• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Members of the United Negros Alliance (UNegA) and Love Negros yesterday took advantage of their presence at the Pasalamat Festival in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, to renew their camaraderie, after the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN After what MORE Power has achieved over the past three years in Iloilo City, its local government and business sector leaders are endorsing the Joint Venture Agreement between Central Negros Electric Cooperative and power distribution facility.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go supports mandatory wearing of face masks in Bacolod City public transportation, as ordered by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez. Go, who chairs the Senate committee on Health, said he had been enjoining
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A member of the New People’s Army, captured by Army soldiers following an encounter on April 28 at Sitio Malatanglad, Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, was found to have numerous pending arrest warrants. The captured
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two decomposing bodies were discovered yesterday inside a box culvert in Hacienda Sayson, Brgy. Felisa, Bacolod City. Initial investigations by the Police Station 10 revealed that one victim was found at the entrance of a box
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen arrested 78 persons for illegal gambling in EB Magalona, and the cities of Cadiz and Victorias, Negros Occidental, on April 29. Of the arrested suspects, 70 were nabbed during a raid on illegal cockfighting in
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Two houses in Providencia Subdivision, Brgy. Alijis, Bacolod City, were destroyed when a fire broke out past noontime Saturday. The fire that started at about 12:27 p.m. damaged the houses owned by Rodulfo Ligna and Lenny
FLOODED. Several areas in Bacolod City experienced flooding, such as this scene along Rizal Extension, after a heavy downpour that lasted only more than an hour yesterday.*
On the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker which is celebrated on May 1, we are reminded of this often-ignored dignity of our work, all kinds of work, big or small, as long as it is not sinful work. It
After findings that one or more pesticides were detected above thresholds of concern at 22 percent of all monitoring sites in rivers and lakes across Europe in 2020, the European Environment Agency (EEA) warned member states to reduce pesticide usage
The Municipality of Murcia further beefed up its fleet of ambulances and patient transport vehicles after it turned over two brand-new patient transport vehicles to Brgy. Lopez Jaena and Brgy. Cansilayan on April 17. “The health and welfare of Murciahanons
The Luzon and Visayas grids were placed under alert status for the third consecutive day on Thursday, due to thin power supply. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) put the Luzon grid under red alert status from 3
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Art Association of Bacolod-Negros is holding simultaneous group art exhibitions, at The Bacolod City Pavilion and the Balay Kalamay at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City, for the duration of the Panaad sa
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another member of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1991 joined his classmates in their assignments in the Visayas region, as a commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command. In his assumption of the
As part of the continuous efforts of the Abanse Negrense Sports Programs to collaborate with local government units and sports organizations in the Province of Negros Occidental, the Provincial Sports Office, together with the Negros Federation Volleyball Enthusiasts Inc. (NEFVEI),
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (NOCCI) reiterated its support for the creation of the Negros Island Region, expressing also gratefulness to the announcement of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., that he will sign
