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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A tricycle driver was arrested by police after he allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl in Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City. Police refused to divulge the identity of the girl, but confirmed she is a resident of the said city. Police Station 3 (PS3) Women and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD) identified the …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A fire reportedly razed a structure belonging to the 2nd Maneuver Platoon of the Regional Public Safety Company-18 (RPSB-18) in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, yesterday morning. Based on an official report released by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Police Regional Office-18 (PRO-18), a fire call was received …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A resident of Talisay City was rushed to the hospital last Monday evening after he was allegedly mauled and hacked by a group of thugs at Hacienda Dos Hermanos, Barangay Katilingban, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Police identified the victim as 23-year-old Reyland Pascual, a resident of the said barangay. Talisay …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A woman and two men were arrested in a buy-bust operation conducted yesterday afternoon by members of the City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU), City Intelligence Unit (CIU), and Police Station 6 (PS6) at Purok Sunrise, Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspects as 62-year-old Lourdes Umadhay; Alfred De Guzman; …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga EB Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon, while speaking with the press yesterday to discuss the status of his administration after being in office for 10 months, revealed his municipality spends at least P30,000 a day on social welfare programs. Intended to fund medicine, hospitalization, and burials, Malacon said the town receives …

By Paulo Loreto Lim In response to frequent power outages experienced throughout Bacolod City in recent days, Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) President Arnel Lapore, yesterday, denied a lack of power supply contributed to the brownouts but, rather, high temperatures. He added power interruptions have also been scheduled in order for the utility co-op …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Organizers of the ongoing Panaad sa Negros have deployed a monitoring team to ensure Coca-Cola products are kept clear of event site. Last month, Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. banned Coca-Cola products from the festival. A move that was supported by Vice Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and the Negros …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following rumors suggesting Bacolod City athletes currently competing in the 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique have yet to receive allowances from the Department of Education-Negros Island Region (DepEd-NIR) and are unable to buy food, DepEd-NIR assured funds were on the way and said there were delays because of the size …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Following a list brought forward by the Task Force Crusaders (TFC) that included a certain “RN from SP” as an illegal gambling protector, Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) will look into the matter and discuss it in a caucus of councilors. According to …

By Tara Yap The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) returned to Iloilo City to host a development meeting related with the ASEAN Social Protection Framework, along with a training facilitated by the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC). The meeting runs until Friday, April 28. When the meeting was first announced, Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick …