By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Regional Office 12 shut down a Bacolod City business yesterday afternoon, after it was found the owners failed to pay P4 million in taxes. BIR Director Eduardo Pagulayan led the closure of Blyzer Trading, which has warehouses in Barangay 9, Libertad, and Barangay …
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Rice black bug blamed for over P1.4M in crop losses in La Castellana
According to a recent report from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, a rice black bug infestation resulted in P1,445,862 in crop losses, across 30.12 hectares of land in La Castellana. The infestation spanned five municipal barangays. In response, the government agency has since provided metarhizium anisopliae, a type of fungus that grows in the …
Holy Week
NOPPO to go on ‘red alert’ By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) is scheduled to go on ‘red alert’ status starting on Palm Sunday, March 25, ahead of this year’s Holy Week observance. NOPPO director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, Jr., said the police stations in the …
Panay taxis seeks gradual modernization
By Darlene Delgado Taxi operators in Panay Island are willing to modernize their units. They have, however, one request to the government: enforce the modernization gradually. An operator with many taxis would find it financially challenging to modernize his units all at the same time, said Perfecto Yap, president of the Association of Taxi …
Zubiri pledges support for
Negros Occidental airports By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri recently pledged to support improvements and construction to various airports in Negros Occidental. In a press conference held over the weekend, Zubiri, a native of Kabankalan City, said he will be providing P10 million in funds to the Kabankalan City government …
Sayson’s motion on congressional poll protest denied
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) denied a motion for reconsideration filed by former Bacolod City Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson regarding a previous poll protest dismissal against his opponent, Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya. According to HRET Resolution No.18-042, the motion was denied on lack …
NOPPO to probe use of impounded vehicle by former police official’s kin
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) director, Police Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Castil, Jr., ordered an investigation into the reported use of an impounded vehicle owned by Moises Padilla Vice Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo by a relative of the town’s former police chief. “It is not allowed,” Castil said. Former …
Majority of the Senate wants barangay, SK polls to proceed –Senator
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga During the “lights on” ceremony for the newly-rehabilitated Bacolod Public Plaza over the weekend, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said a majority of senators want the upcoming May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections to proceed. “The general sentiment of the senate is to push through,” he affirmed; noting, …
NPA admits killing former member, military asset in Himamaylan City
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The New People’s Army (NPA) Mount Cansermon Command, which is based in central Negros, yesterday admitted to the recent killings of a former member and a suspected informant in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. In a statement forwarded by spokesperson Ka Dionesio Magbuelas, the group claimed they killed Jaymark Petogo …
PRO-6: There is no IS presence in Western Visayas
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) recently released a statement assuring Western Visayas residents there is no Islamic State (IS) presence in the region. PRO-6 spokesman, Police Superintendent Gilbert Gorero, previously called on the public to refrain from spreading unverified information regarding the terror group, also affirming there is no IS …