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Sipalay Mayor Gina Lizares *Mayor Gina Lizares assured consistent monitoring by the Sipalay City government to maintain a zero pig death record amid the hog cholera outbreak and the threat of African Swine Fever in Negros Occidental.Lizares said in an interview Thursday, May 25, that she already directed the City Veterinary Office to monitor all the piggeries in the city and call on the cooperation of the hog raisers regarding the issue.Based on the records, Sipalay is one of the cities in the province that does not have cases of pig deaths due to hog cholera.The Sipalay CVO has been visiting the piggeries around the city to check on their situation and ensure that the hogs are still safe against cholera and ASF, she said.Despite the threat of a hog cholera outbreak, th...

A proposed ordinance that imposes an annual Mayor’s Permit Fee for all telecommunication poles and posts erected on city roads and alleys was passed by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod on first reading during its regular session Wednesday, May 24.Committee on Ways and Means Chairperson, Councilor Vladimir Gonzales, one of the authors of the proposed ordinance, said Thursday that this is one of the ways to regulate telecommunication posts as they can pose hazards along Bacolod roads if not maintained.He co-authored the proposed ordinance with Councilor Renecito Novero.The proposed ordinance also states that these poles can also be a nuisance to the panorama or skyline of the city.Gonzales said that in their initial proposed ordinance, there will be a P500 permit fee per po...

About 613 Bacolod policemen and other uniformed service units, and emergency response teams were deployed to secure the festival sites on Thursday.*BCPO photoSuper Typhoon Mawar is not stopping the opening of the three-day Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival on Friday afternoon, May 26.Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said the festival, which will open at 5 p.m. at the North Capitol Road in Bacolod, will go on as scheduled.Benitez said based on the weather forecast the rain will only be about 3 millimeters on Friday. It has also been forecasted that there will be intermittent rain from 5 p.m. Friday until Saturday morning, he added.About 613 Bacolod policemen and other uniformed service units, and emergency response teams were deployed to secure the festival sites on Thursday....

An unidentified person was found dead in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, Thursday morning, May 25.The body was found in a rice field near the road at Crossing Tanduay, Brgy. Camindangan, the police said.PLt. Anthony Saing, acting Sipalay police chief, said that a farmer found the body in his farm and immediately informed the police.The dead man had wounds on his head and the left part of his body.Some residents at Crossing Tanduay heard several gunshots at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, the police said.An investigation is ongoing to identify the victim and find the suspect, Saing said.*

Brig. Gen. Sidney N. Villaflor (right) assumed the post as WV acting police director on Wednesday*The new chief of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 6 (Western Visayas) wants law enforcement operations intensified while ensuring the rule of law and human rights are observed."We will intensify our police operations, the arrest of criminals, service of warrants of arrests, service of search warrants, different patrol operations – be it foot or mobile patrol. But in all our operations, we will observe the rule of law and we will observe human rights,” acting PRO-6 Director, Brig. Gen. Sidney N. Villaflor, said Wednesday afternoon, May 24.Villaflor formally assumed the top post in Western Visayas in a ceremony at the PRO-6 headquarters in Iloilo City, replacing Brig. Gen. Leo M. Fra...

Schools in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, have shifted from face-to-face classes to the modular learning mode following an upsurge of sore eyes cases.A total of 1,547 elementary and high school students and 10 personnel of the San Carlos Schools Division have been hit with sore eyes from April to Thursday, May 25, Dr. Evangelene Abana Froilan, division medical officer, said.A division memorandum issued May 19 said to prevent further spread of infection, schools are advised to shift to modular learning starting May 20 to 31, 2023. Face-to-face classes shall resume on June 1, it added.School personnel were also directed to disinfect frequently used surfaces such as doorknobs, handrails, tables, and chairs.Dr. Mary Genevieve Guiritan-Montaño, City Health Office technical...

The suspected shabu seized in Bacolod City.*About P800,000 worth of suspected shabu were confiscated in separate buy bust operations in two cities and a town in Negros Occidental on Wednesday, May 24, the police said.
The police said they seized P680,000 worth of suspected shabu in San Carlos City, P100,000 in Bacolod City, and P20,400 in La Castellana town.In San Carlos, PLt. Col. Jesus Mesahon Jr. said they arrested Jocelyn Yaon, alias “Elyn”, 46, of Brgy. 5 during a buy bust operation.They confiscated 12 sachets of suspected shabu with a standard drug price of P680,000 from Yaon, he said.In Bacolod, Ma. Theresa Mendoza, 45, of Purok Cadena de Amor, Brgy. 29, was also arrested in a similar operation, the police said.Allegedly confiscated from Mendoza were eight sa...

Joniro Fradejas, NCDA executive director*The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) is asking local government units in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City for updated data on the number of Persons with Disabilities, especially indigents, in their areas that is needed for the passage of a proposed law that would provide monthly allowances.The priority for coverage by the proposed law are indigent bedridden PWDs and children, said Joniro Fradejas, NCDA executive director, who joined the 2nd Region 6 PWD Summit at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City on Thursday, May 25.He said current data shows that there are 1.4 million PWDs nationwide, and about 10,000 in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City.He said Senator Imee Marcos is proposing a law that will provide a P2,000 m...

The checkpoint in Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, prohibits the entry of pigs and pork products from Negros Oriental.*Officials of Negros Occidental towns and cities have beefed up their African Swine Fever (ASF) checkpoints to prevent the entry of pigs and pork products from Negros Oriental and areas where hog deaths have been reported.Stepped up biosecurity measures have been put in place after ASF cases were confirmed in Dauin, Negros Oriental.The Negros Occidental Animal Biosecurity Incident Management Team has also set the guidelines to arrest the spread of transboundary animal diseases in the province, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, Incident Management Team action officer, said Wednesday, April 24.Guidelines on the proper disposal of dead pigs and contaminated...

A dead infant without its upper extremities was found on the shore in Brgy. Tabao Proper in Valladolid town, Negros Occidental, Tuesday night, April 23, the police said Wednesday.Valladolid Municipal Health Office personnel informed the police that the body of a male infant was discovered at Purok Masinulondon in Tabao.PMaj. Eric Doronila, Valladolid police chief, said that the baby was left on the shore where the waves and stones caused the removal of some of its body parts.The police are still looking for the remaining body parts of the infant, the police chief said.Doronila said that they are also looking for the parents of the infant and asked for help from the residents of the barangay.*