PEACE AND ORDER. Bais City Police Station personnel visit establishments at the Bais City market in Negros Oriental on Jan. 17, 2023. Aside from public safety, the police said minimum health protocols are continually monitored like physical distancing. (Courtesy of BaisEstasyon PCR Facebook) MANILA - The Court of Appeals (CA) has denied suits questioning agreements in connection with the lease of a public market in Bais City, Negros Oriental. The CA's Twentieth Division affirmed the 2017 and 2019 lower court decisions turning down the suits that questioned the 2016 contract of long-term lease between the city, which owns the Mercado de Bais, and the Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (MRSGI). The petitioners claimed to be long-time residents and vendors with market spaces from where the city collected daily rents. They claimed the lease violated the provisions of the local government code andthat the conversion of Mercado de Bais into a mall of MRSGI will deprive the city of a public m
RELIEF AID. The Metro Dumaguete Water and the Dumaguete Press Club on Wednesday (Jan. 12, 2022) proceeded to Bais City, Negros Oriental to distribute water and other relief goods to victims of Typhoon Odette. The MDW and its partners have distributed over 300,000 liters of water already to typhoon victims in many parts of the province. (Photo courtesy of MDW) DUMAGUETE CITY - Typhoon victims in the towns and cities of Negros Oriental have received thousands of liters of water from the Metro Dumaguete Water (MDW) in the aftermath of Typhoon Odette last December 16. MDW, a joint venture between Metro Pacific Water and the Dumaguete City Water District, said it has delivered over 300,000 liters of water already to typhoon-stricken areas such as Bais City, Manjuyod, Bindoy, and Jimalalud. "We started the delivery of water two days after the onslaught," MDW spokesperson Kate Young said in a statement Wednesday. MDW partners in the distribution of water throughout the holidays are
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