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The La Castellana municipal government in Negros Occidental is temporarily banning the entry of live pigs, pork, semen, and pork by-products to protect its hog industry.The ban will take effect on Monday, June 22, an announcement on the town’s Facebook page said on Sunday."This is a step to strengthen our biosecurity against the spreading infectious swine disease," the post read.The official statement or executive order from Mayor  Añejo Nicor  will be released Monday, the announcement said.*

An image of Danjugan Island brings a calming touch to the CT Scan room at TLJPH.*The Department of Health (DOH) Negros Island Region Center for Health Development  has granted the Negros Occidental provincial government permission to expand and renovate the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said on Saturday, June 21.The official permit was approved and signed by DOH Regional Director Razel Nikka M. Hao on June 1.“We can now improve our old emergency room, laboratory, pharmacy, pedia ward, pedia ICU and admitting section,” Diaz, who was recently appointed   Officer-In-Charge of the Provincial Health Office - Hospital Operations Services in a concurrent capacity, said.The Pediatric Intensive...

Ramon Uy Sr. with his wife, May, (4th and 5th from left) and their son-in-law Allan Cammayo, daughters Michelle Uy Cammayo and Princess Uy Margen (l-r) at the awarding rites on Friday.*An inventor, businessman, and philanthropist from Bacolod City was honored with the prestigious Legacy Trophy Award by the Department of Science and Technology - Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) on Friday, June 19.Ramon Uy Sr., the founder and owner of RU Foundry and Machine Shop, received the award during the Metals and Engineering (M&E) Week 2026  held at the Acacia Hotel Manila in Alabang.The  DOST-MIRDC said Uy was chosen as this year's recipient "in recognition of his excellence and significant contributions to the Philippine metals and engineering ...

The No. 1 most wanted person in Escalante City was arrested by the  police in Brgy. Mabini on Friday,  June 19.Arrested was alias “Willy,” 39, of Sitio Sambulong 2, Brgy. Mabini.Police said the suspect was apprehended by the tracker team of the Escalante City Police Station by virtue of warrants of arrest for violations of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and the Comprehensive Law on Firearms and Ammunition.The warrants were issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 59 in San Carlos City.Authorities said no bail was recommended for the drug case, while bail for the firearms case was set at P200,000.The suspect was informed of his constitutional rights and was taken into police custody pending proper disposition.*

The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod  has approved a resolution requesting the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to review, amend, and liberalize its benefit eligibility policies for long-time contributors who pass away or suffer critical illness within 24 hours of hospital confinement.The resolution was principally authored by Acting Vice Mayor Caesar Distrito and co-authored by Councilor Celia Flor.The measure comes in response to growing public concern over reports of PhilHealth members who, despite faithfully contributing to the national health insurance program for years, allegedly failed to qualify for certain benefits because their hospital confinement lasted less than 24 hours before their death or critical medical event, Distrito said Saturday, June 2...