The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Negros Island Region (NIR) is gearing up for a roadshow caravan next week to educate the voters on the automated counting machines (ACMs) for the 2025 polls. The Comelec-NIR regional election director, lawyer Lionel Marco Castillano, told the Philippine News Agency on Monday, November 25, that all the …
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W. Visayas PNP assures tightened security for FL
The Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) has tightened its security measures for First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos who is always in Iloilo for various engagements. “That is our work to secure them. We will add more security. Because, as I have said, for a Vice President to be saying that, we should treat it as …
Gun-free zones eyed in W. Visayas’ tourist destinations
The Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) is eyeing Boracay Island as a pilot area for its proposed gun-free zone, the regional top cop Brigadier General Jack Wanky announced yesterday. In a media conference, Wanky said the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC), during its fourth quarter meeting on November 22, approved a resolution enjoining …
P109-M ‘shabu’ seized
The Central Visayas police confiscated over P109 million worth of illegal drugs in various operations in cities in Cebu and Negros Oriental provinces. On Friday morning, November 22, the Lapu-Lapu City police intelligence unit arrested a 42-year-old jobless man in a buy-bust in Zone 7 of Barangay Buaya after yielding over 15 kilos of shabu …
10.7-K Bacolodnons avail of hospital aid under flagship health program
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 …
UN body urges Dumaguete to pass Human Rights Defenders ordinance
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 …
LGU buries bodies of 6 NPA rebel fatalities in southern Negros
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 …
NegOr cops seize over P54-M illegal drugs since January
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 …
24-hr anti-drug ops yield P2.9-M ‘shabu’
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 gets DOT support for Terra Madre Asia-Pacific hosting
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 …