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Region VI data shows a slight drop The Philippine Statistic Authority recently released data surrounding marriage in the country, showing an overall jump in the number of recorded marriages between 2016 and 2017, increasing from 419,628 to 434,932, constituting a 3.6 percent jump. While most marriages in the country were recorded in Region IV-A, or …

Every September 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) observes World Rabies Day, which seeks to raise awareness on rabies prevention in an effort to quash the disease. According to WHO, 95 percent of the world’s rabies cases are reported in Asia and Africa. “Rabies is a 100 percent vaccine-preventable disease,” the organization notes on their …

Gonzales: P250,000/month is ‘immoral’   By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   The Diocese of Bacolod Social Action Center (SAC), alongside Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) consumer-members and various local groups, plan to file a protest letter to the National Electrification Administration (NEA) regarding the proposed pay raise for Ceneco General-Manager Sulpicio Lagarde, Jr., who could …

Veluz: Civilians vowed not to support the terror group   By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   In response to reports regarding 60 New People’s Army (NPA) members and supporters surrendering to authorities earlier this week in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, the Philippine Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB) clarified the matter, affirming the individuals in question were …

Duterte issues order to streamline importation   In response to Administrative Order No. 13, signed last week by President Rodrigo Duterte, which intends to streamline the importation of agricultural products, including sugar, recently-elected Confederation of Sugar Producers (Confed) President Ferdinand Marañon released a statement vowing cooperation. “We, the sugar industry leaders and stakeholders, are prepared …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   Around 180 Hinigaran Public Market vendors walked out of a public hearing conducted by the local Sangguniang Bayan Committee on Markets earlier this week. The meeting was held to discuss the proposed construction of a new public market, which is estimated to cost P210 million and would be funded …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   Around 60  New People’s Army (NPA) members and supporters recently surrendered to the Philippine Army. In a radio interview yesterday morning, Philippine Army 62nd Infantry Battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Egbert Dacoscos, said the said rebels are residents of two barangays in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. Dacoscos said those yielding to …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) is now investigating the shooting of a Talisay City home owned by radio broadcaster Rey Siason. According to Siason, the PTFoMS immediately coordinated with him following the incident last week. The radio personality also said authorities recovered several closed-circuit television videos …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga   The Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) Employees Union (BEU) recently expressed their opposition to any form of privatization. In response to an unsolicited proposal by the MetroPac Water Investments Corporation, Prime Water Infrastructure Corporation, and the Manila Water Company Inc. to form a public private partnership, BEU President Claudio …