• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen seized on Wednesday night about P5 million worth of suspected shabu from two arrested drug suspects at Purok Mars in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City. PMaj. Eugene Tolentino, Police Station 8 commander, said the buy bust
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN “I will not stop until a change in Bacolod is achieved,” declared Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez during his second State of the City Address on Wednesday night, which appears to hint to Bacoleños that he will
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Is former Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia planning a political comeback in 2025? His frequent exposure in social media recently gave rise to speculations that he is planning to return to politics again. Leonardia said he
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Tourist sites in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, are now open for visitors, just more than a month after they were closed on June 3 due to the phreatic eruption of Kanlaon volcano. In an executive order,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The soon to vacated offices of the Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center at the Paglaum Sports Complex in Bacolod City, can be used temporarily as regional offices of Negros Island Region, Governor Eugenio Jose
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The seismic activity at Kanlaon Volcano remained at double digits on July 4, and emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the crater of Kanlaon reached 3,779 tons on Wednesday, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology
A 100-year-old resident of Poblacion 3 E. B. Magalona received a cash award of P100,000 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), under Republic Act 10866 or the “Centenarians Act of 2016,” Wednesday, said a press release from
The approval of the P6.352-trillion 2025 national budget will be the top priority of the House of Representatives in the next session of Congress, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said Wednesday. The leader of the 300-plus-strong House made the statements a
The Council for the Welfare of Children, with UNICEF support, announced in a press release the approval of the 4th National Plan of Action for Children for 2024-2028, which will level up protection of the rights of children in the
Declogging and clearing the drainage at the Central Market area in Bacolod City, by workers who were able to cover 11 manholes, 170 meters, and collect 10 sacks of garbage and silt.* DRRMO Bacolod City photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 reported that crimes in Western Visayas have gone down by 7.2 percent, from January to May, compared to the same period last year. PRO 6 logged 4,820 incidents this year compared
“We have to learn to live with fewer imports and more exports promoting national production.” – Miguel Diaz-Canel According to the statistics office, the first quarter of 2024 our agricultural imports was USD 4.34 billion or a whooping 230 billion
The safety of hundreds of families and households along the coast of Barangay 6 in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental is now assured from possible water devastation, following the completion of the concrete seawall built by the Department of Public
• 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
A 100-year-old resident of Poblacion 3 E. B. Magalona received a cash award of P100,000 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), under Republic Act 10866 or the “Centenarians Act of 2016,” Wednesday, said a press release from
A lot of Filipinos seem to be worried over a shooting war breaking out between their country and China, especially as the latter’s aggression has recently ramped up in the West Philippine Sea, a part of our sovereign territory that
