By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The number of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) in Negros Occidental increased by 312.17 percent last year, the latest data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) released yesterday. According to the PHO, from January 1 to December 31, 2023, they have recorded 2,675 ILI cases with 65 deaths, higher than 649 cases recorded in 2022. …
Monthly Archives: January 2024
Property firm bucks Bredco’s reclamation request
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Almana Property and Development Corporation (APDC) has contested the Bacolod Real Estate Development Corporation’s (Bredco) application to expand the development of its ports by reclaiming an additional 25 hectares in the Reclamation Area. APDC president Ritchie Neil Corpus conveyed his opposition in a letter dated January 9, against the extension of foreshore …
Negros Occidental allots P2-M for energy development initiatives
The Negros Occidental provincial government has allotted P2 million for its partnership with the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod City to initiate various events for the institutionalization of an energy development roadmap. The six-month project, which started with the signing of a memorandum of agreement earlier this week, includes the conduct …
Victorias City to create food security, nutrition master plan
Victorias City in Negros Occidental will craft a food and security master plan this year, based on the results of an impact assessment of its existing agricultural programs in partnership with a private agri-business organization. On Tuesday, January 9, AGREA Agricultural Systems International Inc. facilitated data gathering and engagement for beneficiaries, including local farmers …
35 LGUs in W. Visayas get P76.3-M incentive fund
Thirty-five local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas are recipients of the 2023 Seal of Good Local Governance Incentive Fund totaling P76.3 million during the ceremonial rollout turnover led by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday, January 9. The recipients included the provinces of Aklan, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros …
Miner suffocated to death
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A miner died due to suffocation inside an excavated tunnel at Barangay Talacagay in Negros Occidental’s Hinoba-an town on Tuesday, January 9. Authorities identified the fatality as 42-year-old Ignacio Ortega, a resident of Toboso town. Hinoba-an police chief, Major Jaynick Bermudez, said at around 10:00 a.m., Ortega entered the tunnel he excavated at …
Silay City drug operation nets P1.1-M ‘shabu,’ firearms
Police operatives seized P1.156 million in suspected shabu and two firearms from three individuals during a buy-bust in Silay City, Negros Occidental yesterday. Arrested were subject Elmer Abela Jr., 42 years old, a fisherman from Barangay Mambulac, and his two minor companions, both 16-year-old boys. Dacutan sold for P6,000 a sachet of suspected shabu …
Negros Oriental preps for high dengue cases due to extreme weather
The Negros Oriental Provincial Health Office (PHO) is looking at the possible rise of dengue cases due to the El Niño phenomenon predicted to start this month with extreme weather conditions, such as heavy rainfall and extreme dry spell. PHO chief Dr. Liland Estacion said yesterday the public should not let their guard down …
Rebels eyed behind killing of gov’t worker in Negros town
A government worker was shot dead on Tuesday night, January 9, in a rebel-infested mountain sub-village in Negros Oriental’s Guihulngan City. The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office said the killers were members of the New People’s Army (NPA). Authorities also refused to identify the victim except that he was a 54-year-old casual employee of Guihulngan …
Williams no longer plays for Strong Group-PH
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Filipino-American gunner Mikey Williams is no longer joining the Strong Group-Philippines team for the 2024 Dubai International Basketball Championship slated from January 19 to 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to Strong Group-Philippines head coach Charles Tiu, they aborted the plan to have Williams in the squad as he …