BACOLOD CITY – A man driving a motorcycle died after he was struck by a police patrol car in Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
A MAN died after a police car collided with his motorcycle in Barangay Barangay Punao, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Wed
PROPOSED LNG PLANT. Mayor Renato Gustilo of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental (standing, 2nd from right) attends the public scoping for the proposed 300-megawatt liquefied natural gas combined cycle power plant at the Barangay Punao covered court on Wednesday (March 16, 2022). The PHP18.5-billion project was proposed by Reliance Energy Development Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation.(Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Information Office) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Renato Gustilo of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday welcomed the 300-megawatt (MW) liquefied natural gas (LNG) combined cycle power plant (CCPP) project being proposed by Reliance Energy Development Inc. (REDI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation. "The city welcomes such development since it will provide job opportunities to local residents and generate income," Gustilo said in a statement. The support of the local government unit is in contra
PROPOSED LNG PLANT. Mayor Renato Gustilo of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental (standing, 2nd from right) attends the public scoping for the proposed 300-megawatt liquefied natural gas combined cycle power plant at the Barangay Punao covered court on Wednesday (March 16, 2022). The PHP18.5-billion project was proposed by Reliance Energy Development Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation.(Photo courtesy of San Carlos City Information Office) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Renato Gustilo of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Friday welcomed the 300-megawatt (MW) liquefied natural gas (LNG) combined cycle power plant (CCPP) project being proposed by Reliance Energy Development Inc. (REDI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation. "The city welcomes such development since it will provide job opportunities to local residents and generate income," Gustilo said in a statement. The support of the local government unit is in contra
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SAN CARLOS. Mayor Renato Gustilo orders the temporary closure of San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. due to alleged violations. (Contributed photo)
+ February 22, 2021 SAN Carlos City Mayor Renato Gustilo has ordered the temporary closure of San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. (SCBI) due to alleged violations.
In a letter dated February 18, 2021 to SCBI, Gustilo cited several environmental violations the said company committed, including a series of incidents of water discoloration along the coastal waters of So. Maloloy-on, Barangay Punao due to its wastewater discharges.
Some footage and reports from the City Planning and Development Coordinator’s Office, Bantay Katunggan of the Coastal Resource Management of the City Environment Management Office (CRM-Cemo), Eco-Zone Multi-Partite Monitoring Team (MMT), and City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office were also included as pieces of evidence to
January 12, 2021 THE agro-fishery sector of Negros Occidental has already incurred over P42 million worth of damage and losses just within the first two weeks of 2021 mainly because of massive flooding that hit the province.
Latest report from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) showed that the flash floods brought by heavy rains with strong winds last January 8 have left a total of almost P21.5 million worth of damage and production losses.
The figure covers 973 affected farmers with combined production areas of 679.64 hectares located in 54 barangays of eight local government units (LGUs) in the province.
The report covering the period from January 8 to 12, 2021 further showed that the rice sector incurred the biggest amount of damage and production losses, at about P15.78 million.