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  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 …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A commander of the Philippine Army in Negros already expects the local insurgents from the New People’s Army (NPA) will reject their offer of holding localized peace talks. Colonel Michael Samson, 303rd Infantry Brigade (303IBde) commander, said he is not surprised the NPA in Negros will refuse the peace …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) has given the nod to the Department of Agriculture and the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to allow the importation of 450,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar to help arrest retail prices. In a statement issued by UNIFED president Manuel Lamata yesterday, he …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A local energy advocacy group is calling on the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to declare the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) as an “ailing cooperative” amid allegations of mismanagement and corruption. Power Watch Negros lead convenor Wennie Sancho said the present management of Ceneco is plagued with a litany …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The agricultural damage due to floods caused by a combination of shear line and a low pressure area in Negros Occidental last week is pegged at P30.4 million, a report released from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) showed. Based on the report, damage to rice fields was …

All three Oaminals serving public office in Misamis Occidental were rated among the ‘Top Performers’ of local governance during the second half of 2022, according to a recent research study from RP-Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD). Misamis Occidental Governor Henry Oaminal Sr., MisOcc 2nd District Representative Sancho Fernando “Ando” Oaminal, and Ozamiz City Mayor …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Negros Occidental provincial government is currently awaiting its next course of action for sacked employees of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) involved in a drinking binge during an official trip last year. Provincial Legal Officer Atty. Alberto Nellas, Jr. said the four terminated OPA employees have …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An official of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has forwarded a recommendation to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. to allow the 80,000 bags of sugar seized from a cargo ship to be sold through the Kadiwa stores. In a statement released yesterday, David John Thaddeus Alba revealed the Bureau …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has appealed anew to the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros to surrender amid rejecting calls from the new Philippine Army commander in the province for localized peace talks. Lacson said yesterday they will continue to encourage NPA members to lay down their …