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This was posted on the Facebook page of the Community Animal Rescue Efforts (CARE) Inc. on Monday.*A complaint was filed against a Bacolod resident who shot a Siberian Husky for violation of the Animal Welfare Act before the Bacolod City Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, March 13.Named as respondent in the complaint is Dominador Bangero.Witnesses had issued their sworn affidavits on Friday.“Case filed…Our journey to fight (for) justice for skittles has just begun. There is no excuse for animal abuse,” Community Animal Rescue Efforts (CARE) Inc. said on its Facebook page on Monday.Bangero allegedly shot the Siberian Husky named Skittles at Greenplains Subdivision in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, on February 20, the dog’s owner said earlier.Skittles died due t...

Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez at the launching of the “The Victorias Hotel” .*The Victorias City government has launched “The Victorias Hotel” and is also set to build a P55 million evacuation center at its Sidlak Victorias Global City, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez said Monday, March 14.The evacuation center funds will come from the Local Government Support Fund of the national government.The master planning for the evacuation center that will also serve as a multi-purpose hall is underway and construction is expected to start in the second quarter of this year, he added.The P600 million housing project of the city government will also be at the Sidlak Victorias Global City site in Barangay13, they are just finalizing the details of the project, he added.It should start th...

Vice President Sara Duterte will be in Kabankalan City on Tuesday afternoon, March 14.She was invited by Kabankalan City Mayor Benjie Miranda to deliver the keynote address and lead the oath taking of the members of the Kabankalan City Tourism Council, a press release said.Rep. Mercedes Alvarez (Neg. Occ., 6th District), Rep. Emilio Yulo III (Neg. Occ., 5th District) and other local government officials will be joining the event, it said.*

The wake of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo was transferred to Siaton on Monday, March 13.*Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said on Monday that Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) need not fear for his safety on his return to the Philippines.Teves, who is in the United States, has been tagged by two suspects in the killing of Gov. Roel Degamo as the alleged mastermind, which he has denied.Teves' lawyer Ferdinand Topacio also alleged that the firearms seized from the raids on Teves' properties in Negros Oriental on Friday were planted.Degamo and eight others were killed by heavily armed men at his home in Pamplona, Negros Oriental, on March 4. Four alleged suspects have been arrested and a fifth one was killed by pursuing law enforcers.The suspects J...

The release of the Financial Benefit Fund.*DOLE 6 photoThe Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 6 through its Negros Occidental Field Office facilitated the release of P4,286,573.25 from the Financial Benefit Fund (FBF) to 491 bioethanol plant workers in Negros Occidental.Pursuant to Republic Act 9367 or the “The Biofuel Act of 2006”, 80 percent of the levy collected from the bioethanol utilizing molasses as feedstock will be used to support the Social Amelioration Workers Program (SAWP) for the bioethanol workers, the DOLE 6 said in a post on its Facebook page.Victorias Milling Corp., URC La Carlota Distillery, Asian Alcohol, and Kooll Company Inc. released the financial benefit fund in December and January, it said.The FBF released covers Calendar Yea...

The AFP deployed more soldiers to intensify security and checkpoint operations in Negros Oriental on Sunday, March 12.*Judy F. Patlow photosA Joint Task Force to step up the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) suppression of lawless violence in Negros Island following the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo has been activated.Hundreds of troops from the AFP and the PNP were deployed during the weekend in different parts of Negros Oriental to conduct joint security checkpoints.Lt. Col. Roderick Salayo, 11th Infantry Battalion (IB) commander, led the sendoff ceremony of hundreds of composite soldiers from six Army battalions in the province to man at least 21 joint AFP-PNP checkpoints, initially in the Third District of the...

The buy bust operation in San Carlos City.*Two persons were arrested in separate buy bust operations and P149,600 in suspected shabu were seized on Saturday, the police reported on Sunday, March 12.Romeo Ornias Distrito, 52, was arrested at Purok Lerio, Brgy Zone 6, Talisay City.About 2 grams of suspected shabu estimated at P13,600 were recovered, the Talisay police reported.Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) operatives and the San Carlos police also arrested Rovener Era Nemenzo, alias "Nene Panggoy, 61, at Ylagan-Endrina Interior, Brgy 5, San Carlos City.Recovered from him were about 20 grams of suspected shabu valued at P136,000, the PDEA reported.*

Antonino Panique, right, takes his oath before CENECO District Election Committee chairperson Joel Cabalatungan.*shAn incumbent director was proclaimed the winner of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. election for District V – Bacolod West on Saturday, March 11.Antonino Panique was re-elected as representative of District V covering the areas of barangays 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, and Singcang in Bacolod City, a press release from Ceneco said.Panique was formally proclaimed winner by the CENECO District Election Committee (DECOM) headed by chairperson Joel Cabalatungan, secretary May Bautista and member Aireen Gedorio at the CENECO Mabini Main Office.Meanwhile, regular elections for District IV (Bacolod East) and District VIII (...

House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez *House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Sunday, March 12, sought a congressional inquiry over the failure of several police escorts of slain Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo to report for duty on the day he was gunned down in his own house.He noted reports that five out of the six police escorts of Degamo did not show up for duty on March 4, when a group of gunmen attacked his house and killed him, along with eight other individuals, mostly civilians, in Pamplona, Negros Oriental."Gov. Degamo had earlier reported to the police about the threats to his life so it stands to reason that his security detail should have implemented stricter measures to ensure his safety. That's why it's highly suspicious why these police escorts we...