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  Anti-drug operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office seized 3.02 kilograms of suspected shabu worth P20.536 million during a buy-bust at Purok Neptune in Barangay Singcang-Airport yesterday afternoon. Arrested suspect Jummel “Tata” Camento, 38 years old, was tagged as a high-value individual. The operation, led by the City Drug Enforcement Unit, was conducted two days before …

  Retail prices of rice in Negros Oriental are expected to further go down with the start of the harvest season, a Department of Agriculture (DA) official said yesterday. Alejandro Rafal, provincial officer of the DA-Provincial Agriculture Technology Coordinating Office, told the Philippine News Agency that while the province is not self-sufficient in rice, the …

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) called for better coordination among law enforcement agencies in Negros Oriental to avoid possible “misencounters” between friendly forces as the campaign period for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) draws near. Comelec issued the call following the arrest of a high-profile suspect in Negros Oriental’s Basay town, by the Criminal …

  More than 9,000 teachers and support staff of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Negros Oriental will be deployed for poll duty during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. Lawyer Eliseo Labaria, acting provincial election supervisor of Negros Oriental, told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that the Commission on Elections …

  Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said the city government will make arrangements for chartered flights from Incheon, Korea to Bacolod-Silay Airport to transport about 8,000 tourist-golfers in the city early next year. “I received a letter from a tour agency or from a group that wants to bring in Korean tourists from January to March …

  The Diocese of Dumaguete and the 302nd Brigade of the Philippine Army based in Negros Oriental’s Tanjay City will partner once more to address social issues brought about by the insurgency in the province. Msgr. Julius Perpetuo Heruela, a parish priest in Dauin town, said the Church, Military and Police Advisory Group (CMPAG) would be revived. …

Soldiers will be deployed inside all the 549 clustered voting centers in Negros Oriental alongside Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel to ensure a safe, peaceful and orderly conduct of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, regional election director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Central Visayas, said on …

  By Mae Singuay Fifteen lovely ladies will be vying for the crown at the Miss Bacolod MassKara 2023 coronation night at the University of St. La Salle Coliseum on Monday, October 16. The candidates who will be competing for the title are Georgette Ysabelle Millan, Therese Pira-an, Tracy Mae Sunio, Marianel Tan, Geralyn Joy Basto, …

  The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Negros Oriental asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow some persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) transferred to another facility to vote in the coming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Jail Inspector Edna Serion told the Philippine News Agency that 23 PDLs originally detained …

  The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) has established the Western Visayas Regional Task Group for El Niño that will draft and implement the Comprehensive and Integrated Action Plan to respond to the weather phenomenon. Cindy Ferrer, spokesperson for the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas, said the task …