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The recovered M65 vintage bomb*Ferrer Angelo Albances photoA 1,000-pound vintage bomb was found in a quarry site at Purok Lambunao, Brgy. Magsaysay, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, on Monday, July 24.The police said Rolly Pelongco found the M65 bomb while digging at the quarry site using a backhoe.Lt. Col. Gil John Despi, Cadiz City police chief, told DIGICAST NEGROS that the Explosive and Ordnance Disposal and Bomb Detection group identified it as a general-purpose bomb weighing about 1,000 pounds.The bomb was probably planted in the area during World War 2, the police said.The bomb has been secured in a safe place so it does not harm anyone, Despi saidd.Despi also said that they still need budgetary requirements in order to detonate the bomb.*

Daily pig deaths from various diseases in Negros Occidental continue to remain low with 24 reported on Tuesday and 31 on Wednesday, July 25 and 26, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.The total pig deaths in Negros Occidental from hog cholera, African swine fever and other diseases hit 17,654 on Wednesday, the Provincial Animal Biosecurity Incident Management Team reported.This has caused P197,987,475 in losses to the Negros Occidental hog industry, it said.The pigs deaths have hit 153 barangays in 20 local government units in Negros Occidental, it said.Affected pig raisers are 4,202.*

The body recovered in Hinigaran on Wednesday.*PCG photoThree persons drowned in Negros Occidental amid heavy rains induced by Super Typhoon Egay.Their bodies were found in Bacolod City, and Hinigaran and Murcia towns on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 25 and 26.The body of construction worker Victor Mahilum Moreno Jr., 32, of Barangay Mansilingan was found at the shore of Purok Sigay, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, at 3 p.m. on Tuesday.The victim was fishing in the Mansilingan river, when he tried to swim across and was suddenly dragged by strong current, the police said.The body of Arnold Billojan, 48, was found floating off Brgy. 2, Quincihan in Hinigaran by a fisherman at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, January 26.Billojan, whose house is located near a river of Baran...

A Bacolod City firefighter rescues a child in Barangay Sum-ag, Bacolod City.*BFP photoSuper Typhoon “Egay” induced rains have affected 27,357 residents in Negros Occidental, while in Bacolod City 3,378 residents, many of whom were rescued from flood-hit areas, were evacuated on Tuesday, July 25.The Southwest Monsoon enhanced by “Egay” was causing the rains, state weather bureau PAGASA said.“Violent conditions are starting over the eastern portion of Babuyan Islands as Egay moves over the coastal waters of Calayan, Cagayan,” PAGASA also reported at 11 p.m. Tuesday.There were 6,826 families or 27,357 residents from six towns and three cities affected by flooding, landslides and preemptive evacuation in Negros Occidental, Irene Bel Ploteña, Provincial Disaster Management Progr...

The Sum-ag Fire Sub-station personnel rescuing residents in flood-hit Purok Fatima 2 in Sum-ag, Bacolod City.*Bacolod BFP photoMayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has extended the cancellation of classes at all levels and work in government offices in Bacolod City, except for those who render essential services during disasters, until Wednesday, July 26, because of foul weather brought on by Super Typhoon "Egay".Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson also suspended work at provincial government offices starting noon Tuesday because of the risk of heavy rain and flooding.Provincial government buses were fielded to take employees home but hospital and rescue personnel remained on duty.However, work at the provincial government will resume on Wednesday, Provincial Administrator...

Lois Baldonado BernardinoA La Consolacion College-Bacolod graduate is the fourth placer in the July 2023 Interior Design Licensure Examination (IDLE), the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Tuesday, July 25.Lois Baldonado Bernardino was the fourth placer with a score of 85.25 percent.The PRC said 202 out of 443 passed the Licensure Examination for Interior Designers given by the Board of Interior Design in the National Capital Region, Cebu, and Davao in July.The results were released in 12 working days after the last day of examination.*

Former Negros Occidental governor Rafael Coscolluela, provincial consultant for energy and environment concerns.*The cleansing of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative member-consumers’ voters list for its joint venture agreement (JVA) plebiscite will end on Sunday, CENECO acting general manager Arnel Lapore said Tuesday, July 25.The cleansing is being conducted by CENECO and the National Electrification Administration.The consumer account information updating activity is being conducted at the 3rd Floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at all CENECO offices in Bacolod, Silay, Talisay, Bago and Murcia.Lapore is urging CENECO consumers to make the necessary changes if their CENECO accounts are still unde...

Iloilo Mayor Jerry Treñas thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, July 25, for mentioning in his State of the Nation Address “two very important projects that will create a big impact on the lives of the people in Western Visayas”.“The Panay-Guimaras-Negros Bridge has long been a dream for us. With this coming to fruition, ease of transportation, dynamic movement of goods and services, and much enhanced economic and tourism activities are assured,” he said.The Cebu-Negros-Panay interconnection of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in also a truly welcome development as “we are hoping to finally have stable energy source, transmission and distribution”, he added.Iloilo City, being the regional hub of Western Visayas, stands to benefit from these high impact pr...

The shabu seized in Purok Kabulakan II, Barangay Singcang Airport, Bacolod City.*BCPO photoFour suspects were arrested, while one escaped, and P703,880 worth of suspected shabu was seized in separate buy-bust operations in three cities and a town in Negros Occidental on Monday, July 24, the police reported on Tuesday.High value target Begie Soreño, 50, was arrested in a buy-bust operation and 88 grams of suspected shabu worth P598,400 was seized in Purok Kabulakan II, Barangay Singcang Airport, Bacolod City, 7:48 p.m. Monday, the police reported.Meanwhile, a suspect was arrested while one evaded a buy-bust operation in Sitio Bat-os, Brgy. 3, Victorias City, Monday night.Dominic Ann Fuentes, 25, was arrested while Marisol Fuentes escaped the arrest, the police said.Recov...