Marañon earlier issued order declaring Negros Occidental ‘coal-free’ According to a recently released report by the Philippine Statistics Authority, coal extractions were on the rise between 2000 and 2017, which has also resulted in an increase in the country’s coal reserves. Data from the report noted coal extraction has “increased by almost ninefold,” showing a …
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NBI sought to probe alleged extortion activity at Iloilo Terminal Market
Espinosa points out illegal structure set up outside the facility Iloilo Mayor Jose Espinosa III would like to have the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) investigate alleged extortion activity taking place at the Iloilo Terminal Market. The mayor said he had been approached by local fish vendors claiming they were being charged a daily rate …
NPA believed to have suffered casualties following Bindoy encounter
Insurgents left ‘blood trails’ during earlier Moises Padilla conflict By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following a recent encounter between government forces and New People’s Army (NPA) insurgents in Barangay Cabcaban’s Sitio Kampong-oy, a community located in Bindoy, Negros Oriental, officials from the Philippine Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) believe the rebel group may have suffered …
2019 Midterm Elections
303IB: NPA remains the biggest threat to the elections By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Philippine Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IB) commander, Brigadier General Benedict Arevalo, claimed the New People’s Army (NPA) remains the biggest threat in terms of security for next month’s midterm elections. In an interview with Watchmen Daily Journal over the …
Holy Week 2019
VTI assures travelling via Ceres bus is safe By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Vallacar Transit Inc., the parent company for the bus service, recently assured those travelling during the Holy Week observance that bus travel is safe. VTI Media and Public Relations Manager Jade Seballos said they will monitor all bus units to …
Iloilo PHO suggests daily baths to avoid summer diseases
The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO) is recommending daily baths as a way to avoid summer diseases such as scabies, mumps, chicken pox, various skin infections, among other ailments. “Kon indi ka maligo naga-dry ang skin (If you don’t take a bath, your skin will be dry),” explained Iloilo PHO head, Dr. Patricia Grace Trabado. …
Several hurt after jeepney overturns in Granada due to steering malfunction
Earlier Bacolod City jeepney incident also caused by faulty steering mechanism By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Several passengers were injured after the public utility jeepney (PUJ) swerved and overturned in a sugarcane field over the weekend in Barangay Granada, Bacolod City. According to the driver Rolex Talimodao, he was traveling west along Burgos Road …
Progressive group holds protest in Bacolod City over recent killings
Bayan-Negros likens ‘Oplan: Tokhang’ to Calvary By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), an alliance of progressive worker and peasant groups, recently held a “kalbaryo” protest in front of Bacolod City’s Police Station 1 in response to recent killings across the country associated with operations by the …
Sexual and reproductive health fulfillment is ‘key’ to reducing poverty –UN report
Kato: More needs to be done for those whose ‘choices’ are constrained After recently receiving the State of World Population 2019 Report, which is compiled by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) shared the data through a press release, pointing to “the fulfillment of sexual and reproductive …
Fishermen arrested after 127 giant clams confiscated in Sagay City
The mollusk species is classified as ‘vulnerable’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Three fishermen were arrested by Sagay City police last Thursday after 127 giant clams, weighing an estimated 1.5 tons, were confiscated in the city’s Barangay Molocaboc. Police identified the arrested suspects as 60-year-old Felix Causapin, 49-year-old Lito Cañete, and 54-year-old Adan …