Carpio: South China Sea narrative is ‘totally false’ By Neska Centina In response to remarks by President Rodrigo Duterte referring to China as “co-owners” of the West Philippine Sea, acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Antonio Carpio, who spoke during last week’s University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) College of Law Barristers’ Night, called for …
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DA, partners campaign for responsible pet ownership
Advocating responsible pet ownership in the region, the Department of Agriculture (DA) organized the 1st Kaadlawan sang mga Ido at Mandurriao, Iloilo City on March 2. Pet owners, hobbyists, national government agencies, and private sectors gathered for this activity as support to the National Rabies Awareness Month Celebration this year. The DA provides free medical …
Southeast Asian advocacy group calls for new warnings on tobacco products
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) recently called on the Philippine national government to issue new graphic health warnings for tobacco products. The group hoped the new warnings would roll out over the weekend. “It is important that health warnings and images are changed after a certain period to …
276 additional cops assigned to NOPPO
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Police Regional Office-6 (PRO-6) recently assigned an additional 276 police officers for the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOPPO). NOPPO spokesperson, Police Inspector Charmae De Paz, said the officers are members of Class Masiklab and Class Dakila. De Paz said the 276 cops will be deployed to 12 …
Forum held supporting press freedom, combating ‘fake news’
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Local anti-graft and corruption group watchdog Task Force Kasanag (TFK) held a forum last month in Manila dedicated to upholding press freedom and supporting campaigns against “fake news.” TFK national commander John Chiong delivered a pledge of support for media outlets in the country. “TFK and I personally have …
P100K worth of shabu confiscated in Bacolod City buy-bust
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Around P100,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized following a buy-bust operation over the weekend at a mall parking lot in Barangay 9, Bacolod City. Police identified the suspect as 37-year-old Glenn Descutido, a resident of Purok Mahigugmaon in Barangay 22 of the said city. Police Station 2 (PS2) …
Negros Occidental chosen as ‘bigas ng masa’ pilot area
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Department of Agriculture recently selected Negros Occidental as the pilot area for rural “bigas ng masa” program, following a proposed tripartite agreement between the said government agency, the provincial government, and a local farmer’s cooperative. Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, who recently visited the Bago City Rice Processing Complex …
Planning underway for Bacolod City chicken inasal festival
City Councilor: It will be as big as MassKara By Paulo Loreto Lim According to Bacolod City Councilor Em Ang, who chairs the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) committee on tourism, the city is preparing to host the Manokan Country Inasal Festival in May. She noted, a public hearing still needs to be held to amend …
Senator: Barangay, SK elections will push through
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Senator Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara, who was in Bacolod City yesterday to address 1,700 barangay captains from Iloilo at their general assembly at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod, said he believes the upcoming May 14 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections will proceed as scheduled, noting no senator …
Dengue cases in 2018 surpasses 10,000 –DOH
By Paulo Loreto Lim The Department of Health (DOH) recently revealed over 10,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported nationwide in 2018 alone. According to the DOH Dengue Disease Surveillance Report, there were 10,980 cases reported between January 1 and February 10. However, the report noted, the figure is around 41 percent lower than …