• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The granting of a franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp., to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental, is steadily inching towards approval by the Philippine Senate. The Senate approved on
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former head of the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorism Division is now leading the NBI Bacolod District Office. Manuel Fayre Jr. replaced Atty. Renoir Baldovino, who had been assigned in Bacolod City for more than
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general has reiterated that the 3rd Infantry Division does not engage in “red tagging,” which he stressed is not a government policy. Maj. Gen. Marion Sison, 3ID commander, disclosed that the information presented to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Social Welfare and Development reported the distribution of P68,572,529 worth of humanitarian assistance to 325,469 families affected by the El Niño phenomenon in 2,360 barangays in Western Visayas, as of May 7. The
In a bid to enhance public transportation and promote eco-friendly travel options, the City of Bacolod, with the initiative of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, will launch a green route dry run featuring electric jeeps (e-jeeps) starting May 15 until May
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez committed the full support of the House of Representatives for initiatives meant to promote health education and improved access to dental care for every Filipino, a press release from the House of Representatives said. Romualdez aired
Forty Child Development Workers (formerly called Day Care Workers) from all the 23 barangays of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental, attended yesterday a one-day workshop on reading literacy at the Municipal Building. This was the second leg and expanded training
A team from the DOST- Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), led by Fenina Osorio, paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon on Monday, in the middle of their data collection for the National Nutrition Survey in Barangay Manta-angan,
Various farm equipment were turned over to the members of two farmers’ associations in Barangay San Isidro E. B. Magalona yesterday by E.B. Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon’s consultant Ramie Babac and Municipal Agriculturist Efren Garcia Jr., according to a press
DEVOTION. Vendors selling devotional items across the San Vicente Ferrer Parish-Shrine, also known as “Vito Church” located at Barangay Vito in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.* Andrew Altarejos photo
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and the Local Government Unit of the City of Kabankalan, Negros Occidental entered into a Memorandum of Agreement on the establishment of the LGU-managed and operated Civil Registry System (CRS) Outlet, the second in the
It’s a double victory for BingoPlus and ArenaPlus as the two gaming platforms bagged major wins at the SiGMA Asia Awards 2025. The event took place at a hotel in Pasay City on June 2. The event brought together top
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Transportation is eyeing the privatization operations of the Bacolod Silay Airport, along with nine other regional airports by 2028, to improve connectivity across the archipelago. During the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office (PHO) is anticipating the increase in number of dengue cases in Negros Occidental, with the start of the rainy season, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed on Monday. PHO has recorded
HOMEBOUND. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) from evacuation centers in La Carlota City start returning to their respective homes.* La Carlota City PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN One of the fleeing New People’s Army rebels, who was in an armed encounter on June 6 with Army soldiers in Barangay Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, has surrendered, Lt. Col. Ziegfred Tayaban, 94th Infantry Battalion
