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  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The direct sugar importation being pushed by five beverage companies will be a recipe for disaster if President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. approves their request, a local group warns. Save the Sugar Industry Movement (SAVE-SIM) lead convenor Wennie Sancho said the call of the five industrial companies was motivated …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two severed human feet from a still unidentified person were recovered at a gasoline station along C.L. Montelibano Avenue in Bacolod City’s Barangay Villamonte yesterday morning. Police Captain Greeky Cayao, Police Station 4 commander, said the human feet were discovered by the gasoline station’s pump boy. The chopped off …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The production of pork in Negros Occidental remains strong amid a shortage of supply warning from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) due to African swine fever (ASF). Provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz said backyard production remained good and so does the province’s commercial hog raisers. Diaz also said …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government prepares for the upcoming dry-spell brought by the El Niño phenomenon, and “tiempo muerto” or the closing of the sugar milling season in the province. Provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz said the final feasibility study for the province’s bulk water project may already be …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines (UNIFED) asserted yesterday that beverage companies in the country should buy locally-produced sugar. UNIFED made the statement after beverage firms forwarded a request to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. allowing industrial users to directly import premium refined sugar. According to UNIFED …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante, Jr. called for the revival of a bill creating a marine sanctuary on the city’s Lakawon Island. Escalante and members of the media were given access on Sunday, March 26, to see first-hand the island’s Giant Clam Village or G.C. Ville, where …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) is ready to assist local government officials who may be concerned over their security. A newly-released report from the Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) shows that 16 local officials in Negros Occidental have reportedly received threats. NOCPPO spokesperson, Police Captain …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 18 additional villages in Negros Occidental have been declared “drug-cleared” by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Western Visayas (PDEA-6) on Friday, March 24. PDEA-6 director Jeanette Reyes said the 18 applicant-barangays were from the cities of Bago, Cadiz, La Carlota, Silay, Talisay, and Victorias; and from the …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental remains free of African swine fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas (DA-6) said. DA-6 Regulatory Chief, Dr. Jonic Natividad said hog blood samples submitted regularly by the local government units (LGUs) in the province have tested negative for ASF. Natividad also praised the San …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is confident that the province will be able to manage the upcoming dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon. In a radio interview over Bombo Radyo-Bacolod, Lacson said this is not the first time that the province had experienced a dry spell. …