The downtrend movement of prices in Western Visayas continued as it records a 3.2 percent overall inflation rate in December 2023 from four percent in the previous month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. A special report furnished to the Philippine News Agency showed yesterday that the overall inflation rate was the lowest since …
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Cadiz’ Golden Dinagsa opens “with a bang”
CADIZ City’s Dinagsa Festival opens this afternoon “with a bang”. The 17-day festivity will start at 3:30 PM with a motorcade around the city to be followed by the official launching of the 50th Dinagsa Festival to be led by Mayor Salvador Escalante, Jr. at the grandstand. Simultaneous with the launching of Golden Dinagsa …
Miner suffocated to death
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A miner died due to suffocation inside an excavated tunnel at Barangay Talacagay in Negros Occidental’s Hinoba-an town on Tuesday, January 9. Authorities identified the fatality as 42-year-old Ignacio Ortega, a resident of Toboso town. Hinoba-an police chief, Major Jaynick Bermudez, said at around 10:00 a.m., Ortega entered the tunnel he excavated at …
Silay City drug operation nets P1.1-M ‘shabu,’ firearms
Police operatives seized P1.156 million in suspected shabu and two firearms from three individuals during a buy-bust in Silay City, Negros Occidental yesterday. Arrested were subject Elmer Abela Jr., 42 years old, a fisherman from Barangay Mambulac, and his two minor companions, both 16-year-old boys. Dacutan sold for P6,000 a sachet of suspected shabu …
Negros Oriental preps for high dengue cases due to extreme weather
The Negros Oriental Provincial Health Office (PHO) is looking at the possible rise of dengue cases due to the El Niño phenomenon predicted to start this month with extreme weather conditions, such as heavy rainfall and extreme dry spell. PHO chief Dr. Liland Estacion said yesterday the public should not let their guard down …
Rebels eyed behind killing of gov’t worker in Negros town
A government worker was shot dead on Tuesday night, January 9, in a rebel-infested mountain sub-village in Negros Oriental’s Guihulngan City. The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office said the killers were members of the New People’s Army (NPA). Authorities also refused to identify the victim except that he was a 54-year-old casual employee of Guihulngan …
Grandpa in teen’s ‘rape-slay’ nabbed
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A grandfather was arrested after he allegedly raped and killed his 17-year-old granddaughter in Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City on Sunday, January 7. Cadiz police chief, Lt. Colonel Joel Batusbatusan, said 62-year-old Federico Delfin, a resident of Cadiz’s Barangay Magsaysay, was arrested in Kabankalan City’s Barangay Tampalon yesterday. Based on information gathered by police, at …
Pregnant rebel reunites with kids after leaving armed struggle
A 29-year-old former New People’s Army (NPA) Southeast Front rebel sees hope for a new life after she was reunited with her two children. “Ka Aubrey,” who hails from Bantayan Island, Cebu province, said in an interview yesterday that she dreams of a normal family life with her children and hopefully with their father, …
Sting operations nab 5, seize P2.3-M ‘shabu’ in Bacolod
Three separate anti-drug operations led to the arrest of five suspects and the confiscation of P2.35 million worth of suspected shabu, the Bacolod City Police Office said in a report yesterday. At almost 6:00 p.m. on Monday, January 8, a buy-bust at the Old Bacolod Airport runway in Barangay Singcang-Airport caused the arrest of suspects …
Bacolod City logs 40.52% decrease in index crimes
The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) has reported an average decrease of 40.52 percent in eight focus crimes from January 1 to December 31, 2023, compared to the cases recorded in the same period in 2022. These include murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, carnapping, and motorcycle theft, also known as index crimes or crimes against …