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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 …

The Department of Justice (DOJ) denied Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr.’s motion to inhibit which seeks the department to recuse itself from the preliminary investigation on the killing of Governor Roel Degamo. A panel of prosecutors insisted that it acted independently during the preliminary hearing, amid accusations about its impartiality in the case, Andres …

By Mae Singuay A majority of Central Negros Electric Cooperative’s member-consumer-owners (MCOs) voted “yes” on the first two days of the plebiscite for joint venture agreement (JVA) ratification entered by the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and Primelectric Holdings, Inc./Negros Electric Power Corporation. Ceneco conducted the ongoing referendum for the JVA, which started on June …

The proposal to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in Negros Oriental was supported by nine local chief executives in the province, stating concerns on security months after the attack in Pamplona town which killed Governor Roel Degamo and nine others. Included in the signed manifesto were Degamo’s widow Mayor Janice Degamo of …