Golden Year Celebration Opens with a Big Bang!

Yesterday’s opening day of the 50th (Golden) Year celebration of the Negros Daily Bulletin with a 50-vehicle motorcade around the major streets of Bacolod City turned out to be a big bang of sorts as over 50 vehicles sauntered into the capital city’s busy streets led by a five-man traffic police escort leading the way, keeping the motorcade as orderly as possible, without delaying the normal conduct of transport and flow of pedestrians within the usually busy and chaotic

Sept. 10  NEGROS DAILY BULLETIN  (NDB)  News  Alert ::: 

1] Talisay City mayor, admin. officer exchange accusations   

2] NBI eyes political angle in British businessman's slay in Sipalay; Samahang Magdalo slams insinuation it is involved   

September 9, 2010

WELCOME NDB. Bacolod Mayor Evelio R. Leonardia (5th from L) welcomes his media visitors in the NDB who called on him yesterday in his NGC enclave on the eve of their 50th (Golden) Anniversary which formally opens with a 50-vehicle motorcade at 2 PM today from Goldenfield Commercial Complex to the downtown area, Lacson St., the Capitol Shopping area and Prov’l Capitol Building. With the City executive are: (L-R) past NPC Pres. Cyrus Garde, past Pres. Edgar Cadagat , Atty. Juan T. Rubrico, columnist Manny Canto, NPC past Pres. Pert Toga, NDB Pres. & Ed-in-Chief; columnist Joy Vingno, Ms. Edith Colmo; Bagguer Villaluz, and the mayor’s PR man, Roger Giganan.* (Owen S. Bayog/NDB photo)

Arao Property TRO
CITY FILES MOTION FOR RECON

By Edith B. Colmo

The Bacolod City government represented by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, through the City Legal Officer, Atty. Joselito Bayatan, will file a motion for reconsideration in relation to the 20-day Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued by Judge Pepito Gellada of RTC Branch 53 in Bacolod.

September 8, 2010

TALISAY CITY PNP TURN-OVER. Police Superintendent Thomas Joseph Martir assumed post as chief of police of Talisay City Police Station vice Police Superintendent Leo Irwin Agpangan last 06 September 2010. PNP provincial director Manuel Felix presided over the change-of-command activity in the presence of Talisay City Mayor Eric Saratan (left), other local officials, department heads and employees of Talisay City.*

Acting on British Slay FELIX DIRECTS PROBE

By Ritzy Robles Malo-oy

The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director yesterday led the conduct of follow-up probe in the killing of a British national in Sipalay City who was shot several times in front of his wife and helper at about 7PM, Monday while on their way home.

September 7, 2010

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia (5th from L-front) and LOGODEF Exec. Director Professor Edmund Tayao proudly show their signed Memorandum of Understanding penned at the New Government Center yesterday. The MOU seals the adaptation of Bacolod City for Best Practices in local governance from Cambodia under the project: "Partnership for Democratic Local Governance in Southeast Asia" . Bacolod was chosen as pilot city out of the 121 others in the country for the project that is co-funded by the European Commission.

With Hospitals Too Crowded
DOC GOLEZ: MEDICAL PERSONNEL AT WVRH ‘MIRACLE WORKERS’

By Edgar Cadagat

No miracle can ever solve the serious problems confronting the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLM-MRH) or Western Visayas Regional Hospital (WVRH), Bacolod lone district Congressman Dr. Anthony Golez explained over the weekend in a talk with NDB staffers during a courtesy call.

September 6, 2010

Bacolod Congressman Dr. Anthony Golez, M.D. (5th, left) poses with Staff members and columnists of the Negros Daily Bulletin who called on him Saturday in his office at Goldenfield Commercial Complex in Bacolod City. The courtesy call was in connection with the 50th anniversary of the daily paper on Sept. 9, 10, & 11, 2010.

Shown with the Bacolod Solon are: (l-r) Danny Dangcalan, DS Joy Vingno, Jeffrey Gelangre, Pert Toga (Ed-in-Chief), Cong. Golez, Bobby Coscoluella, Henry Streegan, Bagguer Villaluz,Cyrus Garde, Edgar Cadagat, Edith Colmo, Jun de los Reyes, and Manny Canto.* (James G. Toga/NDB photo)

Golez Before NDB
SOLON TO REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN CITY

By Edith B. Colmo

There is a huge drop- out of students from high school to college.

In other words, a lot of high school graduates are not able to proceed to college to further their studies in tertiary education due to poverty and other major obstacles.

Sept. 5 NEGROS DAILY BULLETIN (NDB) News Alert :::

1] Hinoba-an mayor vows to fight logging in town

2] Bacolod Rep. Golez: 'Graft and Corruption won't succeed under my watch'

3] 2 Bacolod employees of businessman Vladi Gonzalez killed, 6 injured in Dumangas, Iloilo road accident yesterday

September 4, 2010

The MassKara Queen 2010 candidates strike a pose during their Press Presentation at L’Fisher Hotel last Friday. In photo: (l-r) Jamaica Gail J. Brutas, Kay Maureen C. Villaruel, Jobelle Castro Jintula, Aida Marie T. Enuslay, Karlu Dawn B. Tan, Agnes Marie Chang, Ruth Angely P. Tan, Razel B. Bonotano, Amy Jane Porter, and Daryl Ann B. Tipay.* (H. James G. Toga/NDB photo)

No Retirement Benefits
PROVINCIAL ACCOUNTANT DISMISSED

By Danny B. Dangcalan

Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. yesterday dismissed Provincial Accountant Merly Fortu from the government service.

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September 3, 2010

The 2010 MassKara Queen candidates will be presented to the press today at L’Fisher Hotel.* (Gia Catalan Photo)

Dengue Still Raging
DENGUE UP 416%, 24 DEAD

By Danny B. Dangcalan

The number of dengue fever cases in Negros Occidental for the period January 1 to August 21 has ballooned from 792 cases last year to 4,087 cases this year, or an increase of 416 percent, reports from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) released yesterday showed.

September 2, 2010

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia (5th from L) receives books turned-over to the Bacolod City National High School (BCNHS) by the Yuchengco Group of Companies yesterday. In photo: (L-R) Bessie Villamor (FVP, RCBC Savings Bank Regional Head for Visayas-Mindanao), Jona Hechanova ( Yuchengco Group-Bacolod), Emy Chavez (EVP Rizal Banking Group Head - RCBC Savings Bank), Jun Fernandez (Pres./CEO RCBC Savings Bank), Leonardia, SPM Homer Bais, Lilia Lumauag (Teacher of Social Studies & Values Education, DECS Divison of Bacolod City), Normy Canja (Division Library Hub & ICT Coordinator, DECS Bacolod City), and Jose G. Dayot III, Principal of BCNHS.*

The Governor Speaks
WANTS TABUJARA NOPPO CHIEF

By Danny B. Dangcalan

Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. has urged that Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Jesus Versoza install Senior Supt. Primitivo Tabujara as the new provincial police director, in the midst of the cancellation of the turn-over of command at the Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO).