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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  At least 30 homes were destroyed, while two others suffered extensive damage following a fire at Purok Magnolia in Bacolod City’s Barangay 7 late Thursday night, July 6. Fire Marshall Chief Inspector Stephen Jardeleza of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Bacolod, said 66 families were affected by the blaze at 11:09 p.m., …

By Mae Singuay  The Bacolod City government served a notice of business permit revocation and closure against DLC Junk Shop, following the discovery of alleged stolen telecommunication site batteries worth P14.1 million stored inside its premises on June 29. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez served the notice against the junk shop owner, whose name is being withheld pending his …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  Nineteen local government units (LGUs) in Negros Occidental have already been affected by hog mortalities, the latest monitoring from the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) showed. Cauayan town is now the latest addition to the list of affected LGUs, PVO data said. Barangays Mambugsay and Inayawan in Cauayan have reported 61 …

The new national president of the country’s only compulsory organization of lawyers was inducted last Tuesday, July 4, by the Supreme Court en banc. Atty. Antonio C. Pido of Samar succeeds Burt Estrada, whose term of office as President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) ended last June 30. Pido is a former …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  The Senate is expected to continue hearings on the proposed bill reestablishing the Negros Island Region (NIR) when the session resumes after President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24. Negros Occidental 3rd district Congressman Jose Francisco Benitez, one of the authors of the house bill, revealed that Senator JV …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson reacted negatively amid the controversy surrounding the country’s new promotional tourism campaign.  Lacson said DDB Philippines, the advertising agency behind the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) “Love the Philippines” slogan, was “taking it easy.”  The agency, hired by the DOT to produce new tourism promotional …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas (DA-6) called on the Negros Occidental provincial government to replace the P2.3 million worth of fertilizers allegedly stolen from the Negros First Rice Processing Center (NFRPC) warehouse in Bago City’s Barangay Tabunan. DA-6 executive director, Engineer Albert Barrogo disclosed that the local government units of the cities …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental 5th district Congressman Emilio Dino Yulo III warned yesterday morning that the sugar liberalization being proposed by Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno will kill the local sugar industry. Diokno made the proposal that would allow manufacturers of sweetened beverages to directly import sugar as a “reasonable compromise” following plans …

By Mae Singuay  Primelectric Holdings, Inc./Negros Electric Power Corporation and Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) will file proof of disseminating information, education and communications (IECs) of the proposed joint venture agreement (JVA) within 72 hours. This, after Judge Maria Lina Gonzaga of Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 42 granted the motion for reconsideration filed by local group Negros Consumers …

Representatives of different sectors in Negros Oriental took different sides over the proposed postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in the province in October. During the first day of the public hearing in Dumaguete City on Tuesday, June 27, to help the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc decide whether to postpone …