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A truck driver and a teenager were found dead in Talisay City and Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, during the weekend.Alias “Mario”, 50, a truck driver and a resident of Hacienda Sta. Cecilia, Brgy. Dos Hermanas, Talisay, was found dead inside his truck in the vicinity of First Farmers Holding Corp. on Saturday, March 1, the police said.The victim was found by his fellow driver lying on his belly inside his truck.A follow up investigation is still ongoing to determine the cause of victim’s death, the police said.Meanwhile, alias “Renky”, 19, of Brgy. DSB, Pontevedra, died after he was gored by a carabao in a rice field on Saturday, March 1.The victim asked permission to feed their carabao in the rice field at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, and failed to return home, his father said....

The Negros Press Club officers taking their oaths.*Ronnie Baldonando photoThe newly elected officers of the Negros Press Club took their oaths of office at the NPC building in Bacolod City. Saturday morning, March 1.The oathtaking was administered by lawyer Marty Go.Broadcaster Mark Salanga of Aksyon Radyo took his oath as the 89th president of the NPC.The other officers who took their oaths are:*Vice President - Primerose Tejida of RMN-DYHB Bacolod;*Secretary - Lourd John s. Diaz of Aksyon Radyo;*Treasurer - Nona Magbanua of Aksyon Radyo; and *Auditor - James Toga, Negros Daily Bulletin.The directors are:*Eden Aboso of Aksyon Radyo Bacolod;*Merlinda Pedrosa of Sunstar Bacolod;*Nico Delfin of Digicast Negros; and*Maureen Soliguen of FMR Bacolod.*

The police arrested two persons wanted for alleged carnapping in separate operations on Saturday, March 1.Alias “Romer”, 28, of Hacienda, Sta. Cecilia, Brgy. Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, was arrested in Brgy. Zone 12-A, the police said.The suspect was tagged as the seventh most wanted person in Negros Occidental.The operation was conducted by virtue of an arrest warrant with bail fixed at P300,000.Alias “Alexander”, 29, tagged as the ninth most wanted person in Western Visayas, was arrested in Brgy. Paniabonan, Mabinay, Negros Oriental.The suspect was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest with bail recommended at P300,000.*The two remain in police custody.*

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer with the 2025 Lin-ay sang Negros candidates at the Capitol Park in Bacolod City Friday afternoon, Feb. 28.*Ronnie Baldonado photo Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson launched the 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival at the Capitol Lagoon and Park Friday afternoon, Feb. 28."Let us embrace this opportunity to showcase the best of Negros Occidental and the Negrenses and enrich the Panaad historical landscape as the festival of all festivals of the province,” Lacson said.The festival will be held at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City March 24 to 30.The sashing of the 27 Lin-ay sang Negros contestants was also held during the launching rites.Lacson said this year’s festival theme is “The Future Unfolds”. ...

The Negros Occidental campaign against dengue, which cases have risen by 421.6 percent this year, has been intensified in barangays provincewide.The Department of Health’s “Alas Kwatro Kontra Mosquito" campaign is now being implemented in every barangay daily, Dr. Girlie Pinongan, provincial health officer, said Friday, Feb. 28.Barangay residents have been asked to clean their surroundings every 4 p.m. and to remove breeding areas of mosquitoes, which are dengue carriers, she said.Mosquitoes breed in stagnant water in bottles, pails, old tires, and canals.The Provincial Health Office has also been providing larvicides to help eliminate mosquito breeding areas in canals and gutters.Larvicides kill mosquito larvae and pupae before they can grow into biting adult mosquito...

A Bacolod barangay captain voluntarily underwent drug rehabilitation treatment last year, City Anti-Drug Abuse Council coordinator Primitivo Tabujura said Friday, Feb. 28.He did not name the incumbent barangay captain from a numbered barangay. The barangay captain underwent in-house rehabilitation at the Balay Silangan for a month and a three-month after care program, Tabujara said.The barangay captain was listed in the drug watchlist even before Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez assumed office, Tabujara said.The barangay captain is being "adjudicated" by the Philippine National Police and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency so his name can be cleared from the drug watchlist, Tabujara added.Meanwhile, the city government is aiming to increase its drug cleared barangays to 54 pe...

A motorcycle driver and his 4-year-old child were injured, while his wife died after she fell on the road and was ran over by a bus at the highway in Brgy. Sta. Cruz Viejo, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 25.The couple and their child, whose names were withheld by the police, are from Brgy. Poblacion, Bindoy town in Negros Oriental.The husband was driving a scooter with his son and his wife as backriders when it skidded on a slippery road causing them to fall, the police said.When the wife fell she was ran over by a Ceres bus, driven by a 51-year-old driver from San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, and was declared dead at the Urgent Care Clinic in Tanjay, the police added.Her husband and child sustained injuries and were brought to the Dumaguete City H...

The former policeman who was killed by five unidentified persons in Purok Michelle, Brgy. Dulao, Bago City, Negros Occidental, sustained about 10 gunshot wounds, the police reported on Friday, Feb. 28.Lt.Col. Jay Malong, Bago City Police Chief, said they are looking at several motives for the killing Reynaldo Bernel on Thursday.A personal grudge, business transaction, or the illegal drug trade are among the possible motives for the killing being investigated by the police.The police are also searching for the victim’s gun, which was probably taken by the suspects.Bernel, a former policeman, was working as a head guard of a chicken farm.The victim came from the school of his child when five persons waylaid him and shot him multiple times causing his death, the police sai...

Illegally posted campaign materials being removed in Bacolod City.*Revo Sorbito photoCandidates and partylist groups can post campaign materials and billboards in any size and shape as long as they are located on private property, Regional Director Lionel Marco Castillano of the Commission on Elections-Negros Island Region said Friday, Feb. 28.If they have permission from the owners of the private property, no restrictions on campaign materials will be imposed, he said.What is prohibited is the posting of campaign materials on trees, poles and public structures, Castillano said.The posting of campaign materials in public places is only allowed in common poster areas, he said.Those violating the rule against posting campaign materials on public property will be given a t...

Slow Food International Councilor for Southeast Asia Ramon Uy Jr., Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Slow Food International Director General Paolo di Croce, and Slow Food Community of Negros President Reena Gamboa (l-r) at the TWG meeting on Thursday.*DOT  photo The Department of Tourism (DOT) led by Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco convened a Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting on Thursday, Feb. 27, in preparation for the Philippines’ hosting of Terra Madre Asia Pacific 2025 in Bacolod City in November.The session held at the DOT Central Office in Makati City brought together officials and representatives from Slow Food International, the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Technical E...