Bacolod Currents

Mar is okay man, mom says

Published on: 4th September, 2010

BACOLOD City—Judy Araneta-Roxas yesterday denied rumors that there is a rift between his son, former Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas II, and President Benigno Aquino III.
“No, that’s not true. Even up to now, once in a while, the president would call Mar if he wants Mar to help him in his projects,” Mrs. Roxas, who was [...]

Globe launches business solutions to Bacolod SMEs

Published on: 3rd September, 2010

Bacolod City– Globe Telecom held a Negostar Fair yesterday at L’Fisher Hotel in Bacolod to introduce  communication tools and business solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Emmanuel Aligada, head of Globe’s Corporate and SMEs Segments, said the SMEs segment is growing in Bacolod and Visayas and they want to tap them and offer them the [...]

Majority of elected officials agree to divide Bacolod city

Published on: 24th August, 2010

Bacolod City—The move to divide the city of Bacolod into two legislative districts took off last week on a positive note,  majority of the local officials signing the manifesto of support during a public consultation Saturday.
Bacolod Rep. Anthony Rolando Golez Jr., who called for the consultation, said the manifesto was signed by 42 [...]

Guv: No compromise on most of inmates’ demands

Published on: 23rd August, 2010

Bacolod City–Governor Alfredo Maranon Jr. turned down most  of the demands of about 70 inmates-trustees who held a noise barrage at 7 a.m. Monday at the Negros Occidental Provincial Jail at Gatuslao St. Bacolod City.
The governor agreed to one of their demands — that their meal allowance be increased.
The inmates-trustees, called as such because they [...]

Ona: CLMMRH modernization underway

Published on: 23rd August, 2010

BACOLOD City—Health Secretary Enrique Ona said he is expediting the modernization project for the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital which is known to old folks as “provincial hospital”
Ona visited CLMMRH Friday to discuss the modernization program for the hospital, with an initial budget of P450 million.
He also visited the dengue patients, and the ongoing [...]

Bacolod declared state of imminent danger

Published on: 19th August, 2010

The city of Bacolod was declared under a state of imminent danger due to high cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever that reached to 831 cases or a 12-percent increase with three deaths.
The resolution  declaring  a state of imminent danger was unanimously approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday, upon the “urgent request” of Mayor Evelio Leonardia [...]

True ‘yellow’ heads SRA

Published on: 19th August, 2010

The Sugar Regulatory Administration has a new chief and she faces the same tough challenge the men before her faced: sugar smuggling.
A cerified yellow fellow since the EDSA I Revolution,
Negrense Regina Bautista Martin was appointed the new head of the Sugar Regulatory Administration effective yesterday. She immediately thanked President Benigno Aquino III [...]

17 dengue hotspots

Published on: 18th August, 2010

Seventeen barangays belonging to big cities in Negros Occidental have been named as dengue hotspots by health authorities this week.
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Negros Occidental has named Brgy. 2 in Cadiz City, Brgy. Mambulac in Silay City, Brgy. Concepcion in Talisay City, Brgy. Aguisan in Himamaylan City, and Brgy. Camingawan in Kabankalan City [...]

American dies in Taculing fire

Published on: 17th August, 2010

An 87-year-old American woman, bedridden due to a brain ailment, died when the house she was temporarily residing in was hit by a more than one-hour fire early morning August 16 in Brgy. Taculing Bacolod City.
The charred body of Frances Scharf, a resident of Los Angeles, California, and temporarily residing at Royal Palm Subdivision was [...]

P-Noy wants transparent ‘pork’ in the menu

Published on: 12th August, 2010

Now the people will know where the pork went.
President Benigno Aquino III has raised the Priority Development Assistance Fund ,popularly known as pork barrel, in the 2011 national budget but with a caveat: he is now requiring a “menu” on how it will be spent.
Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad, who was in Bacolod [...]

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