• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Bacolod City Police Office has recommended to the Police Regional Office 6, the creation of a Special Investigation Task Group to investigate the dumping of human bodies and dismembered body parts in Bacolod City, in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN In anticipation of possible flooding and landslides due to the Low Pressure Area embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone, which has triggered continuous rains, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday placed the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to solve the recurring blackouts in Western Visayas. In a statement, Zubiri said “The DOE
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN While COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental are rising, it is not alarming, Dr. Girlie Pinongan, Provincial Health Office acting chief, said yesterday. From January to April 24 this year, PHO logged 505 COVID-19 cases in Negros
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Armed skirmishes between Army soldiers and suspected New People’s Army rebels ensued at about 5 p.m. yesterday in Sitio Paloypoy, Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Initial reports from the police indicate that eight families residing
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Ten former members of the New People’s Army availed of P10,500 financial assistance each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, facilitated by the 94th Infantry Battalion. Mayor Benjie Miranda, who used to be an
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting Bacolod City Police Director Col. Noel Calderon Aliño to intensify the campaign against theft and robbery of electronic and telecommunications cable in the city. The resolution authored by Councilor Claudio
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez has distributed 23 brand new units of Apple MacBook Air laptops on May 2 to all Victorias City Hall department heads, as the city government gears up for more efficient office operations.
MANUAL LABOR. Workers unloading copra at the municipality of Cauayan, on Labor Day.* John Kimwell Laluma/CCN photo
“The discovery of agriculture was the first big step towards a civilized life” – Arthur Keith ORGANIC AGRICULTURE DENT When Negros was branded as the organic capital of the Philippines it came as a reward but, at the same time,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police personnel in Western Visayas have been repeatedly reminded of the “no-take policy” in the campaign against illegal gambling, which prohibits all PNP members from taking any money from illegal gambling operations, as they would face
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty Negrense artists opened a group art exhibition titled “Catharsis of Creativity” at Gallerie G, Villa Geronca Building, Rosario-Amapola streets, Bacolod City on April 13, which will run for a month. Guest of honor at the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sales of vendors at the Panaad sa Negros Festival hit P16,359,940.50 within six days of the event at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City, from April 15 to 20. The LGU Pavilions remained
In the first game, Silver Dragon Transport defeated Huminova Tigers 72-58. The Tigers had the momentum during the first quarter and established their will against the Dragons, grabbing a 20-6 lead at the end of the quarter. However, Silver Dragon
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance laying down the policies and guidelines for the grant of non-exclusive franchise to construct, establish, commission, operate, and maintain a water supply system for Bacolod City, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has issued an executive order creating a task force against vandalism. In his executive order dated April 23, Benitez said that the proliferation of acts of vandalism has been observed in different
