• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology recorded elevated volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas emissions from the summit crater of the Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island on June 28. PHIVOLCS logged an average of 5,397 tons
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Confederation of Sugarcane Producers’ Associations (CONFED) asked the Sugar Regulatory Administration to start consulting the sugar industry on its sugar policy for crop year 2024-2025. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel, Jr., CONFED,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez has the endorsement of his colleague in the House of Representatives, in the person of Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, as the next secretary of the Department of Education. The influential
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Visayan DAILY STAR was among the 174 private and government institutions in Negros Occidental given tribute by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) at the 2nd Pasidungog event at the Santa Maria Ballroom of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A series of buy bust operations during the weekend in Negros Occidental, including highly urbanized Bacolod City, yielded more than P870,000 worth of suspected shabu and the arrest of eight drug suspects, including a job order
CHAMPION. Contingent No. 6 – Nagkahiusang Kabatan-onan sa Lumad Dos (Barangays Lo-ok, San Isidro, Patun-an, Tigbon, Bantayanon, and Malanog), was named the champion of Calatrava’s Lilas Pandan street dance competition held over the weekend.* Andrew Altarejos photo
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Friday hailed the recent enactment of a bill mandating private higher educational institutions (HEIs) to waive college entrance examination fees for qualified students, which has lapsed into law and takes effect immediately, a press release
Death is the great equalizer of life; it respects no one. Rich or poor, young or old, important or insignificant… it spares no one. In today’s gospel we read the story of Jairus, a powerful member of the community, who
The World Bank warned the Philippines that it has only one generation left, or about 20 to 25 years, before the window to harness the benefits of its relatively young population closes, as it is expected to see another demographic
Mang Inasal was among the food exhibitors in the first United Nations Tourism Regional Forum on Gastronomy Tourism for Asia and the Pacific hosted by the Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT). The event was held last June 26 at the
BEAST OF BURDEN. A worker loads sugarcane on a carabao-driven cart in a sugarcane farm in Murcia, Negros Occidental. Despite the rise of mechanization, manual labor and beasts of burden are still employed in the industry.* Alejandro Alvarez photo
Acster Marketing / Bacolod Tay Tung High School racked up three straight wins to lead Bracket A in the 17-and-Under category of the 4th Chairman’s Cup Negros, during games held last weekend at the BTTHS Covered Court. The defending champions
Under the leadership of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) secured its position as the most dominant political party in the House of Representatives, winning 104 seats in the May 2025 midterm elections, a press release from
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, a proud Bisaya founder of NightOwl AI, has been awarded the AI & Learning Award at the inaugural She Shapes AI Global Awards. The ceremony, held at University College London, celebrated her exceptional contributions to linguistic
A delegation from the Rotary Club of Bacolod-Marapara (RCBM) is set to visit the Rotary Club of Kyoto-Fushimi in Japan, from May 27 – June 1, to celebrate their recent partnership project in the municipality of Murcia. The 21-member delegation
The Bobcats and RGG Farms remained unbeaten in the 15-and-Under category of the 4th Chairman’s Cup Negros, after securing crucial victories on Tuesday at the Msgr. John Liu Activity Center. The Bobcats seized solo leadership in Bracket B following a
