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Negros Occidental’s provincial government is strengthening the security protocol in its social media assets after recovering access to its official Facebook page yesterday, a day after it was hacked. Charina Magallanes-Tan, head of the Public Information Office, said in an interview that losing access to the “Provincial Government of Negros Occidental” page was quite a …

Negros Occidental’s Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) went on blue alert as Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 was hoisted over northern Negros due to Tropical Storm “Kristine” yesterday morning. In an advisory, the PDRRMC Emergency Operations Center said concerned offices, agencies, and local DRRMCs were told to “closely monitor respective …

A man died after the trailer truck he was riding fell into a 20-foot ravine at Barangay Fabrica in Negros Occidental’s Sagay City on Monday, October 21. Police identified the victim as 22-year-old Jhon Vincent Montemor of Cebu City. Sagay police chief, Colonel Alvimar Flores, said the truck loaded with assorted pasalubong products was headed …

The Negros Occidental provincial government is providing a P3.5-million support package to various farmers’ associations and civil society organizations to boost local balut production. Under the Itik-Pinas (Duck) Raising for Balut Production Project implemented by the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO), 25 groups were identified as beneficiaries, data from the Expanded Livestock Production and Livelihood Development …

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it has activated the “Charlie” protocol — the highest level of emergency preparedness — in seven regions in response to the potential impacts of Tropical Depression “Kristine.” The regions under this protocol include the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Regions 2 (Cagayan Valley), 3 (Central Luzon), 5 (Bicol), 8 …

Tropical Depression (TD) “Kristine” slightly decelerated, now moving 15 kilometers per hour (kph) westward, and a change in its forecast track is not ruled out, the weather bureau said yesterday. In its 5:00 p.m. advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said “Kristine” was last located 760 kilometers east of Catarman, Northern Samar. It is highly …

A flight bound for Manila from Bacolod-Silay Airport was interrupted after two passengers were heard talking about “watusi.” According to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), this occurred at 11:10 a.m. on Saturday, October 19, inside Cebu Pacific Flight 5J486. It was when a cabin crew member overheard a conversation between the two …

Declared as the “largest building in the shape of a chicken” by the Guinness World Records, the “Manok ni Cano Gwapo” inside the Campuestohan Highland Resort in Barangay Cabatangan, Talisay City, Negros Occidental is the newest tourism icon in the province. The 115-foot hotel structure, which depicts a rooster, is a nod to the province’s …

The province of Negros Oriental’s inflation rate eased at 1.5 percent in September, an official of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Dumaguete City said. PSA-Negros Oriental chief statistical specialist and provincial head, Ariel Fortuito, said in an interview that it was the lowest since January this year. Fortuito attributed the slowing down of inflation …

The 24-hour anti-drug operations by various police units in Western Visayas from 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 17, to 6:00 a.m. yesterday yielded 2,318 grams of shabu worth P15.76 million. The operations also led to the arrest of nine suspects, based on the data of Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6). Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) and the Iloilo …