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Degamo’s wife welcomes Teves passport cancellation
One step closer to victory. This is how Negros Oriental’s Pamplona Mayor Janice Degamo, the wife of slain Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, reacted to the order of the Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 15 on the immediate cancellation of the Philippine passport of former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves. The decision of the …
Bacolod City hikes wage of job order workers
More than 3,800 job order (JO) workers of the Bacolod City government started receiving higher wages in January this year. The current rate is P480 daily or P10,560 for 22 days per month, from the previous P450 per day or P9,900 monthly. In a press conference yesterday, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said the upward …
P4-M ‘shabu’ seized, 3 arrested in Kabankalan
By Jen Baylon A total of P4,080,000 worth of suspected shabu was confiscated from three individuals during a buy-bust operation at Barangay Hilamonan in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City yesterday morning. The suspects were identified as 38-year-old Lykey Vina, and 19-year-olds Hamid Sanggacala and Cherry Tuazon, all residents of Iligan City. Kabankalan police chief, Lt. …
7 Negros Oriental towns, cities closely alerted vs. bird flu
Authorities in Negros Oriental are closely monitoring at least seven towns and cities against avian influenza as migratory birds continue arriving from countries experiencing the winter season. Dr. Alfonso Tundag, quarantine officer of the Bureau of Animal Industry in Dumaguete City, said on Thursday, February 8, they are particularly watching areas visited regularly by …
Negros Occidental, Bacolod City inflation rates slow in January
Slower annual inflation rates were recorded by Negros Occidental and Bacolod City in January 2024 to 2.2 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively, primarily due to deceleration in food prices. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data released on Thursday, February 8, showed that the province’s rate of price increases in December 2023 is at 3.5 percent …
Anti-illegal drugs awareness campaign rolls out in Dumaguete
Over 200 senior high school students in Dumaguete City participated in a series of anti-illegal drugs symposia conducted by the Philippine Information Agency in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). Around 100 students from each of the two participating schools, Negros Oriental High School (NOHS) and Dumaguete …
Pick-up truck hits woman dead
By Jen Baylon A 53-year-old woman was killed while two others were injured after being hit by a pick-up truck on Araneta Street in front of the South Bacolod General Hospital in Bacolod City’s Barangay Pahanocoy on Tuesday night, February 6. The fatality was identified as Analiza Cobrador, while the injured were Liza Cobrador …
Panay-Guimaras bridge to be completed by 2028
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is targeting to complete the first segment of the Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) bridges project before the end of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s term in 2028. This was disclosed by DPWH Regional Director Sonny Boy O. Oropel, in an interview, during the recent groundbreaking ceremony of the …
NPA ‘rebel’ nabbed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A suspected insurgent of the New People’s Army (NPA) was arrested following a joint law enforcement operation at Barangay Buenavista in Negros Occidental’s Himamaylan City on Tuesday, February 6. The Himamaylan police and the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) identified the suspected rebel as 47-year-old Elmer Quillano, also known …