The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is looking into the possibility of price manipulation amid the drop in the farm gate prices of locally-produced sugar. “We are actually looking into the angle of who manipulated the numbers or did we experience a ‘fake need,’” SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona told reporters in a press briefing …
Monthly Archives: October 2023
NegOcc farmers get 90-K bags of seeds from gov’t
The Negros Occidental provincial government has received 90,098 bags of seeds under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Seed Program (RCEF) of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The ceremonial turn-over was held during the kick-off on Thursday, October 12, of the DA-Philippine Rice Institute (PhilRice) two-day Wet Season 2023 “Lakbay Palay” at the PhilRice-Negros Station in …
Comelec-NegOr urged to allow transferred PDLs to vote in BSKE
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Negros Oriental asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow some persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) transferred to another facility to vote in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Jail Inspector Edna Serion told the Philippine News Agency that 23 PDLs originally detained …
Task group to draft comprehensive, integrated action plan on El Niño
The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) has established the Western Visayas Regional Task Group for El Niño that will draft and implement the Comprehensive and Integrated Action Plan to respond to the weather phenomenon. Cindy Ferrer, spokesperson for the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas, said the task …
Gilas Pilipinas’ Brownlee fails Asiad doping test
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Gilas Pilipinas’ naturalized player, Justin Brownlee, allegedly failed the doping test during the 19th Asian Games men’s basketball tournament in Hangzhou, China. Based on the information released by the International Testing Agency (ITA) yesterday, Brownlee’s urine sample returned an adverse analytical finding for carboxy-tetrahydrocannabinol, which is prohibited by the World …
Rain or Shine to face Meralco in Bacolod match
By ADRIAN STEWART CO PBA teams Rain or Shine Elasto Painters and Meralco Bolts are set to face each other in an exhibition game at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City on October 19. The match, dubbed as “Pasiklaban Sa Supercity,” is slated at 6:00 p.m., with the Painters to …
Asiad basketball gold to stay in PH, POC says
The basketball gold of the 19th Asian Games will remain in the Philippines, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino, assured after Gilas Pilipinas’ main man, Justin Brownlee, failed a drug test. In an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN News yesterday, Tolentino said the Philippines will not be stripped away of its historic gold medal …
In high hopes; Family of missing Negrense OFW in Israel seeks Capitol’s help
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The family of the missing Negrense overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Israel has sought the help of the Negros Occidental provincial government to locate her amid concerns that she could have been abducted by the Palestinian terror group Hamas. Anabella Alacre, the sister of the missing OFW, Loreta, personally visited …
NegOcc 8th richest province in PH
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental was listed as the eighth richest province in the Philippines, based on the Commission on Audit’s (COA) Annual Financial Report 2022 for Local Government Units (LGUs). Data from the COA showed Negros Occidental has total assets amounting to P19.419 billion. However, the province dropped from sixth place …
P5.4-B NegOcc budget plan for 2024 submitted to SP
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The proposed P5.4 billion budget for Negros Occidental in 2024 now awaits approval from the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP). Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the proposed budget has increased by more than six percent, compared to the current P5.1 billion budget. The increase in funds will be allocated to the province’s …