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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City is already known for its sugar industry-related culinary wonders, but one signature dish makes the city more popular — the chicken inasal. The famous Bacolod chicken inasal, hailed for its distinct flavor among other grilled chicken across the Philippines, is the city’s certified cultural property. This year, the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Several local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental have already begun making preparations for the onslaught of Typhoon “Mawar” (international name). In Bacolod City, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran held a meeting yesterday with City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council officer, Dr. Anna Maria Laarni …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Dismissed former municipal treasurer Nenette Escarda filed an appeal before the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to review the provincial government’s decision released earlier this month. Atty. Cesar Beloria Jr., Escarda’s legal counsel, said yesterday morning he submitted a copy of the appeal to the Capitol. Beloria said they decided to …

Four suspects have recanted their testimonies in the assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and nine others, their lawyer said yesterday. “So far as I am concerned, as I can only speak for my four clients, [they] had already executed an affidavit of recantation,” Atty. Danny Villanueva said in an interview with ANC. They …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) said yesterday they are not monitoring any presence of “private armed groups” in the city, as security preparations continue for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October. Police Major Joery Puerto, BCPO’s City Intelligence Unit head, said they have already conducted a …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The entry of hogs from neighboring Negros Oriental is now banned following the reported cases of African swine fever (ASF) in Dauin town, the Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) affirmed yesterday. PVO officer-in-charge Dr. Placeda Lemana said Negros Occidental is now on a heightened alert status due to ASF, …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The New People’s Army (NPA) in Central Negros now faces a “major defeat” following the weekend encounters in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town and in Negros Oriental’s Guihulngan City. Lt. General Benedict Arevalo, commander of the Philippine Army-Visayas Command (Viscom), said the series of debacles suffered by the NPA is …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Nine New People’s Army (NPA) members were killed in two separate encounters on Negros Island over the weekend. In the first encounter on Saturday morning, May 20, five NPA fighters died in a series of clashes with the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town. Lt. Colonel …

  African swine fever (ASF) has now entered Negros Island after several hog blood samples from Negros Oriental’s Dauin town tested positive. In the Executive Order (EO) No. 2023-19.1 signed by Dauin Mayor Galicano Truita yesterday, based on laboratory samples, the Bureau of Animal Industry-Central Office has confirmed the swine deaths in Barangay Maayongtubig’s Puroks …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) is seriously considering declaring a hog cholera outbreak as cases continue to increase in the province. Dr. Ryan Janoya, chief of the PVO-Research and Laboratory Services, said the hog mortality rate due to hog cholera among local government units (LGUs) is increasing. Janoya said the 2,421 …