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  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante, Jr. has ordered the checking of the electrical systems in the city park, after a seven-year-old boy died of electrocution by an open wire from a ground lighting in the premises over the weekend. Escalante said they have decided to temporarily close down the park to fix the electrical …

  Bacolod City’s MassKara Festival, one of the Philippines’ most colorful festivities, goes worldwide with the scheduled appearances of its street dance performers in various festivals abroad in 2024. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said yesterday the dancers from Barangay Granada, the reigning street dance champion; and Barangay Sum-ag, one of the runners-up, have invitations to …

  Victorias City in Negros Occidental is providing free counseling services for its residents and employees needing psychosocial support, in line with the city government’s advocacy for mental health matters. “Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, through the City Culture and Ethics Office [CCEO] in collaboration with the City Health Office [CHO], aims to raise mental health …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A seven-year-old boy died after he was electrocuted in a park in Negros Occidental’s Cadiz City on Saturday night, December 9. The authorities have requested not to identify the victim, but they confirmed he was a resident of Purok Salmon in the city’s Barangay Zone 6. Cadiz police said …

Western Visayas public schools have contributed an estimated 20,285 native trees to the Project DepEd 236,000 Trees – A Christmas Gift for Children tree-planting activity held simultaneously nationwide on December 6. Hernani Escullar Jr., information officer of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Western Visayas, said each of the 4,057 public schools in the region …

  Two farmers’ associations in Negros Occidental’s Bago City received a total of P1 million in trading capital support from the Department of Agriculture (DA), the city government said. The recipients included the Mailum Organic Village Association and Small Farmers Association of Abuanan, Dulao and Atipuluan, which participated in the assessment and planning workshop initiated …

  A lawyer from the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Negros Oriental on Thursday, December 7, called on various sectors to intensify the collaborative advocacy and campaign against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC). During the culminating activity of the 18-day Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC), prosecutor Emmylou Bendanillo disclosed …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A popular Bacolodnon reggae singer was killed after he was accidentally run over by a truck along Circumferential Road in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mandalagan early yesterday morning. Juan Manuel Ubaldo, also known as “Kokoi Baldo,” was driving his motorcycle heading to his home after a music gig, Police Station 3 …

Police and Bantay Dagat (fish wardens) arrested six fishers from Cebu province for allegedly fishing in a marine protected area (MPA) in Negros Oriental’s Vallehermoso town. Lt. Stephen Polinar, spokesperson and deputy chief of the Police Community Affairs and Development Unit of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office, said the six male suspects were arrested …

  The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) urged big companies in the city to comply with plastic recovery programs to enable them to avail of fiscal incentives, among others. DENR-EMB-6 solid waste management section chief Nidalyn Agsaluna encouraged owners of large enterprises during an orientation on the Republic Act 11898, or …