The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) will develop the municipal port in Negros Occidental’s E.B. Magalona town, to provide an alternate route for travel between the islands of Negros and Panay. In a statement on Saturday, November 18, Mayor Marvin Malacon said the proposed Saravia Municipal Port in Barangay Tuburan is also expected to bring in …
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Organizers buck claims of non-payment of Buglasan Fest subsidies
Organizers of the Negros Oriental provincial government’s premiere festival said they have already released the funds intended to subsidize one of the activities held in October. In a statement, Buglasan Festival 2023 director Glynda Descuatan said they were saddened by social media posts alleging the non-payment of subsidies for Ms. Negros Oriental candidates, amounting …
NFA partners with Sipalay to buy palay at P26 per kg
The National Food Authority (NFA) in Negros Occidental has partnered with the Sipalay City government to buy palay (unhusked rice) from rice farmers in the southern Negros city for P26 per kilogram. In a memorandum of agreement (MOA), the city government committed to adding a premium of P3 to the NFA support price of …
Water district staff shot dead
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An employee of a water district was shot to death at Barangay Cubay in Negros Occidental’s La Carlota City yesterday morning. Wilbert Solina, La Carlota City Water District employee and a resident of the said locality, succumbed to gunshot wounds in the face and neck after an unidentified suspect, onboard …
Notice of violations issued vs. 11 establishments in Negros, Siquijor
The Department of Trade and Industry in Central Visayas (DTI-7) has issued notices of violations against 11 establishments in Negros Oriental and Siquijor for violation of product standards. Jade Krystle Bato, DTI-Negros Oriental planning coordinator and public information officer assigned to the Consumer Protection Division, told the Philippine News Agency yesterday, that the establishments …
Measures up to protect public from hazardous hospital waste
The Negros Oriental provincial government is taking precautionary measures that would ensure the safety and protection of the people from hospital waste dumped on a vacant lot in Dumaguete City, a health official said yesterday. Dr. Liland Estacion, PHO chief, told the Philippine News Agency the disposal of hospital waste from the Negros Oriental …
DOT unveils cookbook on rediscovering Western Visayas cuisine
The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Slow Food Community on Negros Island launched a cookbook titled “Sud-an: Rediscovering Western Visayas Cuisine through the Ark of Taste,” as part of the 1st Terra Madre Visayas on November 15 to 19 in Bacolod City. “We take it for granted, but we have quite a variety …
Remulla raises ‘handing over’ of Teves with Timor-Leste president
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said he had raised with the president of Timor-Leste the possibility of handing over former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr. to the Philippines. “I just told him that we will be filing the necessary information, the necessary letters, to his office to inform them formally of the charges pending …
DA beefs up efforts to increase rice yield
For 19 years now, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has been pushing rice awareness to emphasize the importance of increased rice production in attaining food sufficiency in the country. This was underscored by DA Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban in his keynote speech during the National Rice Awareness Month (NRAM) 2023 kick-off activity held in Iloilo …
Only 37 Negros Oriental villages remain to be drug-affected: PDEA
Only 37 of the 557 villages in Negros Oriental remain classified as drug-affected, with 40 others already cleared as of this year, a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) official said yesterday. PDEA-Negros Oriental provincial chief Jane Tuadles said in a Kapihan sa PIA forum that this was the result of an all-out campaign by different …