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At least 10,758 residents of highly urbanized Bacolod City have availed hospitalization assistance under the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) as of November this year, data on Friday, November 22, showed. The beneficiaries are among the 267,319 registered members under the BAcCHP — about 71,887 have been issued with family health cards. Mayor Alfredo …

The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN) has urged the local government of Negros Oriental’s provincial capital to pass legislation on human rights defenders. The call was made on November 21, during the UN SDSN’s launch of its Harmony for Humanity Human Rights Festival at the Foundation University in Dumaguete City attended by …

The local government unit (LGU) of Candoni in Negros Occidental initiated the burial of the six New People’s Army (NPA) rebels yesterday afternoon after they died in a clash with Philippine Army troops in Barangay Gatuslao on Thursday, November 21. Eric John Monserate, municipal disaster risk reduction and management officer, said in a telephone interview …

Anti-illegal drug operatives have seized more than P54.3 million in suspected shabu and marijuana in Negros Oriental province during various police operations since January this year. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), said on Wednesday, November 20, during the weekly Kapihan sa PIA forum that a total of 7.7 …

The Police Regional Office in Western Visayas (PRO-6) reported yesterday that it seized more than P2.9 million worth of suspected shabu during the 24-hour operations launched by various police units since 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 20. The region-wide operations also led to the arrest of 12 individuals. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) reported …

Bacolod City is receiving full support from the Department of Tourism (DOT) as it prepares to host the first-ever Terra Madre Salone del Gusto Asia and the Pacific in November next year. Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco joined Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, together with Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Victorias City Mayor Javier …

Two individuals were stabbed dead while three others were injured during an altercation over loud music at Purok Florenceville in Bacolod City’s Barangay Pahanocoy on Wednesday night, November 20. Police Station 8 identified the fatalities as 49-year-old Richard Orita and his relative, Rolando Pigollo. Police Captain Greeky Cayao said the victims and Orita’s three children were …

The municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental has allotted a 1.7-hectare land for the establishment of a relocation site and an evacuation center for residents affected by the volcanic activity of Mt. Kanlaon. At least six of the town’s villages are at the foot of the active volcano, which is currently under Alert Level …

Two farm-to-market road (FMR) projects funded by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) are providing better accessibility and mobility for agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and other farmers in La Carlota City and Pontevedra town in Negros Occidental. In La Carlota City, the P50-million, 2.4-kilometer project involved concreting along Sitio Danao and Sitio Alacapa in Barangay …

The Department of Education (DepEd) has directed all its offices and schools to do away with grand celebrations of Christmas parties in the aftermath of the successive typhoons that battered parts of Luzon. This complies with President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s directive to government agencies to show solidarity with all calamity-hit Filipinos after six typhoons …