• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Several commercial establishments at a shopping mall in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, were ransacked by burglars on March 30. Police investigations showed that a total of P450,600 in cash and valuables were taken from nine
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 25th Banana festival of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, will officially start today, April 1, simultaneously with the town’s annual patronal fiesta. La Castellana Mayor Alme Rhummyla Nicor-Mangilimutan will lead the opening ceremony at the
Himamaylan Mayor Raymund Tongson reminded city and barangay officials, along with local government unit officers, of their responsibilities to the people of Himamaylan as the southern Negros city kicked off its 4th Himaya Festival on Easter Sunday, according to a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday thanked Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. for his support for the creation of Negros Island Region (NIR), which lawmakers are hopeful to be signed into law by President Ferdinand
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A 34-year-old male from Barangay Punta-Taytay, Bacolod City recently succumbed to leptospirosis. The Bacolod City Health Office recorded two deaths due to leptospirosis in Bacolod City and three other persons as having been infected, during the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN No reason to split, Himamaylan City Vice Mayor Justin Gatuslao declared, as he confirmed that the Tongson-Gatuslao alliance (TOGA) remains intact for 2025. “I can confirm that the Gatuslao siblings – Board Member Rita Gatuslao, Atty.
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is supporting the implementation of the Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE) Program for junior high school at Mansilingan Agro-Industrial High School. The resolution authored by Councilor Al Victor Espino said Mansilingan Agro-Industrial
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A minor was reported by the police to have drowned on Saturday at Linaw Bubong in Brgy. San Miguel, La Carlota City, Negros Occidental. Initial police investigations showed that the 5-year-old victim and his two other
The proposed New Government Procurement Reform Law may be ready for signing by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in May, according to Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr., a press release from the House
VIGIL. Easter Vigil rites being held at the St. Ezekiel Moreno Chapel, Tangub, Bacolod City, with Fr. Amado Lucero, OAR (center).* Jose Tan Jr/CCN photo
Silliman University, through the Culture and Arts Council (CAC), is set to host a national music and culture summit that aims to convene music leaders and practitioners from various fields of music in the Philippines on May 15-17. With the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two suspected New People’s Army rebels, who are remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front, were captured on Thursday by Army soldiers and police troopers in Brgy. Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. 2Lt. Dan Carlo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental and Bacolod City are hosting the 2024 Western Visayas Regional Athletics Association meet on May 2 to 7, where a total of 4,756 athletes and officials all over the region are expected to participate.
A hundred political prisoners in Negros island will hold another 24-hour fast on Friday to call on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) National Office to press on with its initial efforts for a thorough and impartial investigation on the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Remnants of the New People’s Army appear to be on a killing spree, having issued separate statements supposedly claiming responsibility for the death of five civilians they accused as “military informants” in Negros Occidental. The Army’s
BACK TO BACK. Defending champion Tribu Cubay was awarded the Best Performing Tribe and this year’s over-all champion during the 42nd Pasalamat Festival 2004 in La Carlota City Sunday.* Andrew Altarejos photos
