April 19, 2023 - Negros Now Daily

Aliño new Bacolod police chief

April 19, 2023

The request of Mayor Alfredo Benitez for a new chief of the Bacolod City Police Office has been granted by Camp Crame, almost a month before the retirement of its outgoing police director, P/Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, from police service.

Sugarcane law gets P1-B budget

April 19, 2023

The budget for the implementation of Republic Act 10659, or the Sugar Industry Development Act (SIDA), has been increased from P750 million to P1 billion this year, Negros Occidental 5th District Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo said.

Albee urged to put up shelter for abused women, children

April 19, 2023

Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Benitez is being urged to establish a temporary shelter for abused women and children, as well as a rape crisis center, in the city.

NPA leader killed in gunbattle

April 19, 2023

Following a series of killings of civilians claimed by the Leonardo Panaligan Command (LPC) of the New People’s Army, pursuing government troopers Tuesday, April 18, caught up with some of the perpetrators, following an encounter in Sitio Lower Tiyos, Brgy. Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental.

Revival of Dacongcogon sugar mill pushed anew

April 19, 2023

Thousands of sugar farmers in southern Negros have reiterated their call for the government to revive the Dacongcongon sugar mill in Brgy. Tabugon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, that was foreclosed more than a decade ago.
In a statement, retired government prosecutor Rolando Parpa said that their petition is still pending and has not been acted on by Malacañang, since January 19, 2021.

Art & hope

April 19, 2023

A little more than a month ago, I recommended to two visiting doctor friends from Iloilo, who are both art lovers, to take a trip to Sagay City to check out the coastal village and home of maestro Nune Alvarado. I made a quick call to Sally, his wife, to make sure the Maestro was available for our visit.

I’m cuckoo about birds

April 19, 2023

I am cuckoo about birds (pun intended). I’ve been a photography nut since I sneaked and used my mother’s old Kodak Brownie to do a selfie when I was five. I loved birds too. There was something about a creature that refused to let gravity force it to keep its feet on the ground that appealed to the innate adventurer in me.

Aliño new Bacolod police chief

Sugarcane law gets P1-B budget

Albee urged to put up shelter for abused women, children

NPA leader killed in gunbattle

Revival of Dacongcogon sugar mill pushed anew

Art & hope

I’m cuckoo about birds

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