FUEL SUBSIDY. Tricycle drivers in Silay City, Negros Occidental gather to receive a fuel subsidy of P5,000 each from the national government through the City Social Welfare and Development Office, on April 8.* Silay City PIO photo

900 cops, force multipliers to secure Panaad Festival

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region is deploying 900 police personnel and other force multipliers to ensure the comprehensive security at Panaad sa Negros festival sites in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. PBrig. Gen. Arnold

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Evacuees return home after armed skirmish

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers are still pursuing remnants of the New People’s Army they encountered twice on April 6 in Sitio Pinyahon, Barangay Minautok, Calatrava, as evacuees from the area returned to their respective homes, Brig. Gen. Ted

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Cop killed during Bacolod drug bust

• THERESA MAE DULMAN A police officer died after being shot during a buy-bust operation along Alijis Road, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, late Thursday night. Police Master Sergeant Romulo Galvez, assigned to the Police Station 9 Drug Enforcement Team, was

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Transitioning with urgency

The Philippines is “moving with urgency” on its renewable energy (RE) expansion as Filipinos suffer from skyrocketing oil prices triggered by the war in the Middle East. The goal of the Department of Energy is to slash dependence on foreign

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Bacolod MSMEs to go digital with Tatak Pinoy Roadshow

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City has been selected as a key destination for the Visayas leg of the Tatak Pinoy Roadshow MSME Workshop, a collaborative initiative between Shopee Philippines and the local government unit aimed at digitalizing local businesses.

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Apostolics across Visayas convene for Apostolic Summit 2026

As the entire Christian community commemorates the burial, passion, death, and resurrection of our Great God and Savior Jesus Christ during Holy Week, the apostolic congregation gathered to celebrate His existence. Approximately 30 Oneness Apostolic Churches across the Visayas region

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Sagay City hosts BSP council meeting

Sagay Mayor Leo Rafael “Bebo” Cueva called for stronger efforts in shaping values-driven youth as Sagay City hosted the 72nd Annual Council Meeting of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines–Negros Occidental Council at the State University of Northern Negros –

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