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The buy bust operation in Brgy. Singcang Airport, Bacolod City, on Sunday.*The police arrested 10 suspects in five local government units in Negros Occidental and seized suspected shabu worth P436,840 in a series of buy-bust operations from Friday to Sunday, June 9 to 11.Six buy-bust operations took place in Bacolod City from Friday to Sunday resulting in seven suspects nabbed and P299,200 in alleged shabu seized, the police reported.The largest confiscation in the three-day operations took place in Brgy. 2, Bacolod, where the police arrested Romelo Esio, 39, and seized 18 grams of alleged shabu worth P122,400 on Friday, the report said.Rolie Remegio, alias “Black”, 29 was also arrested in a buy-bust operation after the police seized seven grams of suspected shabu estimated...

Various hog diseases have almost wiped out the entire pig population of San Enrique town in Negros Occidental.Pig deaths in San Enrique hit 2,671 or 99.22 percent of its entire 2,692 population, leaving only 21 survivors on Sunday, June 11, a Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) report showed.This has affected 508 hog raisers in ten barangays in San Enrique.The total pig deaths in 126 barangays in 16 local government units in Negros Occidental on Sunday were 12,139 or 9.26 percent of the total hog population of the province.This has affected 2,294 hog raisers whose losses have hit P136,311,800, the PVO reported.The Negros Occidental local government unit with the second most number of pig casualties is Bago City with 2,264, followed by Valladolid – 2,132, Pontevedra – 1,2...

Three persons were found dead in two cities and a town in Negros Occidental on Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, the police reported.A fisherman identified as Noel Cardinal, 58, was found dead on the shore in Brgy. Sicaba, Cadiz City. Saturday night.The victim was last seen Saturday afternoon heading out to sea to secure his pump boat due to bad weather, the police reported.Dodong Caceres saw the lifeless body of Cardinal on the shore and a post-mortem examination found that the victim’s death was caused by drowning, it added.Richard Sabanal, 50, was found dead inside his residence in Brgy. 2, Ilog, the police also reported.He was found unconscious on his bed without any signs of struggle.An unidentified person was also found dead in a sugarcane farm in Brgy. Dula...

The Negros Oriental Capitol in Dumaguete City all set for Independence Day.*NegOr FB pageNegros Occidental and Bacolod City are all set for the 125th celebration of Philippine Independence Day on Monday, June 12, with the theme “Kalayaan, Kinabukasan, Kasaysayan (Freedom, Future, History)”.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer will deliver speeches at the Negros Occidental provincial government Independence Day rites at the Provincial Capitol Park and Lagoon in Bacolod at 8 a.m. Monday.They will also turn over checks to barangay insurance beneficiaries.In Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez will deliver the Independence Day message at rites at the Bacolod Public Plaza to start at 6:30 a.m. Monday.Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya, Vice Mayor El Cid Fam...

Mayor Marvin Malacon called for a second meeting with road safety stakeholders Friday, June 9, to draft an ordinance declaring the national highway of E. B. Magalona as a Traffic Discipline Zone.Among the proposed measures in the ordinance are: assigning Land Transportation Office deputized officers to apprehend traffic violators, increasing traffic violation fees, putting up of rumble strips in strategic areas and those leading to highway bends and school zones, deploying traffic law enforcers in densely populated areas like schools to conduct traffic direction and control, and conducting a massive information and education campaign for motorists and in schools.The town's 12-kilometer highway stretches from its borders with Silay City and Victorias City, a press release from EB Ma...

Croatia’s Tourism Board of Medimurje County and the Sagay City government are eyeing the signing of a memorandum of understanding to promote the city’s tourism on the international scale and improve organic and “biodynamic” agriculture.Rudi Grula, chief executive officer of the Medimurje County Tourism Board, and Dijana Posavec, director of Dr. Rudolf Steiner Center, both of Croatia, and Sundeep Kamath, a biodynamic agriculture adviser from India, visited Sagay and met with the local government executives to discuss possible partnerships, recently.Medimurje is a county located in the northernmost part of Croatia and one of the smallest yet densely populated areas of the country, a press release from Sagay City said Saturday, June 10.Rep. Alfredo Marañon III (Neg. Occ., 2nd Dist...

SRA Acting Administrator Paul Azcona*The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is appealing to retailers to sell refined sugar at a suggested retail price (SRP) of P85 a kilo amidst complaints that some, particularly in Metro Manila, are still selling at P110 per kilo.“We have enough sugar supply, I don’t not see any reason why retailers can’t bring their prices down to a much affordable rate for our consumers,” SRA Acting Administrator Paul Azcona said on Friday, June 9.Azcona said the SRA has no powers to enforce the SRP so he is also urging other government agencies and local government units to implement such.He also urged the public to patronize Kadiwa Rolling Stores where sugar is being sold at a much lower price of P70/kilo.Mill gate prices are averaging P60/kilo...

An estimated P360,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized by the police in a series of buy-bust operations in five local government units of Negros Occidental on Thursday, June 8.Five suspects, including a security guard, were arrested for violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 in San Carlos and Silay cities, and in the municipalities of La Castellana, Binalbagan and Ilog, the police reported Friday.Gerald Ocido, 26, a security guard, was arrested and P68,000 worth of suspected shabu and drug paraphernalia were seized in Brgy. Lalagsan, La Castellana town, the police reported.The police also arrested Edison Luague, 20, and seized 34.85 grams of suspected shabu valued at P236,980 in a buy-bust operation at Centermall in Brgy. Palampas, Sa...