According to a recent report by the Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, between September 3 and 5, around P1.339 million in crop losses were reported in San Enrique. The losses affected local rice crops, which were flooded due to recent heavy rains. As a result, 59 farmers and just over 653 hectares of …
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Bacolod City establishment allowing lewd-dancing minors considered for closure
Montoyo: Business tried to reclassify their permit following the incident By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Executive Assistant Sammy Montoyo recently revealed he will be recommending Peats and Beans for closure. A viral video recently revealed the Bacolod City establishment, located along Lacson Street in Barangay 5, featured female minors performing lewd dances. According to the …
Penalties recommended against businesses dumping oil in city drainage
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) cluster head Joemarie Vargas yesterday said he would recommend the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) introduce an ordinance to impose penalties against restaurants and food stall owners who dump cooking oil into the city drainage system. Following declogging operations that extracted hardened cooking oil, …
General flood advisory up in Western Visayas
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) issued a general flood advisory yesterday morning for the entire Western Visayas due to the presence of a low pressure area. Based on weather bureau data, around 3:00 a.m., a low pressure area was spotted 1,240 kilometers east of Basco, …
Resolution wants Iloilo City rabies vaccination purchases fast-tracked
In response to a committee report that declared Iloilo City under a “rabies outbreak/emergency,” a resolution recently passed the Iloilo City Sangguniang Panlungsod calling for the city’s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) to fast-track rabies vaccination purchasing. “There is already a rabies outbreak/emergency,” affirmed City Councilor Candice Tupas, who chairs the Committee on Health, Sanitation, …
Love Negros to announce 2019 plans by the end of September
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said he, alongside third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez, will make a joint announcement regarding plans for local political coalition Love Negros in the upcoming 2019 midterm elections. In a radio interview, Lacson revealed he spoke with Benitez Tuesday night and both …
Arrests made for ‘libelous letters’ about the Bacolod City government
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Station 4 (PS4) arrested two men yesterday morning at the Bacolod City Government Center for distributing, what are being described as, “libelous letters” about the Bacolod City government. Police arrested 60-year-old Perfecto Senyeres and 39-year-old Mark Anthony Diaz, both residents of the city’s Barangay Villamonte. The recovered documents …
Wanted vice mayor, husband will surrender soon –DILG official
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Martin Diño yesterday confirmed Moises Padilla Vice Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo and her husband, Felix Mathias Segundo Yulo, are expected to surrender within the next few days. The couple are currently wanted on illegal possession of explosives and firearms charges. In …
Arrests made for ‘libelous letters’ about the Bacolod City government
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Station 4 (PS4) arrested two men yesterday morning at the Bacolod City Government Center for distributing, what are being described as, “libelous letters” about the Bacolod City government. Police arrested 60-year-old Perfecto Senyeres and 39-year-old Mark Anthony Diaz, both residents of the city’s Barangay Villamonte. The recovered documents …
Benitez nixes senatorial run
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental third district Rep. Alfredo Benitez is reportedly no longer interested in running for Senate in 2019 and Love Negros allies have come out in support of the congressman’s decision. Negros Occidental Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said, despite being sad over the decision, he supports Benitez and …