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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has so far not recorded any stray bullet or illegal discharge of firearm incidents during the New Year’s Day revelry in the province as of yesterday. Hopefully, wala [na incidents],” NOCPPO spokesperson, Police Lt. Judesses Catalogo said. Meanwhile, the province recorded a total …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three people suffered minor burns after their house caught fire in Bacolod City’s Barangay 16 during the celebration of New Year’s Day. Authorities identified the three as Maricel and Marcial Española, both 41 years old; and 18-year-old Junel Española, all residents of the said place. Based on information released …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) reminded gun owners in Negros Occidental not to discharge their firearms during the New Year’s Day revelry. Lt. Judesses Catalogo, NOCPPO spokesperson, said gun owners should find other means to make noise. He warned those caught will have their licenses revoked, and …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Bacolod City said they have designated 46 community-firecracker zones in the city for the New Year’s Day celebrations. BFP-Bacolod Fire Marshal Chief Inspector Rodel Legaspi said 34 out of 61 barangays in the city have already identified their firecracker zones. These firecracker-zones …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) has ordered an investigation over claims made by a Negros Oriental lawmaker for the alleged kidnapping. Major General Benedict Arevalo, 3ID commander and the concurrent acting chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the Visayas, said they …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga It will be a good start for 2023 for the sugar industry as sugar prices strongly rebounded after a three-week slide. Former Sugar Regulatory Administration board member, Emilio Yulo said sugar producers are happy to see sugar prices bounce back after almost a month of downward slump. “Prices have …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A local labor rights group is seeing a “bleak” outlook for 2023 due to the country’s high inflation rate. Wennie Sancho, secretary-general of the General Alliance of Workers Association, said that based on their year-end report, the last quarter of the year was met with a “great bang” by the …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The newly-appointed commander of the Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IBde) has extended the “olive branch” to the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros, inviting them for localized peace talks. Colonel Michael Samson, replacing Brigadier General Inocencio Pasaporte who is retiring from the service, said he is open to …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The holiday festivities are being blamed as the reason behind the low turnout of new voter registrants in Negros Occidental. Atty. Ian Ananoria, elections supervisor of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the province, said as of yesterday morning, they have recorded 7,770 new registrants only. Data from Comelec-Negros Occidental …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Ten more members of the New People’s Army (NPA) have surrendered to government forces in Negros. Captain Dorcesimo Cuyag, Jr., Civil Military Operations Officer of the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion, said the 10 NPA members surrendered from December 20 to 22. All of them were former members of …