Cemetery visits underway in Bacolod City By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Visits to Bacolod City cemeteries are already underway ahead of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, which fall on November 1 and on November 2, respectively. Based on recent price monitoring, flowers sold in front of the Bishop’s Palace range between …
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Bacolod City to receive new sewer jet
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) yesterday confirmed they are expecting to receive a new sewer jet, which is used in clearing drainage systems. CDRRMO cluster head, Executive Assistant Joemarie Vargas, said the supplier recently called to confirm the item had already cleared the Bureau of …
Mayor declares this year’s MassKara Festival a ‘success’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia recently declared this year’s MassKara Festival, which came to a close over the weekend, a “success,” calling it “generally peaceful.” The mayor said both Police Regional Office-6 and the Bacolod City Police Office informed him “only minor incidents” took place this year. He noted, …
Food Safety Awareness Week underway
The last week of October is considered Food Safety Awareness Week, which is observed in an effort to end food poisoning and other foodborne illnesses. The observance was created through a proclamation signed by then-President Joseph Estrada in 1999, where he called on the Department of Health to “create public awareness and to educate people …
Ilocos Norte governor suggests rice importation to combat high prices
Benitez asks local media to forward proposal to Marañon By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Senatorial candidate, Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, who was in Bacolod City over the weekend to attend the MassKara Festival highlights, suggested rice importation as a means of combating rising prices in Negros Occidental. She noted, President Rodrigo Duterte …
President threatens unnamed Bacolod City barangay captain
Duterte issues warning to drug personalities By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga President Rodrigo Duterte, who was in Bacolod City over the weekend for the MassKara Festival highlights, threatened to kill a local barangay captain who he accused of being linked to illegal drugs. “Get out of the city, if not–I’m telling you frankly–I will …
Multiple murder raps filed against ‘Sagay 9’ gunmen
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) over the weekend announced they had filed multiple murder raps against the suspected gunmen involved in the murder of nine National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) farmers last week. PRO-6 director, Police Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, identified two of the suspects as Rene Manlangit …
Department of Human Settlements to address backlog
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Senator JV Ejercito Estrada believes the law he authored, creating the Department of Human Settlements, will address the country’s housing backlog. Ejercito, in a press conference over the weekend, said the new department will unify the functions of the six agencies currently charged with housing, including the National Housing …
Senator expresses opposition to NFSW ‘cultivation activities’
Villar: They should not be encouraged to do that, it’s dangerous By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Senator Cynthia Villar recently expressed opposition to National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) “cultivation activities,” noting, the events that took place last week in Barangay Bulanon, Sagay City, which left nine NFSW farmers dead, are still unclear. …
NOPPO: No Martial Law declared in northern Negros
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga In response to allegations by the New People’s Army (NPA) and other militant groups reporting Martial Law was declared in the northern portion of Negros, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) denied the claims. Authorities said the claims were made to disrupt ongoing investigations, calling it “fake …