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  The Bacolod City Legal Office (CLO) is pushing for strict enforcement of curfew for minors amid alleged reports of abduction and kidnapping in the city. According to CLO head Atty. Romeo Carlos Ting Jr., under City Ordinance No. 331 series of 2003, there is curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. for minors aged …

Power supply in the southeastern part of Bacolod City hit by outages since August 21 is expected to normalize by Tuesday, August 27, as replacement power transformers were being installed in the Alijis substation over the weekend. In a statement Saturday night, August 24, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez acknowledged the efforts of the new distribution …

  The Bacolod City government is closely working with the new distribution utility, Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power), to address the lack of electricity as the massive power outage in the southeast part of Bacolod reached the fourth day on Saturday, August 24. Since Wednesday night, August 21, more than 40,000 registered consumer-households, mainly …

  By JEN BAYLON The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) suggested that security guards could have the potential to serve as intelligence assets for the police. NOCPPO director, Colonel Rainerio de Chavez, said security guards have long been considered a force multiplier for the Philippine National Police (PNP). The PNP is currently conducting training for security guards on how …

  Average residential power rates of all three distribution utilities in Negros Occidental decreased by about P2 to P3 in August, separate reports showed yesterday. The downward adjustments, which came after a series of increases in the past months, are mainly attributed to the reduction in generation rates due to lower prices in the Wholesale Electricity …

  The number of dengue cases in Western Visayas (WV) has reached more than 12,000, with 24 deaths, the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH-6) showed yesterday. DOH-6 recorded 12,198 dengue cases for this year, a 142 percent increase compared to the recorded cases in the same period last year, which was only …

  The Bacolod City Police Office – Station 4 is currently checking footage from closed-circuit television (CCTV) following the alleged abduction of a college student in Bacolod City. In a radio interview yesterday, Police Station 4 commander Captain Francis Depasucat said they are still investigating the incident. The alleged victim was a 21-year-old resident of …

  Kanlaon in Negros Island is exhibiting increased volcanic activity after it emitted on Wednesday, August 21, the second-highest level of sulfur dioxide this year, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs director Teresito Bacolcol said yesterday such volcanic activity suggests that the volcano is becoming more restive. “The signs we’re observing, …

  The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will conduct a technical review of the rice industry in Negros Oriental to determine the causes of insufficient production, an official said. Alejandro Rafal, DA – Provincial Agriculture Technology Coordinating Office (DA-PATCO) chief, said in an interview that Bayawan City is the pilot …

  Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, the national chairman of the League of Cities of the Philippines, expressed support for the campaign of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) against child abuse and human trafficking amid the Senate inquiry related to the police operation in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) …