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The local government of Bais City in Negros Oriental is assisting the families of two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are still missing in Myanmar following the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28. Mayor Luigi Marcel Goñi told the Philippine News Agency yesterday that his office has written to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) …

The Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) arrested two Malaysian nationals in Bacolod City for alleged labor trafficking. In an interview, PNP-CIDG Bacolod head Major Justin Noel Josol identified the suspects as alias “Sam Phoon,” 60 years old; and alias “Abao” who is in his late 20’s. Josol said they received …

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it would donate for recycling all illegal campaign materials removed during its “Oplas Baklas” operations. The poll body began removing illegal campaign materials on Friday, March 28, the start of the 45-day campaign period for local positions in the May 12 midterm elections. “Everything that we removed today, we …

The Philippine National Police (PNP) has pledged to adopt a “more focused, responsive and community-driven policing strategy” to ensure peace and order in the newly-formed Negros Island Region (NIR). PNP chief General Rommel Francisco Marbil made the assurance after the Police Regional Office-NIR (PRO-NIR) was activated on Thursday, March 27, in a ceremony held at …

The Extension Managers’ Council for Negros Island Region (EMC-NIR), the regional governing body for extension programs of state and local universities and colleges, is expected to improve research-based extension programs and promote other related initiatives in the new administrative region. “This new council’s innovation comes with extending memberships to local universities and colleges, which will …

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has expanded the implementation of the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) Project in Negros Island Region (NIR), with the distribution of an initial 71 electronic land titles (e-titles) in northern Negros this year. Project SPLIT aims to fast-track the subdivision of the Collective Certificate of …

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday it is dismayed by Timor-Leste’s decision to refuse an extradition request for former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves Jr., who is accused of masterminding the killings of a provincial governor and several others. “We are disappointed that Timor-Leste has not shown enough trust in the delivery …

The Negros Occidental provincial government is showcasing the “Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros” in the ongoing 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival, putting a spotlight on its bid for inclusion in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) World Heritage List. Running until March 30, the exhibit at the Balay Kalamay or the Provincial …

The weather bureau announced yesterday the official end of the northeast monsoon or amihan and the start of the dry season. “Warmer days ahead, but occasional thunderstorms may still occur,” the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in an advisory. The public is urged to take precautionary measures to minimize heat stress …

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said yesterday that all the Timor-Leste government has to do is deport former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves, Jr. back to the Philippines. Remulla called Teves an “undocumented Filipino,” saying that his passport had been canceled. “All they have to do is deport him here. That’s all they have to …