The City of Kabankalan in Negros Occidental is ready to deputize some 135 individuals as community-based environmental law enforcers (CBELEs) across eight identified barangays. Their deputization is expected later this month after completing the three-day environmental law enforcement and paralegal training conducted by the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) last week. On Wednesday, Maria …
Monthly Archives: May 2024
Electric coops in Visayas hike rates in May
Consumers in many areas in the Visayas may be in for a bill shock as several electric cooperatives implement power rate hikes. Based on the data gathered by the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives (Philreca), many of the areas affected by the series of yellow and red alerts last April were cooperatives in Western Visayas. …
P7-M suspected ‘shabu’ seized in NegOr buy-bust op
Anti-narcotics agents seized over P7 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested an alleged drug pusher during a pre-dawn buy-bust on Tuesday, May 14 in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, identified the suspect as Aldwin Merced, 36, of Barangay Candau-ay. Merced was arrested at 2:40 …
Intensified ops vs. illegal drugs net P121.89-M shabu in W. Visayas
The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) will adopt new strategies amid its successful anti-drug operations to respond to the marketing strategy initiated by drug syndicates, the region’s top cop said yesterday. “Our campaign doesn’t stop because we know it is one of the major contributors to some of the crimes happening in our area …
PhilSys registers 6.6-M in W. Visayas, campaign on to enlist toddlers
The Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) in Region 6 (Western Visayas) has enlisted 6,632,789 people, and the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is urging parents and guardians to already register their children below five years old. “That is 83 percent of our total population based on the 2020 CPH [Census of Population and Housing]. Which is why our …
Tolentino’s hot shooting lifts South Cotabato past Negros in MPBL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Kyle Tolentino caught fire from the three-point area as the South Cotabato Warriors pulled off an 81-74 win over the Negros Muscovados in the 2024 MPBL Season at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City on Tuesday night, May 14. The Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights gunner finished with …
SGA to represent PH in William Jones Cup
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Strong Group Athletics (SGA) is set to represent the Philippines in the 43rd William Jones Cup, scheduled from July 13 to 21, 2024, in Taipei, Taiwan. SGA president Jacob Lao said they are grateful to the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) for giving them the go-ahead to represent the …
Brunson scores 44, Knicks beat Pacers to move a win away from conference finals
The New York Knicks have one more step to climb to reach the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000. Jalen Brunson, after a couple of rough games, looks ready to take it. Brunson scored 44 points, reaching 40 for the fifth time in this post-season, and the Knicks beat the Indiana …
Evidence-based probe; NOCPPO to cooperate with CHR for probe over NegOcc killings
By JEN BAYLON The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has agreed to cooperate with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Negros Occidental in its investigation into the killings of eight individuals by alleged New People’s Army (NPA) members. NOCPPO spokesperson Police Captain Judesses Catalogo said they will work closely with CHR-NegOcc to ensure …
Songkran Water Festival: A celebration of life
By Dennis Gorecho Water is life. In Sigmund Freud’s “The Interpretation of Dreams,” birth is almost always represented by some reference to water. Either one plunges into water or climbs out of it, rescues someone from water or gets rescued from water (indicating a mother-like relationship to that person). Each culture has its own way of recognizing the …