BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA The intensified campaign against loose firearms is a preemptive security measure for next year’s midterm elections, according to Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil Jr. Castil said this yesterday as he and his personnel presented the firearms recovered under the “Tokhang Kontra sa Ginadumilian …
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Dengue kills 4 in Iloilo
Chikungunya cases rising Four dengue patients were killed in Iloilo province from January 1 to July 28 this year, while cases of chikungunya are also rising, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). Provincial Health Officer Dr. Maria Socorro Quiñon yesterday said two of the four dengue deaths were recorded in Janiuay town, and …
Barangay Taculing No. 1 kagawad dies
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA Bacolod City Liga ng mga Barangay president Lady Gles Gonzales confirmed yesterday the passing of Barangay Taculing’s No.1 kagawad Dante Basan. In a radio interview, Gonzales said Basan was rushed to the hospital on Saturday after suffering from heart attack. The 44-year-old Basan was pronounced dead on Sunday afternoon, …
NegOcc DRRMO monitors new low pressure area
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) is monitoring a new low pressure area (LPA) that could cause downpours in Negros Occidental in the next three days. The LPA is located 615 kilometers west of Subic, Zambales, according to the PDRRMO, citing data from the Philippine Atmospheric …
WATER ADVISORY
Water Interruption in the Service Area The Bacolod City Water District will conduct repair improvement activities which will cause temporary water supply interruption and turbid water in some portions of the service area. ACTIVITIES: Replacement of defective 18” Ø Butterfly Valve at 1.0 Million Gallon Reservoir SCHEDULE: August 7-10, 2018 AFFECTED AREAS: Burgos-Granada …
Protect Negros bats – conservationists
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA Wildlife conservationists called for the protection of bats in Negros Occidental during a press conference in Bacolod City yesterday. Representatives from the Southeast Asian Bat Conservation Research Union (SEABCRU), Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Incorporated and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources were in the city to attend the …
Cadiz cops neb newly- identified drug suspect
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA A newly-identified drug suspect was arrested during a buy-bust operation on Gustilo Boulevard, Barangay Zone 1, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental late Sunday afternoon. Police identified the suspect as 37-year-old Ven John Verdeflor, a resident of Barangay Tinampaan in the city. Cadiz City police head, Chief Inspector Rocky Desear, said …
NegOcc provincial hospital to host residency training of DOH doctors
The Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Negros Occidental will host the training of physicians in specialty areas, as a partner of the Department of Health’s (DOH) Medical Residency Rotation Strategy (MRRS). The partnership was formalized during the signing of a memorandum of agreement between Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. and Health Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo …
Dumaguete City police call for community participation
LTO open to police officers to serve as traffic enforcers Dumaguete City Police Office director, Police Senior Superintendent Jonathan Pineda, recently urged the local community to participate in the effort to prevent criminality. He explained, the police cannot solve crimes on their own and need the community to provide information regarding the location and …
Martial law victim wins case vs lawyer
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA A martial law victim in Negros Occidental has won a case over a lawyer who helped him get his reparation claims from the country’s Human Rights Victims Board. In a decision dated July 31, Judge Francisco Pando of Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 4 in Bacolod City dismissed …