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The scene of the encounter in Brgy Budlasan, Canlaon City, Friday.*PNP photoAn alleged New People’s Army rebel was killed and another was captured in an encounter with 62nd Infantry Battalion soldiers at Sitio Malatanglad, Brgy Budlasan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, at 5 p.m. Friday, April 28.Killed was Anthony Arances Curson, 22, and captured was Leonido Sta. Ana Montero, 46, a Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office report said.Initial investigation showed that 62 IB Charlie Company soldiers on foot patrol were fired at by about 10 rebels that led to a 7-minute firefight.No one was injured on the government’s side, the police report said.A .45 caliber pistol and ammunition were recovered from Curson, the police said.Recovered from Montero was a .45 caliber pist...

Negros Occidental recorded ten COVID-19 related deaths in 2023, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Friday, April 28.Many of the fatalities were unvaccinated, Lacson said.“The situation is not alarming but even just one death is not good”, he said.Negros Occidental also had eight new COVID-19 cases on Friday for a total of 89 active cases.Bacolod City had 13 deaths since the start of 2023, six of which were in April, Dr. Laarni Pornan, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office head, told DIGICAST NEGROS on Thursday.Bacolod also has 17 new COVID-19 cases on Friday for a total of 65 active cases.*

Labor groups will call for the rejection of direct sugar importation at a labor solidarity forum in Bacolod City on Labor Day, May 1.The National Congress of Unions in the Sugar Industry of the Philippines (NACUSIP), General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA), Congress of Independent Organizations (CIO) and the Philippine Agricultural Commercial Industrial Workers Union (PACIWU) have consolidated as NGCP, a press release from the group said Friday, April 28.They will call for the scrapping and rejection of the direct sugar importation as proposed by the industry manufacturers in the food and beverage industry in a letter to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., it said.The labor sector will also pass a resolution vehemently opposing the proposal because it would be a death blow t...

The tripping off of a generation facility triggered power disturbances in Negros and Panay on Friday, April 28, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said.Another system disturbance occurred at 2:56 p.m. Friday and initial findings show that it was caused by the tripping of a generation facility, and NGCP statement said.This caused power interruptions and fluctuating power.The NGCP also monitored a system disturbance at 1:50 p.m. Thursday which also affected the Visayas grid.“Initial findings show that a distribution utility-owned line tripped, and caused power plants to disengage from the transmission system (on Thursday). An assessment of NGCP's facilities shows that our protection systems functioned as intended,” the NGCP said.“We are coordinating c...

The ULAN members at a press conference in Bacolod City on Friday.*Labor groups in Negros Island are uniting under the banner of the United Labor Alliance – Negros (ULAN) to demand for a P750 across-the-board national minimum wage during a protest in Bacolod City on Monday afternoon, May 1.The workers will hold a Labor Day protest march starting 1:30 p.m. on Monday towards the Bacolod City Government Center replica at the Bacolod Public Plaza for a rally, Noly Rosales, Kilusang Mayo Uno secretary general, said.ULAN is calling for a P750 daily minimum wage and the lowering of prices of goods to alleviate the plight of the Filipino people, the majority of whom are poor, he said.“Workers are the lifeblood of society, breaking their backs to generate wealth and keep the economy ...

The seized drugs in Brgy. 27, Bacolod.*PNP photoThe City Drug Enforcement Unit nabbed two persons in a buy bust operation and seized about P476,000 worth of suspected shabu in Cheriza 1, Brgy. 27, Bacolod City, 1:52 a.m. on Friday, April 28.Arrested was Normalyn Jaro De Asis, alias Budak, 54, tagged as a “high value individual” and Almer Talipaopao Doloso, 37, both of Prk. Cheriza 1, the police reported.Recovered were about 70 grams of shabu.Tactical interrogation was ongoing to locate the source of the illegal drugs, links and accomplices for further follow-up operation, the report said.*

The participants in the the Chikiting Ligtas 2023 launching in Bacolod City Friday*Bacolod PIO photoThe Department of Health (DOH) launched the Chikiting Ligtas 2023, a nationwide free supplemental immunization campaign to vaccinate children against measles, rubella, and polio, at the Bacolod City Government Center Friday morning, April 28.Dr. Adriano Suba-an, DOH 6 regional director, stressed the need to step up the free vaccination drive in Bacolod City, where one German measles case has been confirmed, to prevent an outbreak.Measles can spread very fast, he warned.Dr. Adriano Suba-an (left), DOH 6 regional director, at the Chikiting Ligtas 2023 launching at the Bacolod City Government Center.*DOH 6 photoThere were also two suspected rubella cases in Bacolod, the City...