on Wednesday, LPC spokesperson Ka JB Regalado, said Michol June Ruales, 33, of Barangay Guinpanaan, was a force ...

283 unrenewed firearms surrendered in Negros

/ from 17 hours ago

A TOTAL of 283 firearms with expired licenses were surrendered to different police stations in Negros Occidental from July 24 to August 13.Senior Inspector Aireen Cordua, public information officer of Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (Nocppo), said on Wednesday, that police stations in cities of Cadiz, Sipalay, Bago, Kabankalan, Silay, ...

Groundbreaking for P35M drug rehabilitation center set

/ from 17 hours ago

THE Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) has granted the City Government a P10 million fund for the construction of its P35 million Bacolod City Drug Rehabilitation Center to be situated in Barangay Alijis.Secretary Catalino Cuy, chairman of the DDB, and Mayor Evelio Leonardia will lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the rehabilitation ...

GSO told to enforce discipline, order in public plaza

Merlinda A. Pedrosa / from today

BACOLOD City Administrator John Orola ordered the General Services Office (GSO) to enforce discipline and peace and order at the public plaza to eliminate the commercial sex workers (CSWs) in the area.Orola said he was informed that CSWs are still in the area and some of them were also involved ...

NegOcc vice guv backs Sara Duterte’s future political plans

Teresa D. Ellera / from today

NEGROS Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is backing the future political plans of the presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who leads Hugpong Ng Pagbabago (HNP)."I'm always in favor of an official who has a local government experience. And so for now, we also don't know what's ...

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