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The man who was found dead in Brgy. Mambulac, Silay City.*Silay PNP photoA man with a slashed throat was found dead at Antonio Luna Interior, Brgy. Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental, Friday night, August 5.He was identified as 20-year-old Steven Placido of Loney 1, Brgy. Mambulac in Silay.The victim succumbed to stab wounds on his armpit and slashed throat.The killing could be a case of mistaken identity as the victim has an identical twin, who may have been the target of the unidentified suspects, the police said.Police are still investigating the incident.*

The newly elected officers of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines – Negros Occidental chapter *Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Sunday, August 7, stressed the need for organizations of local government officials to focus on good governance.“Good governance is our contribution to nation building,“ he said.The programs of the provincial government are geared towards good governance, Lacson added.The officers of the Negros Association of Chief Executives led by Victorias Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez, League of Municipalities of the Philippines – Negros Occidental chapter headed by Pulupandan Mayor Miguel Antonio Peña, and the Vice Mayors League of the Philippines – Negros Occidental chapter led by Pulupandan Vice Mayor Anthony Gerard Suatengco recently ...

Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez administers the oath of SRA Board Member Aurelio Valderrama, Jr., left, representing the planters at the BCGC Saturday. *Archie Rey Alipalo photoNegrense Aurelio Gerardo Valderrama Jr., the newly-installed board member of the Sugar Regulatory Administration, vowed to work towards the unification of a common goal and set aside political and personal agenda for the survival of the industry."I will talk to every planter, find out what their concerns are. My dream and my prayer is that we can unify and have one common agenda," said Valderrama, SRA board member representing the planters, after taking his oath before Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez at the Bacolod City Government Center on Saturday, August 7.Valderrama, president of the VICMICO Planters A...

The house of the victim in Brgy. Busay, Bago City.*Bago PNP photoA body was found in a fishpond at Purok Cabanbanan, Brgy. Busay, Bago City, Negros Occidental, on August 3.The fatality was identified as 52-year-old Joebert Tacolod.The victim was found in the fishpond behind his home in an  advance stage of decomposition.The police has yet to determine the reason for the victim's death and whether foul play was involved.His body has been subjected to post mortem examination.*

The recovered drugs.*San Carlos PNP photoA street-level drug suspect was arrested in a buy-bust operation at San Juan Tunga, Brgy 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, on Friday, August 5.Nabbed was 20-year-old Robert Fernandez, who was tagged by the police as the Top 6 priority target on their list.He was arrested after he sold suspected shabu to a police poseur buyer.Recovered from him were 10 grams of suspected shabu worth P68,000, a coin purse, and the P600 buy-bust money.The suspect is now in police custody and will face drug charges.*

The Negros Occidental provincial government is updating its Provincial Revenue Code to enable it to generate more funds by 2023, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Friday, August 5.The last time the provincial government updated its revenue code, which covers property, business and franchise taxes, rentals of provincial government facilities, and service fees, including those of its hospitals, was in 2017, he said.The increases will not be exorbitant, they will still be lower than other government and private facilities, Diaz assured.Part 1 of the proposed 2022 Provincial Revenue Code of Negros Occidental has been submitted to Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson for his consideration, he said.Once the governor approves the code, it will be submitted to the Sangguniang...