More than six kilograms of suspected shabu worth P41.344 million were seized during a buy-bust operation in Purok Malipayon, Barangay 35 in Bacolod City on Tuesday night, August 13. This is the biggest recovery of illegal drugs in this highly urbanized city so far this year. The operation conducted by Regional Police Drug Enforcement …
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Negros Power: 90% of brownouts in Central Negros caused by vegetation
Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) is continuously clearing power lines from tree branches that are causing unexpected power interruptions in Central Negros. “Sa amon pinakaulihi nga inspection kag survey sa mga linya, may yara kita halos 2,000 ka mga vegetations nga gina amat-amat na panghawanan sang aton nga mga line teams,” Negros …
Boundary conflict slows down CBMS, population census in NegOrv
Boundary conflicts, especially between villages and municipalities or cities, are slowing down the ongoing Population Census-Community-Based Monitoring System (PopCen-CBMS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Negros Oriental, an official said yesterday. Ariel Fortuito, chief statistical specialist of PSA-Negros Oriental, said field enumerators had to skip some households pending the resolution of conflicts. “It …
NegOr logs over 2-K dengue cases; up 14% vs. last year
Dengue cases in Negros Oriental rose significantly in the first eight months this year compared to the same period last year, a health official said yesterday. Dr. Liland Estacion, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief, said the latest weekly report showed that from January 1 to August 10 this year, the province logged 2,253 …
584 projects completed in rebel-cleared villages in Regions 6, 7
The 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army (3ID) reported yesterday that a total of 584 projects funded under the support to barangay development program (SBDP) were completed in Central and Western Visayas from 2021 to 2023. Major General Marion R. Sison, 3ID commander, during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas, said the SBDP comes …
8-K marijuana plants uprooted in NegOr village
Police uprooted 8,000 fully grown suspected marijuana plants worth P1.6 million during an enhanced police operation on Sunday night, August 11, in the mountain village of Manduao in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) spokesperson Lt. Stephen Polinar told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that police operatives chanced upon the …
DA to compensate ASF-affected Negros Oriental farmers
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will indemnify farmers whose hogs were culled following an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Barangay West Balabag in Valencia, Negros Oriental, an official said. Alejandro Rafal, DA-Provincial Agriculture Technical Coordinating Office (DA-PATCO) told the Philippine News Agency that each farmer will get P5,000 per culled hog up …
SRA OKs 240-K MT sugar importation to ensure stable prices
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) announced yesterday the importation of 240,000 metric tons (MT) of refined sugar to ensure a stable retail price in local markets. “This import will ensure that we will always maintain that buffer to ensure that the current stable retail price on refined sugar is maintained for the consumer, and …
NHCP pushes for disaster risk management plan for heritage assets
A conservator of the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has called on government agencies, local government units and other institutions to prepare a disaster risk management plan for heritage sites and assets. Richard Baula of the NHCP’s Materials Research Conservation Division highlighted the importance of disaster risk reduction in the conservation not only …
Woman dies in car crash
A woman died after her car crashed into a truck on the national highway at Barangay Caduha-an in Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City on Saturday morning, August 10. Police identified the fatality as 37-year-old Jenelyn Amante, single, a resident of Cadiz Heights Subdivision in the city’s Barangay Tinampaan. She was with five children, aged five …