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By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A barangay tanod was reportedly gunned down by a neighbor in Barangay 3 Poblacion, Moises Padilla, Saturday. Police identified the fatality as 35-year-old Joel Olivares, a resident of the said barangay. Moises Padilla town police chief, Police Senior Inspector Alan Reloj, said the victim was drunk when he was arguing …

By Tara Yap According to an official from United States Agency for International Development (USAID), many of the water problems in Metro Iloilo have been reduced following the work conducted through their Water Security for Resilient Economic Growth and Stability Project (Be Secure Project). According to Be Secure team leader Elisea Gozun, her agency helped …

By Paulo Loreto Lim After elections in Districts 4 and 5 of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Ceneco) failed to present qualified candidates earlier this month, Ceneco General Manager Sulpicio Lagarde announced special elections will take place on March 26. In the District 4 election, which covers Bacolod City-East that includes Barangays Villamonte, Montevista, …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Both Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. and Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca congratulated Noven Belleza of Victorias City, who won the “Tawag ng Tanghalan” singing contest over the weekend. The governor said Belleza serves as an “inspiration to young talents like him” and called him a “shining example …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Negros Island Region (DENR-NIR) Director Al Orolfo said the removal of Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) head Andrea Untal is normal and part of the DENR revamp of personnel nationwide. In terms of the protests conducted by Green Alert Negros (GAN) in response …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros-based environmental group Green Alert Negros (GAN) protested the recent re-shuffling of officials at the provincial and regional offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Negros Island Region (DENR-NIR). In a statement released by GAN during their rally in front of the DENR-NIR office in Bacolod …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya denied being pressured by the majority group of the House of Representatives to vote in favor of reimposing the death penalty. In a radio interview with Bombo Radyo yesterday, he provided an explanation as to why he failed to provide an explanation in …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A grenade was found by road workers from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), yesterday, near a creek at Gatuslao-San Juan Streets, Bacolod City. Bacolod City Police Office-Explosive Ordnance and Disposal Unit (BCPO-EODU) member and bomb expert Demi Montoya said the workers were conducting excavation work on a …

By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A grandmother was killed, while two others were injured, following an afternoon blaze at Purok Calong-calong, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, yesterday afternoon. Bacolod City Fire Marshall, Fire Superintendent Rodolfo Denaga, identified the fatality as Marivic Cabinbin, noting she died due to a heart attack. Denaga said the fire initially started …

By Paulo Loreto Lim Last month, according to data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO), there were reports of two deaths to dengue fever in Negros Occidental, one in San Carlos City and one in Escalante City. Recent reports show a second death has been recorded in San Carlos City. San Carlos City has also …