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  By JEN BAYLON The Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary has seen an improvement in its income and collection after show-cause orders (SCOs) were issued to its former resort manager and five others who failed to liquidate cash advances. Negros Occidental Provincial Legal Officer and Acting Provincial Administrator Atty. Alberto Nellas, Jr. said the resort’s financial situation …

Four individuals are facing charges for allegedly transporting P3.8-million worth of smuggled cigarettes at Barangay 2 in Negros Occidental’s Ilog town on Tuesday, July 9. Ilog police chief, Major Joseph Partidas, said charges of violating Republic Act 8424, or Tax Reform Act of 1997, were filed against a 31-year-old construction worker, two fishermen aged 18 …

  Some 175 former members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Negros Island applied for amnesty before the National Amnesty Commission (NAC) through the Local Amnesty Board (LAB)-Bacolod as of yesterday. A list provided by the Philippine Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) showed the 79th Infantry Battalion assisted 52 applicants; …

  The Bacolod City government is strengthening initiatives for easier entry of new investors through the formal creation of the Department of Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion (DLEDIP). “We’re ready to absorb any investment. The DLEDIP is here to facilitate the entry of new investors to Bacolod,” Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said in a statement …

  By JEN BAYLON The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is still investigating the suspected fish kill in the Hilabangan River at Barangay 2 in Negros Occidental’s Ilog town. The alleged fish kill was first observed on June 9, when residents reported a significant number of dead fish in the river. According to Barangay 2 chief Nicanor Lopez, …

  The sustained prevention and control campaign has brought down leptospirosis cases in Bacolod City by 85.4 percent in the first seven months of 2024. Data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed yesterday that from January 1 to June 29 this year, only seven cases, including two deaths, were reported compared to 48 cases, …

  Rice farmers in Negros Occidental are getting support from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to increase the utilization rate of crop establishment technologies provided by the national government. Data from the Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPA) showed yesterday that the DA-Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) delivered 220 units of machinery …

  At least 52 former rebels (FRs), mostly from northern Negros Occidental, have applied to the National Amnesty Commission Program-Bacolod Local Amnesty Board, as the five-day amnesty application event kicked off at the audiovisual room of the Bacolod City College. Philippine Army 303rd Infantry Brigade Deputy Commander Colonel Victor Llapitan said this two-year amnesty program …

  The National Crop Protection Center (NCPC) of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) will conduct various studies on the sound management of fall armyworms in sugarcane currently monitored in different localities in Negros Occidental. Some 80 hectares of sugarcane plantation and 843 hectares of cornfield in 15 local government units (LGUs) have been …

  The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH WVCHD) continues to encourage responsible pet ownership as rabies cases, both canine and human, in the region remain high. Dr. Marie Jocelyn Te, head of the DOH WVCHD Infectious Disease Unit, said controlling rabies from the source (animals) is more cost-effective than controlling …