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Political prisoners in Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) facilities in Negros Island called for the immediate release of sickly and elderly political prisoners on Tuesday, July 18, to mark Nelson Mandela International Day.The call is consistent with the writ of kalayaan being advocated by the Supreme Court, led by Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, to help solve the grave problem of over congestion in Philippine prisons, a press statement from Kapatid Negros said.The late Nelson Mandela, an activist lawyer and president of South Africa in the '90s, was one of the world's most prominent political prisoners, having been incarcerated for around 30 years for his anti-apartheid advocacy. The United Nations Standard Mininum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, revised i...

Dr. John Michael Cabuguason (right), Victorias City veterinarian, receives lateral flow device kits for rabies testing from Dr. Nobuo Saito of the JICA Japan and Philippines One Health Rabies project.*Victorias City in Negros Occidental will host the first remote rabies laboratory in Negros Island under the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) Japan and Philippines One Health Rabies (JAPOHR) project to help eradicate the viral disease in the Philippines.The facility, which is seen to operate in August in the city’s veterinary hospital, will use the Japanese-developed lateral flow device (LFD) or immunochromatographic test (ICT) kits for early detection of rabies.Dr. John Michael Cabuguason, city veterinarian, said on Monday, July 17, that Victorias is receiving suppo...

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS2BeiVccJU[/embedyt]Salayluhan sang South Terminal sa Bacolod ginapangitaan sang lugar sang siudad. Pero pila ka mga drayber kag pasahero nagapamalabag.

Local government units in Negros Occidental have been reminded to remain alert for floods and landslides, Irene Bel Ploteña, Provincial Disaster Management Program Division head, said Monday, July 17.She said rains brought on by the southwest monsoon are expected to last for three more days.There were no untoward incidents reported in Negros Occidental from rains brought on by the southwest monsoon, which were enhanced by Tropical Storm “Dodong” last week, she said.“Dodong” exited the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) on Saturday.However, PAGASA is monitoring a new low pressure area (LPA) that entered the PAR Monday noon that could further intensify into a tropical cyclone, which would then be called “Egay”.The LPA was 925 kilometers east of northeastern Mindanao ...

Nigel Electona (wearing BJMP shirt), a former cop assigned at the Dumaguete City Police Office and reportedly the chief security officer of an agricultural firm owned by the Teves family, attends a hearing at the Department of Justice in Manila on Monday.*PNA photoThe findings of the preliminary hearings on the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo have been submitted to prosecutors who will determine if the pieces of evidence are enough for the filing of criminal cases.Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Neg. Or., 3rd District), the alleged masterminded, was a no-show during the proceedings at the Department of Justice (DOJ) in Manila on Monday, July 17.Teves' counsels did not file a counter-affidavit to refute the allegations but instead submitted a motion to dismiss.The fugiti...

The police arresting the couple at Espinos Village 2 on Friday*BCPO photoA criminal case for “qualified trafficking in persons” was filed against a couple, whose four minor children were rescued from them, before the Office of the Bacolod City Prosecutor on Monday afternoon, July 17, PCol. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, said.The Philippine National Police Women and Children Protection Center – Visayas Field Unit had arrested the couple and rescued their four minor children at Espinos Village 2 in Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City, on Friday.The parents were arrested for the online trafficking and sexual exploitation of their minor children, Aliño said.A criminal case for Qualified Trafficking in Persons under Section 4 in relation to Section 6 of Republic 9208 (an act to i...

A criminal complaint for alleged physical injuries inflicted on two minors was filed against a policeman assigned to the 1st Mobile Company of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office on Monday afternoon, July 17, PCol. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, said.A video of the incident had gone viral on social media last week and caught the attention of Senator Raffy Tulfo, whose staff are reportedly arriving in Bacolod on Friday.The complaint for physical injuries in relation to violation of Republic Act 7610 (an act providing for stronger deterrence and special protection against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination, and for other purposes) was filed against PStaff Sgt. Harry Gonzaga, 40, before the Office of the Bacolod City Prosecutor.The complaint states that ...

An 84-year-old female from Bago City, Negros Occidental, who tested positive for COVID-19 died, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Monday, July 17.The new COVID-19 death and 37 active cases in Negros Occidental were reported Sunday by the Provincial Incident Management Team.The 84-year-old was admitted at a Bacolod hospital with a fever and cough, Diaz said.She was a diabetic and unvaccinated, he added.The patient already died when the COVID-19 positive result came out, he said.The Bago City local government was instructed to ensure immediate burial of the 84-year-old, Diaz added.*

The Negros Occidental provincial government is strengthening the legal basis for the takeover of a building next to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City, which he wants to convert into a place where relatives or helpers of patients, especially from out of town, can temporarily stay, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Monday, July 17.The building was previously used by the University of St. La Salle for its College of Medicine.The provincial government and CLMMRH are both claiming ownership of the property.Lacson said they hope to reach an agreement with the CLMMRH so they can perhaps share the use of the building.He only wants the use of a portion of the building so patients’ relatives or helpers will have some shelter, Lacson said.Meanwh...

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday, July 17, that he assured Department of Education that armed skirmishes between government soldiers and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Occidental would not affect the province’s hosting of the 2024 Palarong Pambansa.Lacson led the presentation of Negros Occidental’s bid to host the 2024 games before the Palarong Pambansa Board at the DepEd Central Office on Friday.The security issue was raised because of reports of encounters between government forces and the NPA in Negros, he said.Lacson said he assured the board that the armed skirmishes were happening far away from the venues of the games, and that the Philippine Army and police will secure all of the athletes.He also told them that there were skirmishes because the governme...