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Anti-illegal drug operatives in Negros Oriental confiscated more than P1.5 million worth of suspected shabu during a three-day enhanced anti-criminality operation. Lt. Stephen Polinar, Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) spokesperson, said yesterday that the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) from September 20 to 22 resulted in the arrest of thousands for various crimes and …

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the Negros Island Region (NIR) said social media accounts and websites of candidates in connection with the May 2025 local and national elections must be registered. Comelec Resolution 1164 dated September 24, 2024, requires the registration of websites and internet-based platforms primarily used for election campaigning. The deadline for …

Preparations are underway in the light of a possible eruption of Kanlaon volcano in La Castellana town. Municipal Mayor Rhummyla Mangilimutan said they have convened the town’s Incident Management Team and other task groups to address primary needs and steps to be taken as the volcano continues to show signs of unrest. According to the …

Drug enforcement teams seized P3.702 million in shabu and arrested 13 individuals in Bacolod City in the past week, a report from the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) showed yesterday. “This has been accomplished as part of our relentless campaign against all forms of criminality,” Colonel Joeresty Coronica, city police director, said. From September 16 to 22, the …

The upcoming onset of the northeast monsoon or “amihan” season may bring cooler days ahead and longer nights due to the equinoxes, the head of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Monday. Pagasa Administrator Nathaniel Servando said September 22 is the autumnal or fall equinox, when neither of the earth’s pole …

The majority of the 25 committed power projects in the Visayas, with a total potential capacity of 1,982 megawatts, are generating renewable energy (RE). Among the committed projects, which are targeted to operate starting 2024 and 2025, solar has the highest rated capacity at 38.37 percent; followed by wind, 26.01 percent; and battery energy storage …

A rapidly growing bamboo industry in Negros Oriental is providing alternative regenerative solutions for farmers, especially in the agro-forestry sector, with untapped potential waiting to be harnessed, an official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Dumaguete City said on Friday, September 20. Jose Julio Somido, Senior Trade and Industry Development Specialist of …

Former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is confident he and his family will attain justice under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. Seven years after leaving the country and seeking asylum from the United States government, Mabilog returned to his hometown in Iloilo City for his 59th birthday yesterday. He was overwhelmed by the …

Police operatives arrested a “high-profile” suspect and seized close to P1.4 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Sibulan, Negros Oriental yesterday. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO), identified the suspect as alias Jingle, male, 36, single, and a resident of Burgos St., Poblacion 2, in …

Evidence will again be presented before a Timor-Leste court for the government’s request to extradite former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves, Jr. back to the Philippines, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said. In a statement, the DOJ said Teves’ camp contested the Timor-Leste Court of Appeals’ (CA) ruling granting the extradition request on procedural …