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Rep. Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez (center) with the Third District mayors Abelardo "JunB" Bantug III - Victorias City), Victor Gerardo "Gerry" Rojas - Murcia, Joedith Gallego - Silay City and Matthew Louis Malacon -E.B. Magalona (l-r) at the stakeholders meeting on Sunday.*Rep. Javier Miguel “Javi”  Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) stressed the need to set aside politics and adopt a science and evidence-based whole-of-community approach to address the Red-Striped Soft Scale Insect (RSSI) destruction of 30 to 40 percent of local sugarcane crops.Benitez convened the Metro Third Sugar Industry Stakeholders' Meeting on RSSI at Nature's Village Resort in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, August 2, to establish a district-wide comprehensive operational framework to ...

The eat-all-you-can event in EB Magalona, Negros Occidental, on Saturday night.*Romeo Subaldo photoEight hundred kilos of blue swimming crabs were consumed in just two hours at the eat-all-you-can event in EB Magalona, Negros Occidental, on Saturday night, August 1, Mayor Matthew Malacon said on Sunday.The event was a success as sales hit P240,000, with customers paying P300 per head to join the eat-all-you-can event, he said.They have yet to get a complete report on the sales amount for the other dishes sold à la carte, he said.He apologized to those who arrived after the crab supply ran out and promised to be more prepared for the huge influx next Saturday.The eat-all-you-can Sabado nights will be held for the entire month of August to boost demand for the town’s blue...

Negros Electric and Power Corp. (Negros Power) on Sunday, August 2, expressed its full support for President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s initiative to reduce electricity costs, describing it as a significant step toward providing meaningful relief to Filipino consumers and making power more affordable.Following the President’s announcement during his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), Negros Power that serves central Negros Occidental stated that it will await the official implementing guidelines from the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) —particularly regarding the directive to remove or zero out system loss charges.Negros Power Spokesperson Engr. Leomel H. Tambanillo emphasized that the company fully aligns with the President’s vision of ...

San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza* CBCP photoFollowing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA), San Carlos Bishop and Caritas Philippines leader Gerardo Alminaza issued a statement on Saturday, August 1,  calling on the government to move beyond temporary relief and address systemic issues impacting poverty, corruption, energy policy, and civil liberties.Reacting to the President's pledge to build "the country that Filipinos deserve," Alminaza said that the promise must serve as the benchmark by which every public servant, policy, and budget is evaluated."Every State of the Nation Address should not only describe where we are but also help us discern where we ought to go together as one people," Alminaza said. "Relief is not the...