An e-commerce platform to be piloted in a conflict area in Negros Oriental is seen to benefit farmers and the hospitality industry by bringing them together for online buying and selling. AgroDigital PH will soon be introduced in the province and will be piloted in Valencia town’s Barangay Dobdob and Sta. Catalina’s Barangay Talalak, …
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Woman dead over sugarcane pile
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A 46-year-old woman died after she was dumped by a pile of sugarcane from a truck that crashed on its side in Negros Occidental’s Ilog town yesterday morning. The fatality was identified as Alma Claridad, a resident of the town’s Barangay Tabu. Eyewitness accounts said Claridad, along with her husband, were walking …
Silaynon held for ‘shabu’
By Mae Singuay A woman was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation at Barangay Guinhalaran in Negros Occidental’s Silay City on Thursday night, September 28. Silay police recovered 12 plastic sachets of suspected shabu worth P95,200 from 31-year-old Elizabeth Bermejo, a resident of the said place. She was arrested for violation of Republic Act …
12 ‘NPA rebels’ surrender in northern Negros
Unfulfilled promises and hunger while on the run led 12 Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) rebels, including a ranking front official, to surrender to government forces in northern Negros Occidental in recent months. The surrenderers, who belonged to the Northern Negros Front (NNF), were from the cities of Escalante, Sagay and …
Rabies one of the leading causes of death in WV —DOH-6
The Department of Health in Western Visayas-Center for Health Development (DOH-6) reported a total of 27 deaths due to rabies in the region last year. Noting the third consecutive year of increase in the number of mortalities due to rabies, the health department stressed that the disease continues to be a public health problem in …
3 BSKE aspirants get show cause order for ‘premature campaigning’
The Commission on Election (Comelec) in Negros Oriental issued show cause orders against three aspirants in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) for alleged premature campaigning. Lawyer Eliseo Labaria, acting Comelec provincial election supervisor, told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that the respondents were given three days upon receipt of the order to …
Kin of 6 slain NPA ‘rebels’ in Negros get gov’t aid
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas (DSWD-6) has provided financial and funeral assistance to the families of the alleged six New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who were killed in a clash with troops of the Philippine Army’s 47th Infantry Battalion (IB) in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City on September 21. First …
Fire hits 4 homes
Three houses were destroyed while another one was damaged in a fire at Fuentebella in Bacolod City’s Barangay Taculing on Tuesday afternoon, September 26. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Bacolod said properties worth P249,000 were destroyed in the blaze. No one was injured in the incident. An investigation is ongoing./WDJ
NegOr pregnant women to get supplemental feeding vs. stunting
The Negros Oriental Provincial Health Office (PHO) will be feeding malnourished pregnant mothers for three months in a campaign to address stunted growth among babies, a health official said on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. PHO chief, Dr. Liland Estacion told the Philippine News Agency that the current stunted growth rate of children in the …
Landowners near airport OK tree-cutting for safe airspace
Trees inside 18 private lands in the vicinity of the Dumaguete-Sibulan airport in Negros Oriental will be cut or trimmed to allow for safe airspace. Allan Punay, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) airport manager, said yesterday that after several negotiations, the property owners were finally convinced to have the trees cut or …