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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Bacolod City has finally identified the owner of the dismembered body parts recovered last Friday, March 1. NBI-Bacolod head Atty. Renoir Baldovino refused to name the victim in the mutilation. Baldovino confirmed that the owner was a resident of Bacolod and he was …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The agricultural damage caused by the El Niño phenomenon in Negros Occidental has now reached more than P77.7 million. The latest data from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist as of March 1, showed a total of P77,702,833.81 worth of crops were damaged due to the dry spell. At …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Local group Power Watch Negros (PWN) said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) should have enhanced electric supply management, following power outages that hit some parts of Negros and Panay islands last Friday night, March 1. In a radio interview over the weekend, PWN lead convenor Wennie Sancho strongly emphasized …

By Mae Singuay  Several dismembered body parts were recovered outside the office of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Bacolod City’s Barangay 4 at 5:45 a.m. yesterday. Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) director, Colonel Noel Aliño said the mutilated body parts — a left hand, a left leg and two ears — were placed …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The supply of pork in Negros Occidental dropped by 50 percent due to African swine fever (ASF) and hog cholera last year. Ric Lauron, Alliance of Hog Raisers Association of Negros Occidental (AHRANO) head, said local hog raisers are now struggling to increase the available pork supply to meet consumer …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga  The Negros Occidental provincial government has no plans to declare the province under a “state of calamity,” as crop damage due to the El Niño phenomenon has already reached P55 million. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the declaration should be carefully studied.  Lacson believes that it is still too early to …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has already begun its investigation into the recent encounters between government forces and suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members in northern Negros. CHR-Negros Occidental head Vincent Parra said the probe that they are conducting is specifically centered on the two fatalities from the encounters — …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government issued a new executive order (EO) which imposes a total ban on hogs and pork byproducts from eight areas, including Bacolod City. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson signed EO 24-07 yesterday, which establishes guidelines for “the entry of all live pigs, boar semen, pork, products, and …

  Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) is encouraging Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) employees to apply if they wish to continue working in an electric distribution utility. This reminder comes as the Lower House of Congress prepares to send House Bill 9805 to the Senate for adoption, the approved legislation granting Negros Power …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The remains of the suspected New People’s Army (NPA) members killed in a series of encounters were recovered from Barangay Pinapugusan’s Sitio Mansulao in Negros Occidental’s Escalante City over the weekend. The Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion (79IB) identified the fatalities as Emaren Pastidio, Michael Cabahug and Jose Caramihan. Lt. Colonel Arnel Calaogan, …