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By CESAR JOLITO III The results of the fact-finding committee’s investigation into a vehicular accident that killed seven individuals in Negros Occidental’s Silay City will be the basis for the city government to initiate legal proceedings, Silay Mayor Joedith Gallego said, vowing full transparency in the probe. “We owe it to the victims and their families …

By CESAR JOLITO III A disturbing series of body discoveries in Negros Occidental has put authorities on high alert this week, as police investigate the separate recoveries of two decomposing remains and a fetus in capital Bacolod City and Murcia town. The string of grisly finds began on Tuesday, July 1, when the decomposed remains …

By CESAR JOLITO III Amid the growing threat of the red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) in sugarcane farms across the Visayas, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) remains hopeful that the infestation will not drastically affect the country’s sugar output this year. “Hopefully, it won’t, but I can’t say for certain,” SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said, …

By CESAR JOLITO III A recent wave of killings across Negros Island, claimed by communist rebel groups, is drawing renewed concern over the island’s deepening crisis of impunity and its impact on ongoing peace initiatives, the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) said. Lt. Colonel J-jay Javines, 3ID spokesperson, said that while programs aimed at reintegrating former rebels …

By CESAR JOLITO III As Metro Manila prepares to implement a new minimum wage hike this July, a local labor group is urging the wage board to take swift action to help workers cope with the rising cost of living. The General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA) is calling on the Regional Tripartite Wages and …

By CESAR JOLITO III Newly sworn La Castellana Mayor Añejo Nicor is shifting focus from emergency relief to long-term safety and sustainability by establishing permanent relocation sites for families currently living within Kanlaon Volcano’s extended danger zone amid continuing unrest. “This is about the safety and future of our people. We cannot keep families in …

By CESAR JOLITO III Three high-value drug targets and four others were arrested in two separate buy-bust operations that led to the confiscation of P12 million worth of suspected shabu in Bacolod City over the weekend. The primary suspect, identified as 42-year-old Nadal Verde, alias “Linda,” separated, jobless, and a resident of Hermelinda Homes in Barangay Mansilingan, was arrested by …

By CESAR JOLITO III Seven job order employees were killed while 17 others were injured when a local government-owned mini dump truck carrying them figured in a vehicle mishap at Barangay Guimbalaon in Negros Occidental’s Silay City yesterday morning. Based on the initial police report from the Silay City Police Station, the incident happened around …

By CESAR JOLITO III The infestation of the red-striped soft scale insects (RSSI) in sugarcane fields across the Visayas has widened to more than 2,000 hectares, with Negros Occidental as the most affected, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) reported. Negros Occidental bears the brunt of the RSSI infestation, accounting for over 97 percent of the …

By MAE SINGUAY The continuing conflict between Israel and Iran could result in hyperinflation, or the uncontrollable rise in prices of goods and services over a defined period, which could also affect the Philippines’ economic growth, the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MBCCI) said. “In other words, hyperinflation is extremely rapid inflation when the …