By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The price of firecrackers has increased by 40 percent in Negros Occidental, ahead of the celebration of the holiday season. In a radio interview over the weekend, Navarro Baylon, President of the Hinigaran Firecrackers Manufacturer and Retailers Association, said the increase was due to price hikes on the raw …
Monthly Archives: December 2022
Father ‘hacks’ own son in Hinigaran
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A father had allegedly hacked his own son at Barangay Bato’s Sitio Linao in Negros Occidental’s Hinigaran town on Friday night, December 2. Police identified the victim as 49-year-old Randy Gicana, a resident of the said place. According to the municipal police station, the younger Gicana and his father, 80-year-old …
Sugar summit being eyed in Bacolod next year
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City may host a sugar summit sometime in early 2023, Negros Occidental 5th District Congressman Emilio Yulo III revealed last week. The summit was suggested by Mayor Alfredo Benitez during a meeting last Friday, December 2. According to Yulo, considering the problems and challenges faced by the sugar …
Bacolod Tay Tung claims girls’ volleyball title
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts remained the dominant team in the secondary girls’ volleyball division of the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association. The Thunderbolts clinched the 2022 edition of the Negros Occidental-qualifying competition following a 25-13, 25-17, 25-6 victory over St. John’s Institute-Bacolod Lady Falcons …
Negros stuns Iloilo, reaches PCAP finals
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Kingsmen made their way to the Southern Division Finals of the 2022 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) Third Conference after beating the Iloilo Kisela Knights in the division semifinals on Saturday night, December 3. The Kingsmen pulled off a stunner in the first leg of the two-leg …
HIV cases rise in NegOcc alarming
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in Negros Occidental is alarming, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). PHO head Dr. Ernell Tumimbang said from January to September of this year, the province recorded 172 confirmed HIV cases, while its capital, Bacolod City, reported 101 cases. Tumimbang said …
DTI-NegOcc monitors SRP of basic goods
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Trade and Industry in Negros Occidental (DTI-NegOcc) is strictly monitoring supermarkets in the province if they are adhering to the suggested retail price (SRP) of the basic necessities and prime commodities (BNPCs). DTI-NegOcc Director Rachel Nufable said the SRP will serve as a guide for consumers …
PVO continues to seize pork products in NegOcc ports
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) continues to intercept pork products in the province’s various ports as a precaution against African swine fever (ASF). Based on the latest monitoring of the PVO’s ASF Task Force from November 21 to 27, they have confiscated a total of 56.25 kilos of …
4 yielded P190-K ‘shabu’ in 3 separate drug busts
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P190,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized following three separate buy-bust operations in Bacolod City, which resulted in the arrest of four people late Thursday night, December 1. In the city’s Purok Kagaykay in Barangay 2, police arrested 41-year-old Reynold De Guzman and 26-year-old Jason Miag-ao after they …
Beermen beats Meralco in PBA
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Terrence Romeo finally made his return as San Miguel Beermen cruised to a 113-108 victory over Meralco Bolts at the close of the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup eliminations yesterday at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City. Playing for the first time since March 16, the former Far Eastern University Tamaraws …