By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Senate is expected to continue hearings on the proposed bill reestablishing the Negros Island Region (NIR) when the session resumes after President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24. Negros Occidental 3rd district Congressman Jose Francisco Benitez, one of the authors of the house bill, revealed that Senator JV …
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Comelec-NegOcc finalizes double-registrants list for BSKE
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental is still finalizing the list of double-registrants in the province for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) in October. Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, Comelec-Negros Occidental elections supervisor, said there are three local government units in the province that have yet to provide …
Lacson names new heads for OPA, PDMPD
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson officially named the new officer-in-charge and head of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) and the Provincial Disaster Management and Program Division (PDMPD) yesterday. Lacson revealed that former OPA head, Dr. Edmundo Causing, was suffering from a heart ailment and was likely further …
335 police personnel in W. Visayas submit to surprise drug test
A total of 335 uniformed and non-uniformed personnel at the headquarters of the Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) in Camp Delgado in Iloilo City submitted to a surprise drug test yesterday. “Our regional director, Brigadier General Sidney Villaflor, wanted 100 percent of the personnel in Region 6 to undergo the drug test to …
Negros guv vows more resources to step up disaster resilience
Negros Oriental Governor Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria has assured local government units (LGUs) of resource augmentation to ramp up their individual disaster response and mitigation plans. Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) executive director Adrian Sedillo told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that the governor gave his assurance on Monday, July 3, during a …
Man shot in Silay
A man was injured after he was shot at Barangay Guimbalaon in Negros Occidental’s Silay City on Monday night, July 3. The victim was identified as 41-year-old Erving Biñas, a resident of Bacolod City’s Barangay Vista Alegre. Two .45-caliber bullets were recovered from his stomach. Biñas was immediately taken to the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial …
Victim in Escalante fiesta shooting dies
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga One of the three victims of the shooting incident at Barangay Alimango in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City early Saturday morning, July 1, died while undergoing treatment. Police Captain Judesses Catalogo, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office spokesperson, said the family of 18-year-old Jevan Sayson informed Escalante police that he had passed away after he succumbed …
DA grants P21-M financial aid to rice farmers in Bago
A total of 4,279 farmers in Bago City, the top rice-producing local government unit in Negros Occidental and Western Visayas, received P21.39 million in cash aid under the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) – Rice Farmers Financial Assistance program. Data showed yesterday that cash cards containing P5,000 were given to each …
2 Bago-native boxers score KO in Thailand
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Occidental’s Bago City-native fighters Joepher Montaño and Arthur Villanueva scored separate stoppage victories at the RCA Plaza in Bangkok, Thailand over the weekend. Montaño defended his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental welterweight championship for the first time after a sixth round stoppage victory over Pakistani fighter Muhammad Bilal. Montaño, dubbed …
UST Tiger Cubs clinches Ballout title
By ADRIAN STEWART CO University of Santo Tomas (UST) Tiger Cubs overcame a slow start to score an 85-80 triumph over Adamson University Baby Falcons in the finals of the 2023 Ballout Sports Inter-Secondary Champions Challenge at the Marikina Sports Center on Sunday night, July 2. Recine Kane tallied double-double 23 points and 13 rebounds …