By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) has joined the call of other sugar groups and local officials in Negros Occidental for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to immediately issue a price freeze amidst the skyrocketing cost of fertilizers. UNIFED President Manuel Lamata …
Monthly Archives: February 2022
P748K ‘shabu’ seized in Mandalagan buy-bust
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P748,000 worth of suspected shabu was confiscated following a buy-bust operation at a motorcycle shop located in Eroreco Subdivision in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mandalagan on Sunday night, January 30. Police identified the arrested as 18-year-old Michael Doromal, a resident of the city’s Purok Kagaykay in Barangay 2; and …
DESPITE NCR DOWNGRADE TO ALERT LEVEL 2 NegOcc retains travel protocols
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said the province will continue imposing its current COVID-19 travel protocols even though the National Capital Region (NCR) and its surrounding areas were de-escalated to Alert Level 2. The NCR’s new alert level takes effect today. According to Lacson, passengers bound for destinations …
Army intensifies info awareness campaign vs insurgency in NegOcc
The Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry (Masaligan) Battalion has intensified its awareness campaign to prevent the recovery and recruitment efforts of the Communist Terrorists Group (CTG) in conflict affected barangays in Calatrava and Toboso towns in Negros Occidental. An information awareness drive was held at Barangay Bandila, Toboso on Saturday, January 29, with the active participation …
93 WV cops positive for COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 93 police personnel in Western Visayas have tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on a report released on Sunday, January 30, by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Health Service. Based on the data, 11 of the police officers are assigned at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office …
Fervor and fanaticism
It’s always good to be on fire, burning with religious fervor, driven, active, fully inspired, etc. But let’s see to it that we do not fall into fanaticism and bitter zeal. We have to learn to distinguish between the two that, in these times, can be confusing since the line between them is often blurred. …
Tackling youth unemployment amid the pandemic
Youth unemployment has long been a problem for the country. This is why when we were acting chairperson of the Senate Committee on Labor, we shepherded legislation that sought to provide solutions to this issue. In December 2021, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) released a study underscoring how across the ASEAN including the Philippines the …
2021-2022 JAPAN B.LEAGUE Paras, Niigata score back-to-back wins
By Adrian Stewart Co After losing 26 straight games, Kobe Paras and the Niigata Albirex BB scored back-to-back wins in the 2021-2022 Japan B.League after an 87-79 beating of Ibaraki Robots on Sunday at the City Hall Plaza Ao-re Nagaoka. Paras waxed hot in the third quarter, where he dropped all of his nine points …
PH Malditas punch FIFA World Cup seat
By Adrian Stewart Co In a first in the country’s history, the national women’s football team is set to set foot in the world stage after punching a seat to Australia’s 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The Philippine Malditas made the feat after defeating Chinese-Taipei via penalty shootout, 4-3, in the quarterfinals of the 2022 …
San Carlos City gov’t distributes financial aid to ‘Odette’ victims
The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) of the San Carlos City government in Negros Occidental facilitated the continued distribution of financial assistance to victims of super typhoon “Odette” yesterday. A total of 225 families in Barangay V received P1,000 to a maximum of P5,000 per household for their partially or totally damaged houses …