By JEN BAYLON Experts from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UP-LB) College of Agriculture, specifically from the National Crop Protection Center, will arrive in Negros Occidental to help contain the infestation of fall armyworms in several local government units in the province. According to 5th District Congressman Dino Yulo, he requested the expertise of …
Monthly Archives: July 2024
Kanlaon eruption hardly-hit La Castellana generally peaceful
The town of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has been generally peaceful and orderly since Mt. Kanlaon erupted on June 3, which placed the area in a state of calamity. With the help of an augmented peacekeeping force, La Castellana town police chief, Major Rhojn Darell Nigos said the Philippine National Police (PNP) had …
PRO-6 nabs 8-K offenders in H1
A total of 8,117 individuals in Western Visayas were arrested for various offenses as a result of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) anti-criminality operations from January 1 to June 15. This was revealed by PRO-6 Regional Operations Division Chief Police Colonel Gilbert T. Gorero during his report at the 2024 2nd Quarter Peace …
Man dies in road mishap
A man died after his motorcycle crashed into a passenger bus at Barangay To-oy in Negros Occidental’s Himamaylan City on Sunday, June 30. Police identified the fatality as 41-year-old Hernan Panaligan, a resident of the city’s Barangay III -Poblacion. City police chief, Lt. Colonel Anthony Grande, said Panaligan was on his way home when …
NegOr aims to reduce stunted, wasted kids aged 0-59 months
Negros Oriental is gearing up to further reduce the stunting and wasting rates among children aged zero to 59 months this year, an official said yesterday. At the opening of the 50th Nutrition Month celebration in July, Provincial Health Office chief Dr. Liland Estacion said one of their biggest challenges is to address the …
Canlaon City ‘back to normal’ after Mt. Kanlaon eruption
Life in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental has returned to normal after the June 3 eruption of Mt. Kanlaon. “We are back to normal now and in the process of helping our people bounce back after the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano,” Mayor Jose Chubasco Cardenas said on Friday, June 28. Cardenas thanked President Ferdinand R. …
Bacolodnon Fajardo, Gilas U-18 promoted to Division A
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolodnon Ava Fajardo and the Gilas Pilipinas U-18 girls basketball team earned their FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup Division A promotion after their perfect run in Division B. Fajardo unloaded 10 markers as the Philippine girls basketball team scored a 95-64 rout of Lebanon in the championship game at the …
Tough Bacolod golf course serves as a lesson for Gotiong
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Dominique “Apple” Gotiong admitted that her recent ICTSI-Junior Philippine Golf Tour (JPGT) Visayas series campaign at the tough Bacolod Golf and Country Club (BGCC) course was a learning experience for her. According to the 16-year-old Gotiong, the tough challenge on the Bacolod golf course last week helped her refine her …
PH falls to Spain, drops to 0-2 in FIBA U17 World Cup
The Gilas Pilipinas Under-17 men’s basketball team absorbed another defeat in the 2024 FIBA Basketball U17 World Cup. This, after the Philippines fell to Spain, 96-34, during their group stage faceoff, late Sunday evening, June 30 (Manila time) at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Turkey. Bonn Ervin Daja was the lone double-digit scorer for …
Adequate supply, Confed: No basis to import sugar, supply enough until next milling season
By JEN BAYLON The Confederation of Sugarcane Producers Association (Confed) has expressed surprise and concern over the government’s plan to import 200,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar in September, citing a lack of basis for the proposal. In his letter to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr., Confed president Aurelio Gerardo Valderrama, Jr. said a report …