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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has released an executive order (EO) on guidelines for the voluntary wearing of face masks in the province, but with several exceptions. Based on EO No. 23-15 released yesterday morning, Lacson is encouraging the elderly, individuals with comorbidities and immunocompromised, pregnant women, unvaccinated individuals, …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A former cadre of the New People’s Army (NPA) criticized various transport groups who will join the transport strike in Bacolod City today and called for the arrest of the strike organizers. According to Jeffrey Celis, the protest action and the transport strike by local transport groups is a form of “economic …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The local business community in Bacolod City is alarmed over the recent incidents of human remains dumping in the locality. Frank Carbon, chief executive officer of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said in a radio interview over RMN dyHB Bacolod over the weekend, the incidents were “very bad …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental’s Silay City Police Station clarified that they have not recorded any abduction incidents in April following the recovery of the remains in Bacolod City’s Barangay Cabug. Silay resident, 43-year-old Radney “Potot” Emplamado was recovered inside a drainage system of the Economic Highway on Tuesday night, May …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two transport groups in Bacolod City said they will not join the transport strike on Monday, May 8, in protest against City Ordinance (CO) No. 966, or the Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP). Albert Villanueva, chairman of the Sentrong Samahan ng Tsuper at Operators-Negros (SSTONE), said the planned transport …

  Bacolod City and eight local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental canceled classes at all levels yesterday after the state weather bureau issued a heavy rainfall advisory. Classes were canceled in the cities of Bacolod, Himamaylan, Kabankalan, San Carlos, Silay, Talisay, and Victorias; and in the towns of E.B. Magalona and Pulupandan. An orange …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A New People’s Army (NPA) member was killed while a civilian was injured in a gun battle on the boundary of Negros Occidental’s cities of Himamaylan and Kabankalan on Wednesday afternoon, May 3. The Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion have yet to identify the slain NPA member, the latest casualty …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is seriously mulling a special task force after several dumped remains and severed human parts were recovered in the city for the past months. Police Major Nestor Bacuyag, BCPO assistant public information officer, said they will submit a formal request to Police Regional …

  By Mae Singuay The Bacolod City government and the City Engineering District of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will conduct a joint investigation as three major areas in the city were affected by flooding on Sunday afternoon, April 30. Major city roads — particularly near a shopping mall in the Reclamation Area, …

The proposed joint-venture agreement (JVA) of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) got the support of 20 labor groups in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City. Workers’ group leaders signed a resolution showing support for the JVA at the Negros Press Club in Bacolod on Monday, May 1. Wennie …