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About 100 bikers representing progressive groups and organizations in Negros Occidental biked around the major roads of Bacolod City as part of a nationally-coordinated “bike action” for climate crisis solution, in celebration of World Environment Day, Sunday, June 4.Konsyumer Negros Secretary-General Vicente Flores told DIGICAST NEGROS that it was a nationally and internationally coordinated event to call for solutions against the climate crisis.The event was joined by representatives of various progressives and non-government organizations such as the Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD), Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), Konsyumer Negros, BMP-Sanlakas Negros, and bike enthusiasts from various parts of Negros, Flores said.Among th...

A series of stabbing and shooting incidents left four people dead in the Fifth District of Negros Occidental from Friday to Sunday, June 2 to 4, the police reported.Dennis Cornelio, 30, was allegedly stabbed to death after a heated argument in Brgy. Mansalanao, La Castellana town, early Sunday morning.The police said the suspects identified as Willie Hilado and Roggie Hilado together with the victim were attending a wake and got into a heated argument but were pacified by the family.
When the victim went home, the suspects allegedly followed him and stabbed him to death, the police added.The La Castellana police are still conducting a pursuit operation for the arrest of the suspects.Another stabbing incident was also reported on Friday morning in Brgy. Camalobalo in Hin...

The drugs seized in Purok Mambulok, Barangay 10, Bacolod City.*BCPO photoThe police arrested 12 suspects and seized P652,800 worth of suspected shabu in separate buy-bust operations in three cities of Negros Occidental, Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3.The Bacolod police arrested Leonora Suico, 19, of Brgy. Handumanan and Anthony Eppie, 43, of Brgy. 12 and confiscated suspected shabu amounting to P340,000 in a buy-bust operation at Purok Mambulok, Brgy. 10, on Friday.Seized from the two were nine sachets of suspected shabu weighing 50 grams, the police reported.The Bacolod police also conducted a buy-bust operation in Purok Maabi-abihon, Brgy. 35, and arrested Brando Bacarro, 39, and Charles Micheal Ponta-oy, 26, on Saturday.Confiscated were seven grams of suspected sh...

Installing a ram pump system*AIDFI photoAn organization that has provided ram pump systems to almost 580 communities in Negros Occidental is one of the four global nominees in the water category of WAFA (Water, Air, and Food Awards) this year, a press release said.A press release from WAFA said the Negros-based Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation (AIDFI) has been selected as one of the finalists for its initiative to fight the problems in water supply in uphill communities of the province.The initiative has impacted 290,000 people as AIDFI installed about 1,200 ram pump systems in 580 communities which increased the amount of water available per person and decreased the impact of waterborne illnesses, improving education, and enhancing agricultural output, it said....

Central Negros Electric Cooperative president Jojit Yap, Primelectric Holdings Inc. president and CEO Roel Castro and Ceneco acting general manager Arnel Lapore (l-r, seated) sign their joint venture agreement on Saturday, June 3, as Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, Rep. Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod partylist) and Bacolod barangay captains look on.*CPG photoCentral Negros Electric Cooperative and Primelectric Holdings Inc. (PHI) officials signed a historic joint venture agreement on Saturday, July 3, geared towards modernizing and improving power distribution services in the CENECO franchise area.The JVA needs the ratification of CENECO member-consumers in a plebiscite to become final.Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer and Rep. Stephen Paduano (Abang Li...

Bayan Negros strongly denounced the management and board of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) for their sudden decision to sign a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Primelectric Holdings Inc., “completely disregarding the concerns of consumers”.Bayan Negros, in a statement issued Saturday, June 3, said the announcement of the signing on Saturday morning was only made public through the media close to midnight Friday, leaving consumers completely blindsided.Noli Rosales, Bayan Negros spokesperson, said he strongly condemns what he called an undemocratic maneuver."Like thieves in the night, the board of directors and management of CENECO have blindsided and betrayed the consumers with their devious schemes. Shame to them for blatantly neglecting the interests of the pe...

Negros Oriental Capitol ready for the arrival of the remains of Governor Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes.*NegOr PIO photoThe provincial government of Negros Oriental is in the thick of preparations to provide the highest possible honors for the late Governor Carlo Jorge Joan “Guido” Reyes during his wake and funeral rites.Newly concurred Provincial Administrator lawyer Fran Tolcidas said on Friday, June 2, that the remains of the 62-year-old Reyes will arrive Saturday morning.His remains will stay at the Capitol building for a few hours so that his colleagues, government officials and other private sector representatives could pay their last respects.Tolcidas said it is the wish of the family that the remains of Reyes be brought immediately to his hometown, Guihulngan City, ...

A farmer was found dead in Sitio Palasanan, Brgy. Mahalang, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, on Thursday, June 1, the police reported.Ranie Manangquil of Brgy. Mahalang was found lifeless with a hack wound on his neck, the police said.Barangay officials rushed the victim to the Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital in Himamaylan but he was declared dead on arrival.The suspect is still unidentified, the police said.*

Drug tests being conducted at the Metro Bacolod District Jail on Friday.*PDEA 6 photoNo illegal drugs were found and no one tested positive for drug use during a joint greyhound operation at the male dormitory of the Metro Bacolod District Jail at the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) Compound in Brgy. Singcang-Airport, Friday, June 2.The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-6 together with Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, BCPO, and PDEA-Negros Occidental Provincial Office personnel held a joint greyhound operation and drug testing at the Metro Bacolod District Jail.A total of 23 persons deprived of liberty were also subjected to drug tests and all tested negative, the PDEA 6 reported.They found no illegal drugs during their search, it added.The statement also said...