CHRISTMAS. The Bacolod Public Plaza bandstand is all lighted up for Christmas.*(Andy Alvarez photo)
Negros SP okays
property tax hike
‘It’s only 7%, agri lands spared’
BY CARLA GOMEZ
An increase in real property tax on urban properties in the municipalities of Negros Occidental was approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on third and final reading yesterday.
The SP spared all agricultural lands from a tax hike, Board Member Salvador Escalante, SP Committee on Finance chairman, said.
The minimal increase by an average of 7 percent or about 20 centavos per square meter was not opposed by landowners at public hearings held on the ordinance, Escalante said.
Storm signal 1 up
over south Negros
BY CARLA GOMEZ
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration yesterday hoisted storm signal number one over southern Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental as tropical depression “Queenie” approached.
All sea travel in southern Negros Occidental, especially at the Pulupandan port has been halted, CPO Joemar Azuelo of the Philippine Coast Guard in Bacolod said.
Also under storm signal number one were Southern Leyte, Bohol and
Southern Cebu in the Visayas; and Surigao del Norte, Siargao Island, Surigao del Sur,Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Compostella Valley, Dinagat Province, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, Bukidnon and Zamboanga del Norte, PAGASA said.
Negros SP okays property tax hike Storm signal 1 up over south Negros BIR examiner gets 7-year sentence Neg. Occ. budget still needs itemized lists for approval P44.9M for sheep unpaid, VG says Funeral parlor workers find woman alive
Law being mocked American national nabbed for child molestation rapsDumaguete bishop calls on public to be mindful of plight of the poorNegOr braces for ‘Queenie’COA disallowed Baciwa employees’ assistance CEB Bacolod passengers up 15.9% SP wants ERC hearing date Investor protection forum set Bacoleño conquers Ironman race
Abrakadabra remains on top in Pre-Christmas bowling tilt Sotto wants PSC to provide funds for non-NSA athletes |
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American national nabbed
for child molestation raps
BY JUANCHO GALLARDE
A septuagenarian American national, who has an outstanding felony warrant in the State of Florida, USA, for sexual battering and/or lascivious molestation of a child less than 12 years old, was arrested in Dumaguete City yesterday.
Suspect Thomas Edward Fenton, 74, temporarily residing in an apartment at Morito Road in Barangay Taclobo, Dumaguete City, was arrested by operatives of the Bureau of Immigration in Manila, and the National Bureau of Investigation Dumaguete district office, led by head agent Alvin Rebadulla.
He was arrested in the presence of his Filipina wife, who hails from Siquijor.
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