The Negros Occidental provincial government has started distributing locally produced breeder swine for herd repopulation after losing thousands of hogs to transboundary animal diseases in the past year. The swine dispersal, which started on Monday, June 24, is the first since the massive hog deaths in 2023 that affected almost 18,000 pigs in 20 …
Monthly Archives: June 2024
Strong partnerships in sea protection highlighted in MARPOLEX 2024
The start of the four-day Regional Marine Pollution Exercise (MARPOLEX) 2024, participated by the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan, in Bacolod City yesterday, highlighted sustained cooperation among countries in Southeast Asia for the protection of the sea. Vice Admiral Roy Echeverria of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Rear Admiral Jon Kenedi of Indonesia’s Directorate General of …
Land distribution program in W. Visayas nears completion
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) 6 (Western Visayas) is left with 8.34 percent of the target 467,415 hectares to be distributed to qualified farmers in the region under its agrarian reform program. Since the program started in 1972 as Presidential Decree 27 until the enactment of Republic Act (RA) 9700 or the Comprehensive …
NegOcc makes emergency purchase of insecticides to contain armyworms
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday the provincial government would make an emergency purchase of insecticides to contain the infestation of fall armyworm in sugarcane and corn fields in seven local government units (LGUs) of the province. “So far, we have provided pesticides. We are going through an emergency purchase of insecticides. …
Prices of basic goods in La Castellana remain stable
Prices of basic commodities in Mt. Kanlaon eruption hardly-hit town of La Castellana remain stable after the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) imposed a price freeze following the declaration of a state of calamity on June 4. As of June 19, La Castellana Mayor Rhumyla Mangilimutan said her office had not received any …
Bacolodnon Fajardo tallies 13, Gilas U-18 wallops Maldives
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Ava Fajardo made her presence felt as the Gilas Pilipinas U-18 girls basketball team cruised to a dominant 141-18 victory over Maldives in the FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup 2024 Division B at the Futian Sports Park in Shenzhen, China on Monday night, June 24. Fajardo, who traced her roots …
Tambalque takes lead in JPGT Bacolod Visayas series
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Patrick Tambalque secured a one-stroke lead in the fiercely competitive boys’ 16-18 category of the ICTSI-Junior Philippine Golf Tour (JPGT) Bacolod Visayas series, which started on Monday afternoon, June 24, at Barangay Binitin in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town. Tambalque leaned on a decisive last-hole birdie on the ninth to take …
Dwight Ramos ready to take on point guard duties for shorthanded Gilas in FIBA OQT
Dwight Ramos will finally get to suit up for Gilas Pilipinas in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT). The 6-foot-4 fan-favorite guard previously missed the 2021 edition of the Tokyo OQT due to an injury, but now that he’s all good at representing the country in the 2024 qualifiers, Ramos said that he is up to …
Safe return; Lacson: Let’s wait for Phivolcs’ advice on allowing evacuees to return home
By JEN BAYLON Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson suggests that it would be crucial to wait for a recommendation from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) before allowing residents affected by the phreatic eruption of Kanlaon Volcano to return to their homes. “We will continue to observe because if the volcano has …
Counterbalancing disinformation
By Sonny Angara Over the past few decades, we have seen an exponential growth in the use of technology and along with it, the amount of information that is being made available at the fingertips of people. A while back, the amount of content an individual can consume was dependent on his or her capability to …