The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NORPPO) is set to conduct active shooter and bomb threat drills in schools across the province to prepare students, teachers and school personnel for emergencies. NORPPO spokesperson Captain Stephen Jaynard Polinar said the drills aim to equip school communities with the knowledge and skills needed to respond effectively to …
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Cadiz’s sweet corn pinakbet to represent NIR in cook-off
By CESAR JOLITO III Cadiz City’s signature Pinakbet Mais-aya will represent the Negros Island Region (NIR) in the national finals of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) “Walang Gutom” Program Kusinero Cook-Off Challenge in Manila on Friday, July 17. The winning dish, prepared by Cadizeña cooks 64-year-old Teresita Villegas and her niece, 51-year-old …
Nacusip-TUCP urges direct cash aid for RSSI-hit farmers
By CESAR JOLITO III The National Congress of Unions in the Sugar Industry of the Philippines – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (Nacusip-TUCP) called on local government units in the Negros Island Region (NIR) to provide direct cash assistance and crop subsidies to farmers affected by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation, while …
Soldier, wife killed during altercation
By MERLINDA A. PEDROSA A soldier and his wife were killed during an altercation inside their home at Purok Tilapia in Bacolod City’s Barangay 3 on Sunday, July 12. Police identified the fatalities as 31-year-old Private First Class Erwin Paul Pendon, who was assigned to the Philippine Army’s 11th Infantry Battalion, and his wife, 26-year-old …
NegOcc works with BFAR for sustainable, competitive blue crab industry
The Negros Occidental provincial government is working with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in pushing for a sustainable and globally competitive blue swimming crab (BSC) industry amid the challenges brought by the United States’ suspension on the importation of crab meat products from the Philippines. In a report posted over the weekend, …
No foul play in man’s death
By CESAR JOLITO A 23-year-old man was found dead inside the house at Barangay Blumentritt in Negros Occidental’s Murcia town on Sunday night, July 12, with police saying there were no indications of foul play. Murcia police said responders found the victim lying face down inside a bedroom at around 9:00 p.m. He was later …
Illegal fishing ops net 4 violators
By CESAR JOLITO III Four individuals were apprehended in separate anti-illegal fishing operations in Negros Occidental’s Ilog and Hinigaran towns on Sunday, July 12. The Ilog police, together with volunteers from the Municipal Bantay Dagat Task Force, intercepted a fishing boat engaged in illegal fishing activities at 4:45 p.m. Arrested were three residents aged 25, …
40,000 Bacolod seniors to receive 40 kilos of rice
BY MERLINDA A. PEDROSA Around 40,000 senior citizens in Bacolod City are set to receive 40 kilos of rice each under the national government’s “Sa Bagong Pilipinas, Bawat Bayan Makikinabang” program. Mayor Greg Gasataya said each beneficiary will receive the assistance in four tranches, with 10 kilos of rice to be distributed per tranche. The …
2 shot dead
Two individuals were killed in separate shooting incidents at Barangay 11 in Negros Occidental’s Victorias City yesterday. Victorias police identified the first fatality as Jerome Seballos, who was found dead at the scene with a gunshot wound to the head past 5:30 a.m. in Sitio 5. Police records show Seballos was previously arrested and tagged …
Laborer arrested over P136-K ‘shabu,’ firearm
By CESAR JOLITO III A 38-year-old construction worker was arrested during a buy-bust operation in Negros Occidental’s Victorias City following the confiscation of suspected shabu worth P136,000 and an improvised firearm on Thursday night, July 9. “Wally,” a resident of Salome Street, Canetown Subdivision in Barangay 19-A, allegedly sold one heat-sealed plastic sachet containing suspected …