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  Former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and farmers in the remote village in Negros Occidental’s Isabela town, are making craft products for livelihood through training facilitated by the Association of Negros Producers (ANP), the organizer of the renowned Negros Trade Fair. Since last month, about 100 of them, all from Barangay Riverside, have attended …

  By Mae Singuay A fish vendors’ group requested the Bacolod City government yesterday for an extension of the payment deadline for stall arrears at the Burgos Market. Burgos Market Fish Vendors’ Association secretary Carmelo Lacson Jr. said they submitted an appeal for the deadline extension to Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) committee on markets chair Councilor …

  The Bacolod City government is set to bid on the development of the 8.7-hectare Bacolod Tree and Eco Park in Barangay Alangilan this January. Loben Rafael Ceballos, officer-in-charge of the City Engineer’s Office, said yesterday the proposed improvement, which has a budget of P47 million, is among the projects for funding by the city’s P4.4-billion …

  A group of parolees and probationers in Negros Occidental’s Victorias City are given a new lease on life through the reintegration programs provided by various government agencies. They include 140 males and eight females supervised by the Department of Justice Parole and Probation Administration (DOJ-PPA). “Everybody deserves a second chance in life,” Mayor Javier …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around 100 families living near the Kabankalan City Domestic Airport will be affected by the expansion of its runway to accommodate bigger aircraft. Kabankalan Mayor Benjie Miranda said the affected residents, mostly informal settler families, will be relocated as they live on the airport’s property. Its expansion by an additional 600 …

  By Mae Singuay The Bacolod City government has scheduled a meeting this week with officials from local government agencies to resolve the water supply shortage. On his radio program “Isugid Kay Mayor” yesterday, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez responded to complaints about poor and turbid water supply from the Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) and PrimeWater …

  The Department of Agriculture (DA) has improved and constructed about 740 kilometers of irrigation canals to ease the impact of El Niño on farmers. In a news release, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel, Jr. said the DA targets to rehabilitate 843 kilometers of irrigation canals to distribute water more effectively and efficiently to farmland. He …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Liga ng mga Barangay in Negros Occidental elected its new president at a hotel in Bacolod City yesterday morning. Richard Sablan of Victorias City’s Barangay 2 was elected as the new Liga president. Sablan will become an ex-officio member of the Negros Occidental Sangguniang Panlalawigan. He will be replacing …

By Mae Singuay The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod has demanded an explanation from the Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) and PrimeWater Infrastructure Inc. in relation to water supply shortage experienced by some consumers. Councilor Israel Salanga, in a resolution, requested the firms to include in their letter their actions to address the shortage, including turbid water …

  Anti-drug operations by various police units in Western Visayas resulted in the arrest of 91 suspects and confiscation of 2,883.24 grams of suspected shabu valued at over P19.6 million since the start of the year until 9:00 a.m. yesterday. Data from the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) showed the bulk of the confiscation came …