A fresh college graduate drowned in the river at Barangay Nanca in Negros Occidental’s E.B. Magalona town over the weekend. The victim was identified as 24-year-old Renz Llorente, a resident of Silay City’s Barangay 4. E.B. Magalona police chief, Captain Markelly Laganipa, said Llorente and his friends went swimming in the Malogo River to celebrate his graduation. Llorente drowned due to …
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4 dead, 3 hurt in Dgte road collision
Four died while three others were injured when the car they were riding in collided with a cement mixer truck in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental early Saturday, June 22. A report from the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO) said the casualties, who were in a Toyota Avanza car, were all from Luzon. NOPPO …
Iloilo officials welcome NIR re-establishment
Top officials in Iloilo City and the province of Iloilo have expressed support for the re-establishment of the Negros Island Region (NIR) even before it was signed into law by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor, Jr. said that there’s no problem with the re-establishment of the NIR as it will …
‘I will not hide,’ Pryde Teves says after arrest, release
Former Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves said yesterday that he would not go into hiding after he was arrested for terror financing and later released on bail. Teves had surrendered to authorities in Dumaguete City after learning that police personnel were looking for him to serve his warrant of arrest. “I will face …
Power rates in Negros Occidental decrease in June
Electric cooperatives encouraged consumers in Negros Occidental to continue saving energy even as average residential power rates across the province decreased in June. On Friday, June 21, the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (Noneco) reported a rate of P9.23 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for this month’s billing, indicating a substantial reduction of P8.03 kWh from P17.26 …
Kanlaon eruption-hit families in Negros get P26-M gov’t aid
Families affected by the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island have received a total of P26.02 million in various assistance from the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Based on the DSWD report as of 6:00 a.m. yesterday, financial aid totaling P15.98 million and 8,032 family food packs worth …
Sentineling program boosts farmer’s confidence in swine industry
The government’s sentineling program is raising the confidence of farmers to return to the swine industry after the African swine fever (ASF) infestation, a Department of Agriculture (DA) official said on Tuesday, June 18. “This is the time when we boost the confidence level of farmers to reinvest and this is spearheaded by the …
Be prudent in using calamity funds, LGUs told
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Western Visayas called on local government units (LGUs) to be prudent in disbursing calamity funds in anticipation of other emergencies. “I directed our field offices to monitor the disbursement and fund management of their QRF [quick response fund]. Why? Because this is not the …
NFA starts palay procurement to ramp up NegOr buffer stock
The National Food Authority (NFA) in Negros Oriental has started its procurement of palay to bolster the province’s current buffer stock, an official said yesterday. Emily Diputado, NFA-Negros Oriental officer-in-charge-manager, told the Philippine News Agency that some rice farmers in the province harvested some yield despite the long drought triggered by the El Niño …
NegOr gives free antigen test kits amid perceived rise in COVID cases
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Negros Oriental is providing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rapid antigen test (RAT) kits for free amid a perceived rise in cases in recent weeks, an official said on Tuesday, June 18. PHO chief Dr. Liland Estacion said reports from various hospitals and health centers in the province point …