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  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has issued a memorandum circular directing all incumbent village officials to conduct an inventory of all government properties under their custody in preparation for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on October 30. According to the memorandum circular, government properties …

By Mae Singuay Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has responded to the accusations by suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr. after the lawmaker was designated as a terrorist by the Anti-Terrorism Council. “I am the first person that will never, never break the law,” Benitez said during his press conference at the …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Congressman Arnolfo Teves, Jr. made accusations against Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez after the lawmaker was tagged as a “terrorist” by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC). During his online press conference on August 1, Teves referred to Benitez as “boss” and accused him of betraying …

By Mae Singuay The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) warned the 53 regular and job order employees of the city government who were tested positive for illegal drug use to voluntarily surrender. “Lahat ng nag-positive, pumunta kayo sa akin at mag-surrender na kayo. Wina-warningan ko sila,” BCPO director, Police Colonel Noel Aliño said. “Sabihin nila …

By Mae Singuay Four regular employees of the Bacolod City Traffic Office (BTAO) will be placed under a 60-day preventive suspension for alleged illegal drug use. BTAO head, Police Major Junji Liba said the employees who tested positive for illegal drugs were three traffic enforcers and one assigned as office staff. He said the four …

Suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr. called the “terrorist” designation stupid, as he questions the basis for the tag by the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC). “‘Yan ‘yung pinaka-istupido nilang sinabi. Sino ba namang pulitiko ang mag-so-sow ng fear?” Teves said during an online press conference on Tuesday, August 1. “Nangangampanya ka nga para …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The national government’s Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) has tagged suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr. and 12 others as “terrorists” in relation to several killings in the province, including the assassination of Governor Roel Degamo in March. In a resolution signed on July 26 by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) does not see any immediate threats from Kanlaon Volcano despite the recent uptick in volcanic activity in the past weeks. In an emergency preparedness forum held at a mall in Bacolod City yesterday, Dr. Raymund Patrick Maximo, Phivolcs Science Research Specialist II, affirmed that …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said they have no control over prices of sugar in the local market. SRA acting administrator Pablo Luis Azcona made the clarification after several lawmakers complained about why sugar prices in the domestic market are still high despite the recent importation of the commodity. Azcona said the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson appealed to Negrenses to follow the mandates of their respective local government units (LGUs) and local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Offices (DRRMOs) during inclement weather conditions. This came after two Negrenses were drowned amid the heavy downpours last Tuesday, July 25. Lacson made the appeal …