By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is encouraging residents to wear face masks in public places as the province surpassed the COVID-19 positivity rate threshold. The province logged a moderate positivity rate of 7.5 percent, higher than the five percent infection rate threshold set by the World Health Organization. …
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SIDA law implementation budget hiked to P1-B
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The budget for the implementation of the Sugar Industry Development Act (SIDA) law has been hiked to P1 billion this year. Negros Occidental 5th district Congressman Emilio Dino Yulo III, said on Tuesday, April 18, the increase is a significant development considering that the budget last year was only P750 …
Terrorist tag ‘funny’; Teves Jr.’s lawyer: Remulla’s remarks could not weaponize a particular law
The possibility of being tagged as a “terrorist” is what suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves, Jr. found it “funny,” after Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said they would force him to surrender to authorities. Teves, who refused to return to the Philippines due to safety concerns, is being linked to the …
Cop in ‘another severed hand’ reassigned
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The police personnel, whose name was listed on a recovered piece of paper with another severed human hand in Bacolod City’s Barangay Bata on Monday, April 17, was reassigned by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) yesterday. The identified cop, Police Staff Sergeant Anthony Vistar, has been transferred to …
Anti-drought option: NegOcc considers cloud seeding to combat dry spell
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is considering cloud seeding as the solution to the ongoing dry spell in the province. Lacson said cloud seeding is one of the options the provincial government has to conduct to alleviate dry weather conditions. “That is always an option. When there is …
Another severed hand recovered in Bata village
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Another severed hand was recovered at Purok Riverside’s Ilang-Ilang Street in Bacolod City’s Barangay Bata yesterday morning. Police Station 3 commander, Captain Armilyn Vargas, said they are still trying to determine who owns the severed hand. The chopped off body part included a piece of paper with a name and …
Water supply enough? Agri office monitors water reserve for irrigation amid El Niño threat
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) closely monitors the water supply for irrigation of agricultural fields amid the threat posed by the El Niño phenomenon. OPA head Dr. Edmundo Causing said they have yet to determine if the supply is enough to irrigate rice fields. For now, …
Panaad sa Negros Festival opens today, 680 security personnel deployed
By Mae Singuay and Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga About 680 uniformed and civilian personnel will oversee security measures for this year’s Panaad sa Negros Festival, which will commence today until April 23. Task Group Panaad Festival held a send-off ceremony for its personnel at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) in Camp Alfredo …
Not ASF, but heat stroke; Hog deaths in Cadiz, Manapla not caused by ASF —group
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The recent hog deaths in Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City and Manapla town were caused by heat stroke, and not by African swine fever (ASF), a local hog raisers group said. Albert Javier, vice president of the Hog Raisers Association of Negros Occidental (HRANO), in a radio interview yesterday on …
16 homes gutted in Murcia blaze, leaves P100-K damage
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 12 houses were destroyed, while four were partially damaged in a residential fire at Barangay Zone 1’s Purok Sambag in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town yesterday morning. Village chief Nerissa Jimenea said 16 families fled their homes and have temporarily taken shelter at the Murcia gymnasium. Based on initial …