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EMERGENCY MEETING. Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo holds an emergency meeting with officers of the 62nd Infantry Battalion and members of the Retooled Community Support Program team Thursday, November 4, following an encounter between state troopers and rebels at Barangay Quintin Remo.*Moises Padilla LGU photo

CBCP file photoSan Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza welcomed on Thursday, November 4, Gov . Eugenio Jose Lacson’s affirmation of the provincial government’s dedication to advancing renewable energy (RE) in Negros Occidental.Alminaza, in a press statement, cited Lacson’s welcoming RE investments and encouraging the development of means to harness energy from sources like the sun and wind.Responding to a statement delivered by Alminaza in a House Committee on Energy meeting last week, which tackled the rise of electricity rates in Negros and Panay, Lacson said he “believes that renewable energy will help bring down the cost of power in Negros in the long term.”“It is assuring to hear from the head of our provincial government that Negros Occidental will seek to secure a future ...

303rd IB photoTwo soldiers were killed and four others were injured in an encounter with New People’s Army rebels in Sitio Tiyos, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, November 3.The combined elements of the Army’s 62nd Infantry (Unifier) Battalion and the 79th Infantry (Masaligan) Battalion successfully prevented planned attack and extortion of the CPP-NPA terrorist during the encounter,Capt. Kim Apitong, 3rd Division Public Affairs Office OIC, said Thursday, November 4.This, after the troops launched combat operations in response to information from concerned citizens on the presence of NPA terrorists consolidating in Sitio Tiyos, he said.The group was planning to stage attacks and intensify their extortion scheme in the area, ...

Kabankalan PNP photoTwo people were killed and three others were injured after the vehicles they were riding on collided head-on at the national road in Crossing Hda. Flora in Brgy. Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, Tuesday night, November 2.Killed were tricycle passenger Ann Krizel Genobio, 20, Brgy Orong, and motorcycle driver Jury Alvarez, 21, of Brgy Tan-awan.Injured were Genobio’s mother Alma, 53, and her brother, tricycle driver Kent Arnel, 25. Also injured was motorcycle rider Mercy Losalo, 43.Both vehicles were travelling in opposite directions when Alvarez overtook a car he was tailing and bumped into the oncoming tricycle, a police report said.The victims were brought to a hospital where two were pronounced dead.Both vehicles are now in the cu...