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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga There are only six remaining hogs in Negros Occidental’s San Enrique town, down from 21 reported earlier this week, after hog cholera and other swine diseases ravaged the locality’s entire hog population. Mayor Jilson Tubillara said yesterday he has yet to declare the town under a state of calamity, despite recording …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The hog population in Negros Occidental’s San Enrique town has almost been wiped out due to hog cholera and other swine diseases, data from the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) showed.  As of Sunday, June 11, data revealed that 99.22 percent of the 2,692 total hog population in the town have …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga and Mae Singuay Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Lacson said Independence Day is not just a date on the calendar, but a reminder to Filipinos of their responsibility to preserve the nation’s freedom. Lacson, together with provincial officials, led the commemoration of the 125th Independence Day at the Provincial Capitol Grounds …

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will conduct public hearings in Negros Oriental to assess if there’s a need to postpone the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the province. Comelec spokesperson Rex Laudiangco said in a statement that the hearings will evaluate the current situation in the light of the “political violence” in …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An inter-local government unit (LGU) ban on live hogs and pork products was enforced by five localities in Negros Occidental amid the threat of confirmed African swine fever (ASF) cases in the province and capital Bacolod City. The cities of Himamaylan and San Carlos, and the towns of Isabela, La …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A city prosecutor’s office dismissed illegal gambling charges filed against three village chiefs in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City. Atty. Renoir Baldovino, agent-in-charge of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Bacolod, confirmed yesterday morning that the Kabankalan Prosecutor’s Office cleared Noli Villarosa of Barangay Tangub; and Joel Alibango Francz …

By Mae Singuay Abang Lingkod party-list representative Stephen Paduano disclosed that he will oppose the franchise renewal application of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) if it fails to have a joint venture agreement (JVA) with a financially-capable private distribution utility.  Paduano said Ceneco is already bleeding and has no financial capability to improve its services …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Hog raisers in Negros Occidental hope the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will issue a certificate of product registration for the Vietnamese-made Avac vaccine, which has proven effective in producing antibodies against African swine fever (ASF) among hogs. Ric Lauron, president of the Alliance of Hog Raisers Association of Negros Occidental, said …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Nine cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in Negros Occidental’s Victorias City, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez confirmed yesterday. Victorias is the second local government unit (LGU) in the province to have confirmed cases of the highly contagious hog disease, following the first recorded case in Pulupandan town …

By Mae Singuay The chair of Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod’s (SP) committee on energy and public utilities said the joint venture agreement (JVA) between Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and Primelectric Holdings, Inc. is the “best choice.” Committee chair, Claudio Jesus Puentevella said, during Primelectric’s JVA presentation led by its president and chief executive officer Roel Castro …