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Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Lacson welcomed the lifting of the state of public health emergency declared due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, saying it would boost economic growth and tourism development. “There’s no need anymore to wear a face mask, there’s no need to show any vaccine card, so this is good for …

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) in Negros Oriental warned local government units (LGUs) yesterday to take precautionary measures amid a heavy rainfall forecast by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. PDRRMO executive director Adrian Sedillo told the Philippine News Agency that while Negros Oriental would not be directly hit …

By Mae Singuay Operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) confiscated an estimated P476,000 worth of suspected shabu and arrested five individuals in two separate buy-bust operations on Saturday, July 22. Police Station 8 conducted an operation in Bacolod’s Barangay Singcang-Airport at 4:05 a.m., which resulted in the recovery of 10 grams of suspected …

A delivery man of a store which sells liquefied petroleum gas was shot to death by a still unidentified suspect on Saturday night, July 22. Kimbert Apatan, 30 years old, a resident of Don Salvador Benedicto town’s Barangay Bunga, was having dinner with his live-in partner inside the store along Eco-Tourism Highway in Barangay Palampas, …

Proper hand hygiene is one of the most effective measures to prevent the spread of conjunctivitis, commonly known as sore eyes, a disease that health officers in Iloilo City fear will spread faster among children. In a press conference on Friday, July 21, City Health Officer Kenneth Capero said sore eyes is a common infection …

The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) is reaching out to 124,788 accounts or borrowers with outstanding loans from 20 banks that have ceased operations in Western Visayas to avail of its incentive program to settle their debts. Freddy Galosmos, Assistant Vice President for Loan Management Department, said of the 20 banks that closed in Western …

Two police personnel were injured after a patrol car fell and crashed on a roadside in Negros Oriental’s Basay town yesterday morning. Patrolman Bryan Earl Oville, patrol car driver, and Patrolwoman Jedeliza Andrade, both from Basay police, sustained minor injuries. Basay police chief, Major Marcos Lopez, said the patrol car was heading towards Negros Oriental …

All three distribution utilities in Negros Occidental have reported a reduction in average residential power rates for July mainly as a result of lower generation charges. These include the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco), Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (Noceco). In a statement yesterday, Noneco said the power rate for …

By Mae Singuay A convenience store has been robbed by a still unidentified individual at Barangay Poblacion in Negros Occidental’s San Enrique town. Store staff 22-year-old Shine Nacional, a resident of Valladolid town’s Barangay Central Tabao, and 20-year-old Rodolfo Octaviano of Bacolod City’s Barangay Sum-ag, told police that they were robbed inside the store on Wednesday, July 19 at around 4:00 a.m. …

The Bacolod City government is coming up with an inventory of unused government lands suitable for shelter, following the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. that declared the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Housing (4PH) program as the administration’s flagship housing initiative. Bacolod has partnered with the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) …