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January 13, 2021
REFRESHING. A view of a rainbow below the Malatan-og Falls in Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, in this photo taken Sunday* Nic Ledesma/CCN photo
REFRESHING. A view of a rainbow below the Malatan-og Falls in Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, in this photo taken Sunday* Nic Ledesma/CCN photo
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The flashfloods that hit Negros Occidental over the weekend damaged P22.4 million worth of agro-fisheries and livestock products, Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino said. Masculino said damage to rice crops reached P15.1 million, covering 675.79 hectares
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN There are three towns in Negros Occidental with no new coronavirus infections, as of Monday, and these are Don Salvador Benedicto, Hinobaan, and San Enrique, the Provincial Incident Management Team said. San Carlos City remains with
Seventy-one families in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental are now under quarantine after exposure to confirmed Covid-19 cases. The families are quarantined in their barangays with the office of Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo providing them with food packs, the city public
Senator Sonny Angara donated P100,000 each to the cities of Victorias, Silay, and Talisay in northern Negros that were affected by flooding. Victorias City Councilor Derek Palanca, who received the cash donation in behalf of Mayor Francis Frederick “Wantan” Palanca,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former Negros Occidental Provincial Treasurer Nilda Generoso may now process her retirement claims and other benefits. This was after Provincial Legal Officer Alberto Nellas Jr. said yesterday that there was no prima facie evidence against Generoso,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police units in Western Visayas with significant accomplishments on focused police operations will be rewarded, Brig. Gen. Rolando Miranda, PNP 6 director, said. “Through the reward system, the units will be motivated to accomplish more,” Miranda
After almost a year through this Kung Flu pandemic, I’ve noticed a big change in social gatherings. Adieu to grandiose all-star-cast parties where one hardly gets to talk with the other guests. After the usual best-beso, one would go to
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Bacolod-Negros Occidental Chapter extended food assistance to 100 persons with disabilities (PWDs) at the Bacolod City Government Center lobby recently. The distribution of the food packs was part of a simultaneous nationwide program of the
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Four sachets of suspected shabu, valued at P40,800, were seized from an alleged drug peddler during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. 8, Bacolod City on Saturday night. Station 2 chief, P/Capt. Leo Gestopa, said Jerwin
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez committed the full support of the House of Representatives for initiatives meant to promote health education and improved access to dental care for every Filipino, a press release from the House of Representatives said. Romualdez aired
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two policemen assigned in Negros Occidental are now facing a probe for allegedly receiving protection money from financiers of illegal gambling. PLt. Col. Arnel Solis, spokesman of the Police Regional Office 6, disclosed yesterday that the
Farmers in the 5th district of Negros Occidental have availed of P11.8 million in rice and corn agricultural inputs, from the provincial government headed by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson. Lacson and Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, assisted by Mayor Rogelio Raymund
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) claims that accusations of “red tagging” are only meant to deflect underground organizations’ “terrorist-grooming” efforts where select individual victims are systematically recruited and radicalized through
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A marijuana plantation was discovered and raided on Tuesday by the police in Sitio Bedio, Brgy. Codcod, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Seized at the plantation were 132 fully grown marijuana plants, estimated at 20 kilos.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division is now coordinating with the Malacañang on the expected visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., to declare Negros Island under a Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS) status. Brig. Gen. Orlando