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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) Director, Police Colonel Leo Pamittan is calling law enforcement officials in the province to intensify their anti-illegal drug operations and to foster their partnerships with stakeholders. According to Pamittan, a single solution can’t solve the problem of illegal drugs and points out that it …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who were killed in a gun battle last Monday, November 28, at Barangay Quintin Remo in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town have been identified. Based on information released by the 62nd Infantry Battalion (62IB), the fatalities were identified as Dalmacio “Delmar” Dela Torre …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Land Transportation Office in Western Visayas (LTO-6) cracked down on its accredited doctors and medical clinics which are allegedly issuing medical certificates without conducting the required physical, visual and auditory tests in applying for a driver’s license. Assistant Regional Director Atty. Gaudioso Geduspan and Legal Section Chief Atty. Tanya …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two rebels from the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion at Barangay Quintin Remo in Negros Occidental’s Moises Padilla town yesterday morning. Authorities are still in the process of identifying the two slain rebels. Meanwhile, Brigadier General Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental announced that it will be resuming its voters’ registration beginning December 12. Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, Comelec-Negros Occidental elections supervisor, said the poll body is currently waiting for the resolution from its Central Office, as their guidelines for registering new voters. So …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A local power advocate group said over the weekend that it will bring their position paper to the congressional hearing on the issues surrounding the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco). Wennie Sancho, secretary-general of Power Watch Negros, said they have received information about the hearing that is supposed to take …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A total of 10 houses were destroyed and four were damaged following a blaze in a slum area of Purok Kitahanon in Bacolod City’s Barangay Banago on Thursday night, November 24. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said the fire started shortly before 7:00 p.m. at the house of …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) has accused the New People’s Army (NPA) of being behind the ambush that killed two soldiers from the 47th Infantry Battalion at Barangay Camindangan’s Sitio Camboguiot in Negros Occidental’s Sipalay City, on Thursday, November 24. Major General Benedict Arevalo, 3ID commander, condemned …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Two soldiers were killed after they were ambushed by a group of armed individuals at Barangay Camindangan’s Sitio Camboguiot in Negros Occidental’s Sipalay City, yesterday morning. Police identified the fatalities as Sgt. Regie Glendro and Staff Sgt. Ken Camilan, intelligence operatives of the Philippine Army’s 47th Infantry Battalion based …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said the province is still far off from the ideal situation under the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law. “It is where the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) downloads the money and (we) will just liquidate later on. That’s the ideal (situation) where …