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  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo is still opposing the proposal to reestablish the Negros Island Region (NIR). Provincial Information Officer Alex Lozada said Degamo does not see any need for Negros Oriental to join NIR as they are doing well. Lozada also said Degamo is concerned that the province’s …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga One of the drug suspects, whose name was included in the list with the discovery of severed human hands in Bacolod City’s Barangay 2 on Wednesday morning, January 25, is seeking help. The druggie identifying herself by the alias as “Mary Rose” admitted that she served prison time for …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A group has expressed its opposition to a proposed importation of 450,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar as part of the government’s plan to arrest the spike in sugar prices in the country. Wennie Sancho, lead convenor and labor advocate of the Save the Sugar Industry Movement (SAVE-SIM), …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Several major drug groups in the province have been declared “dismantled,” the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) said. NOCPPO spokesperson, Police Capt. Judesses Catalogo said the declaration also applies to other drug groups that previously operated in the province. Among those declared dismantled is the Bugalon Drug Group, …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson denied the motion for reconsideration filed by the four former employees of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) who were sacked earlier this month. Lacson said that no new evidence had been discovered and submitted by the four terminated OPA employees in …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer said yesterday that any planned importation of sugar by the government should only be made during the off-milling season. Ferrer said if there is indeed a shortage of sugar, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) should present importation data immediately and President Ferdinand Marcos, …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The mayor of Negros Occidental’s Binalbagan town expressed his utter disappointment and warned visitors of the trash left behind at Sitio Hermit Mountain in the town’s Barangay Bi-ao. “We gave a fair warning to everyone: If this [doesn’t] stop, you leave us with no choice!” Binalbagan Mayor Alejandro Mirasol …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental revealed yesterday that the province already has 35,801 newly-registered voters. Based on data from Comelec-NegOcc elections supervisor Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, around 11,811 individuals were registered last week, the highest in six weeks following the resumption of voter registration last December. …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) has intensified its monitoring of the entry of pork products, as the ferry trips between Guimaras and the province’s Pulupandan town have resumed after two years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. PVO head Dr. Placeda Lemana said inspectors were deployed …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Only a few contrabands were seized after the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted a “greyhound operation” or a shakedown at the Negros Occidental’s San Carlos City District Jail last Friday, January 20. Jail Chief Inspector Felix Sariana, city district …