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Realto Rojas, Inc., a duly-registered corporation doing business as Murcia Memorial Garden, warns the public against entering into transactions involving memorial lots and services related to its private cemetery at Murcia, Negros Occidental. “Realto Rojas has dismissed Jasmin Sayon, Gemma Castiller and Noli Manual as employees of the company. They are no longer connected with Realto Rojas / Murcia …

  President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. reminded devotees of Señor Sto. Niño celebrating the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo yesterday to lead in preserving, protecting and promoting the Filipino identity. “Let the Dinagyang Festival serve as a reminder of our collective responsibility to preserve, protect and promote our identity in these changing times,” Marcos said in his message. Marcos said …

Health authorities in Negros Oriental are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a grade school boy who died on Wednesday, January 24, after being bitten by a rabid dog last month. Dr. Liland Estacion, Provincial Health Officer (PHO), denied claims that a hospital refused to admit the boy, a 10-year-old from Barangay Inawasan, Pamplona …

  Local and foreign guests joining this year’s Dinagyang Festival can see or taste for themselves why Iloilo City is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) City of Gastronomy. A wide selection of Ilonggo cuisines will be featured as the food festival officially began on January 25, highlighting the annual celebration of …

Local hog raisers have assured consumers of a steady supply of pork despite a notable decline in the country’s swine inventory after almost five years of battling African swine fever (ASF). In an interview with the Philippine News Agency on Wednesday, January 24, Rolando Tambago, president of the Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines (ProPork), …

  The 2024 Dinagyang Festival is a venue for Iloilo to showcase other major festivals, highlighting its claim as the festival capital of the Philippines. Eric Divinagracia, artistic director of the festival, said the tribes’ competition on January 28 will be seeing the performances not only of school-based participants but also special performances on the …

  A suspected Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) rebel wanted for frustrated murder was arrested, while another voluntarily surrendered to authorities in central Negros on separate occasions earlier this week, the military and the police confirmed on Tuesday, January 23. In Himamaylan City, Rey Vincies “Art” de Leon, 30 years old, is now …

  Some sugar-producing areas in the country have already felt the effects of El Niño. Among these are sugar plantations in Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental and Batangas, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said, according to a report on “Unang Balita” yesterday. Due to this, the production of sugar has gone down. From a target …

  Animal bites and suspected rabies cases in the province are expected to rise in 2024, based on the trend reported over the past two years, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) in Negros Oriental said yesterday. Dr. Jennifer Remollo, DOH-Negros Oriental provincial chief, noted that in Dumaguete City alone, at least 80 animal …

  The National Food Authority (NFA) in Negros Oriental assured the public yesterday of sufficient rice buffer stock amid the onset of the dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon in the province. “As of this time, we have 10,000 bags of buffer stock in our warehouses in Guihulngan City, Dumaguete City, and in …