By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The police chief in Negros Occidental’s Bago City is calling on anyone with missing loved ones to visit or contact their station to identify the remains recovered in the city’s Barangay Dulao on Friday, June 9. Lt. Colonel Joem Malong said they still do not have information regarding the identity …
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Gamefowls stolen, 3 arrested
By Mae Singuay Nine fighting cocks were reportedly stolen by three suspects at Barangay Rafaela Barrera in Negros Occidental’s Sagay City at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 9. Arrested were 22-year-old Bienvinido Puno and 18-year-olds Junmar Narciso and Jordan Santillan, all residents of the said place. The fighting cocks, valued at P3,500 each, were recovered …
SRA urges retailers to sell refined sugar at P85 per kilo
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) urged retailers to sell refined sugar at a suggested retail price (SRP) of P85 per kilogram amid reports of selling prices as high as P110, especially in Metro Manila. Acting SRA Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said since there is a sufficient supply of sugar, retailers could reduce the price. “We …
Body found in Bago
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Human remains, already in an advanced state of decomposition, were found in a roadside sugarcane field at Barangay Dulao in Negros Occidental’s Bago City yesterday morning. According to Bago City police, the remains were discovered by a female resident. Authorities have yet to identify the remains, although they described him to be …
Drug HVI yields P680-K ‘shabu’
By Mae Singuay Around P680,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized from a high-value individual (HVI) drug suspect in Bacolod City’s Barangay Handumanan on Thursday, June 8. Police Captain Joven Mogato of the Bacolod City Drug Enforcement Unit, apprehended the suspect, 55-year-old Jomarie Tapalla, a resident of the said place. Tapalla is facing charges for violation of …
W. Visayas wage board to start hike consultations in July
The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Western Visayas will hold consultations on the two petitions seeking an increase in the daily minimum wage rates in the region next month. Regional Director Sixto Rodriguez, Jr. of the Department of Labor and Employment said yesterday the wage board, which he chairs, has held deliberations on …
Public hearings on BSKE deferment in NegOr set on June 27-29
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the public hearings on the proposed deferment of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in Negros Oriental is open to all but cautioned against politicizing it. Lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, the acting Comelec regional director of Central Visayas, wrapped up yesterday his three-day visit to the province in …
138-K kids in W. Visayas yet to be vaccinated
Health workers have yet to administer vaccines to about 138,000 children less than five years old in Western Visayas under the extended Chikiting Ligtas campaign of the Department of Health (DOH). In a virtual presser yesterday, DOH in Western Visayas-Center for Health Development Regional Immunization Program coordinator, Dr. Jose Martin Atienza, said as of June …
New NegOr guv prioritizes health services, names tourism exec
Newly-installed Negros Oriental Governor Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria will prioritize health services after assuming the post last May 31 following the demise of Governor Carlo Jorge Joan Reyes. Sagarbarria met with doctors from the different hospitals of the provincial government on Tuesday morning, June 6, at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall in Dumaguete City. With him …
Negros power firm to collect higher charges to recover shortfall
The Negros Oriental Electric Cooperative II (Noreco II) will be collecting an additional Universal Charge-Missionary Electrification (UC-ME) Rate from its consumers starting in its next billing cycle to recover a shortfall of more than P4.8 billion as mandated by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). Lawyer Fe Marie Tagle, Noreco II general manager, told the Philippine …