June 2022

Six artists open ARTablado Gallery exhibit

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Association of Negros Artists (ANA) inaugurated new artworks during a group art exhibition at ARTablado Gallery at the second floor of Robinson’s Place Bacolod Saturday. Six visual artists participated in the show with the theme

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Latest round of oil price hikes lowest in 3 weeks

Oil companies will implement another price increase effective this morning but increments will be lower than the previous weeks. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, PTT Philippines, Seaoil, and Shell announced they would increase diesel prices by P1.65 per liter and

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1st BPO to open in Victorias

Mayor-elect Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez led the recruitment event and groundbreaking rites for the structure that will house Global Strategic Business Process Solutions, the first Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company in Victorias City, Negros Occidental on June 24. “We welcome

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Lacson vows to rebuild amid pandemic

Newly-elected officials of Negros Occidental (left to right) Board Members Valentino Miguel Alonso, Samson Mirhan, Anton Occeno, Rommel Debulgado, Araceli Somosa, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Board Members Rita Gatuslao, Manuel Frederick Ko, Andrew Montelibano, Sixto Pal Guanzon, Jeffrey Tubola, Andrew Martin Torres and Jose Benito Alonso.*

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NIR creation thru EO mulled

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The initial reestablishment of Negros Island Region maybe fast tracked through the issuance of an executive by the Office of the President, as recommended by the Department of Interior and Local Government, before its passage into

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Detained Moises Padilla officials granted bail

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Guihulngan Regional Trial Court in Negros Oriental has granted bail of P200,000 each against four Moises Padilla officials, who were charged for murder, in connection with the death of a municipal councilor in 2019. Respondents

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Leonardia inaugurates P33.3-M in projects

Bacolod City officials led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran inaugurated several projects in the city totaling P33.3 million Friday. Leonardia, who resides along Rosario Street in Barangay 38, walked down memory lane as he led

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Bacolod faces P302M NTA share cut

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Like other local government units all over the country, highly-urbanized Bacolod City also faces a P302 million reduction in National Tax Allocation share, formerly known as Internal Revenue Allotment, in 2023, disclosed Mayor-elect Alfredo “Albee” Benitez.

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NIR bill for transmittal to Malacañang next month

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Island Region (NIR) bill is up for transmittal to Malacañang next month, for signing into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., disclosed Negros Occidental 6th District Rep. Mercedes Alvarez on Saturday. Alvarez, who is

Good Friday liquor ban in EB Magalona

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total liquor ban will take effect on March 29, Good Friday, in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. The 24-hour liquor ban was ordered by Mayor Marvin Malacon, in his Executive Order No. 31, series of 2024.

Suspected pertussis infects 2-month-old in Negros

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office is campaigning for the use of face masks, in the wake of the issuance of a health alert against pertussis, commonly known as whooping or violent cough, which is a highly contagious

Power Watch, all praises for NEPC president

Power Watch Negros, a consumer “watchdog,” commended Roel Castro, president and CEO of Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC or Negros Power) for cleansing the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) of anomalous, illegal and anti-consumer practices, a press release from