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A retired Army man allegedly shot his drinking companion to death after a heated argument in Purok Little Mindanao, Hda. Salvacion, Brgy. Ayungon, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, Sunday night, the police said.The suspect, Edgardo Molines, 62, from Brgy. Ayungon allegedly shot Hernani Aginda, 44, from Brgy. Batuan in La Carlota City.The victim and the suspect were having a drinking session inside the house of the suspect when a heated argument ensued between them.The suspect allegedly shot the victim on his forehead which caused his instantaneous death, the police said.The suspect immediately fled while the victim was rushed to the Don Salvador Benedicto District Hospital where he was declared dead.The suspect later voluntarily surrendered to La Carlota Police Statio...

Negros Oriental reported its first case of African Swine Fever (ASF) after blood samples collected from pigs in Barangay Maayong Tubig in Dauin tested positive for the virus.*PNA photoAuthorities are now scrambling to contain the spread of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) after Negros Oriental reported its first case in Barangay Maayong Tubig, Dauin town over the weekend.Provincial Board Member Woodrow Maquiling, chairman of the committee on agriculture, said on Monday, May 22, that culling of pigs within a radius of 500 meters from the ASF-affected area is ongoing.At least 265 had been culled since Sunday, Maquiling said.“Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) chief Belinda Villahermosa said in a meeting this morning that around 265 pigs were already culled since Sunday as...

Mayor Marvin Malacon at a meeting with the E. B. Magalona fisherfolk.*EB Magalona PIO photoMayor Marvin Malacon is reminding E. B. Magalona fisherfolk to refrain from catching undersized or gravid blue swimming crabs - or face penalties.Undersized crabs are those measuring less than 4 inches, while gravid crabs are considered pregnant or carrying eggs in cluster on their bellies, Bobby Paran, chair of the Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (MFARMC), said.Malacon called for an urgent meeting with punong barangays and officers of fisherfolk associations of the nine coastal barangays of EB Magalona at the Public Plaza Monday, May 22, after learning of recent apprehensions of fishermen catching undersized and gravid crabs.He was joined by Municipal Pla...

Bacolod Councilor Celia Flor announcing the activities lined up for the three-day Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival*The longest grilling station will be the main highlight of the three-day Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival that kicks off at the North Capitol Road in Bacolod City 5 p.m. Friday, May 26, Councilor Celia Flor said Monday, May 22.This will be followed by a beer tasting and pairing of chef’s chicken inasal at the North Capitol Road and Capitol Lagoon Park at 6 p.m. also on Friday.She said from a 300-meter grill previously, this year’s longest grilling station will be 320 meters where thousands of chicken inasal will be cooked at Megaworld’s The Upper East starting 6 p.m. Sunday, May 28.There will be 1,600 subsidized chicken meals for identified beneficiaries such as ...

Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez*The Commission on Elections hearing on the application of the Kilusan ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) to become a national political party will be held Tuesday, May 23, Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez confirmed Monday.Benitez, who is the president of the KNP, said he will be among the socio-civic movement’s officials who will be attending the COMELEC hearing.“It was agreed by a certain group of elected officials, mostly from Congress, to put up a new party embracing the ideology of this administration’s campaign based on unity,” he said.“We heeded that call and decided to create a party,” he said.As of now it is still a movement designed to bring unity in the service of the country, Benitez said.Initial officers have been...

A barangay tanod was shot dead in Brgy, Efigenio Lizares, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, 11 p.m. Friday, May 19.Killed was Dennis Bergantin Tribaco, 49, of Brgy. Zone 10, Talisay, the police reported Saturday.The victim and his wife on board a motorcycle were on their way to the Bacolod-Silay Airport to fetch their daughter.They were tailed by two unidentified persons on a motorcycle who suddenly shot Tribaco on the forehead, his wife told the police.The Talisay City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office team that responded to the incident found the victim with no signs of life.The police still had no leads on his assailants on Sunday.*

Then vice president Leni Robredo on the campaign trail in Bago City, Negros Occidental, in 2022.*Former vice president Leni Robredo will be in Bacolod City for two events on Tuesday, May 23, Rafael Coscolluela, former Negros Occidental governor, said on Sunday.Robredo will be the keynote speaker at the Paghimud-os Negros Inc. 1st General Assembly at 11:30 a.m. and will launch the book “Tayo ang Liwanag” at 2 p.m. at the Acacia Hotel Bacolod pavilion, he said.Paghimud-os Negros is a civil society organization that started as an issue-based coalition in 2018, and was eventually registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2023, Coscolluela, who is its chairman, said.Paghimud-os will hold its first general assembly and membership orientation on Tuesday to ...

The Bureau of Animal Industry has confirmed that swine deaths in Barangay Maayongtubig, Dauin , Negros Oriental, were caused by the deadly African Swine Fever, Dauin Mayor Galicano Truita said in an executive order issued Saturday, May 20.Truita, in EO 2023-19.1, ordered the Municipal African Swine Fever Task Force to conduct immediate culling of pigs in Puroks 1 and 2 of Barangay Maayongtubig, including those within a 500-meter radius, to prevent the ASF spread.He also imposed a temporary ban on the entry and exit of pigs, including fresh and frozen pork products, from Dauin, and suspended any swine related activities in the entire municipality.The mayor ordered the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist, the Dauin Police Station, the Municipal Health Office, barangay captains ...

The bodies of four alleged NPA rebels being retrieved from Brgy Trinidad, Guihulngan City, on Sunday.*62IB photoTen alleged New People’s Army rebels were killed in a series of encounters with government soldiers in Negros Island during the weekend, May 20 and 21.Five were killed in Moises Padilla and one in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, and four in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, the Philippine Army reported.Two alleged NPA members also surrendered and numerous firearms and ammunition were seized, it added.The five were killed in a series of encounters with the Army’s 62nd Infantry “Unifier" Battalion in Brgy Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, on Saturday.The 62IB launched combat operations in response to information of planned NPA atrocities in Moises Padilla and La Castell...