A grand motorcade of four routes, converging at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds, kicked off Bacolod City’s 86th Charter Day celebration yesterday, a special non-working holiday. More than 400 city departments and offices, national government agencies, barangays, socio-civic and volunteer groups, schools, and business establishments joined the parade in solidarity with the event …
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DOJ hopeful of Timor-Leste’s nod on Teves’ extradition
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is optimistic that Timor-Leste’s Court of Appeals will approve the extradition of former Negros Oriental Representative Arnolfo Teves, Jr. to the Philippines to face the charges against him. In a statement yesterday, the DOJ said the former lawmaker’s extradition hearing has concluded. It said both parties were given time …
Janitor admits setting San Carlos school on fire
By JEN BAYLON A former school janitor was arrested for allegedly setting fire to an elementary school at Barangay 5 in Negros Occidental’s San Carlos City on Friday afternoon, June 14. Recho Cabales, 58 years old, admitted that he set Daisy’s ABC School on fire because he was angry after he was terminated from …
Bago City rice farmers to boost yield using Masagana 200 hybrid seeds
Farmers in Bago City, the top rice-producing local government unit in Negros Occidental, are poised to produce a higher yield using hybrid seeds under the Masagana 200 Hybrid Rice Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA). As of June, the City Agriculture Office availed 1,400 bags of hybrid seeds distributed to more than 1,000 …
Western Visayas has one of the highest modernized jeeps in operation
Western Visayas has one of the highest number of operational modernized jeepney units in the country based on the Land Transportation and Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 6 report during the Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas recently. LTFRB-6 officer-in-charge Regional Director lawyer Salvador A. Altura, Jr. said the region leads in fleet modernization with 1,256 …
Mt. Kanlaon eruption to impact June inflation in W. Visayas
The headline inflation in Western Visayas in May accelerated to 4.3 percent from 4.1 percent in April, and the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on Negros Island is expected to impact the prices of goods in June. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Western Visayas, in a press conference on Friday, June 14, said food …
P13.2-M in properties damaged in Bacolod fire
By JEN BAYLON A devastating fire engulfed five business establishments on 23rd Lacson Street in Bacolod City’s Barangay 5 on Saturday afternoon, June 15, causing damage worth P13.2 million. Acting city fire marshal, Fire Superintendent Jenny Mae Cardinal Masip said three establishments were destroyed, while two were partially damaged. Masip said the fire started in Exporia Restobar’s kitchen …
‘Watch out for lahar,’ Phivolcs warns Negrenses
The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (DOST-Phivolcs) is urging residents in La Castellana living near rivers, creeks, waterfalls, and other water passages to continue to be on the look-out for lahar. Residents of Sitio Tamburong, Barangay Biak na Bato in La Castellana town were surprised to see …
Over 700 families in La Castellana remain at evacuation centers
By JEN BAYLON More than 700 families in Negros Occidental’s La Castellana town remained inside evacuation centers almost two weeks after the phreatic eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. Irene Bel Ploteña, head of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said 783 families or 2,922 individuals stayed in several evacuation centers in the town. …
Negros Island Region fully functional by 2025
The newly created Negros Island Region (NIR), composed of Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Siquijor, is seen to start functioning as an administrative region next year after Republic Act (RA) 12000 or the NIR Act was signed into law by President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Thursday afternoon, June 13. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio …