LOSS. A farmer in a rice field damaged by successive days of inclement weather brought by the enhanced southwest monsoon and tropical storms ‘Gener’ and ‘Helen’.* Sipalay City Agriculture Office photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 reported the confiscation of P25.5 million worth of illegal drugs, including shabu and dried marijuana leaves, from 182 arrested drug peddlers over a span of two weeks of operations in Western
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Canlaon City in Negros Oriental may experience food shortages and economic strain on farming communities, following destruction of 1,639 hectares of crops due to the effects of southwest the monsoon, enhanced by tropical storms Gener and
OIC Mayor Eric Matulac ordered the resumption of face-to-face (F2F) classes in all levels, both in public and private schools, in the Municipality of E. B. Magalona, today, as weather conditions are starting to improve, a press release from EBM
Bacolod City Council has passed the Animal Welfare Ordinance of Bacolod City, which will establish an Animal Welfare Desk in all barangays where people can report incidents of animal cruelty and neglect and may receive proper guidance and assistance. A
This is the lesson we can draw from that gospel episode where sinful woman just barged into a party where Christ was and started to offer him a special homage which Christ valued more than what the judgmental host did
The Department of Health will launch a month-long nationwide school-based immunization program dubbed “Bakuna Eskwela” starting October 7, to allow students who missed one or two vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic to have a chance to complete their jabs. Health
• ANDREW ALTAREJOS In celebration of the twenty years of the Strings of Unity: International Rondalla/Plucked String Music Festival, the Kuwerdas Filipinas held a concert “Diwang: Musika ng Rondalla, Musika ng Pagkakaisa” at the Natalio G. Velez Sports and Cultural
Talisay Mayor Neil Lizares with Assistant City Administrator and concurrent City of Talisay Investment and Economic Promotions Office head, Ismael Penado, conducted a training dubbed “Asenso Talisay: The MSME Success Road Map,” on September 12 at the Dela Rama Hall
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN More than 900 police officers will be deployed in Bacolod City to secure the MassKara Festival, on Friday disclosed regional police director, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky. The proposed implementation of a gun ban for the duration
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 219 former Negros rebels have applied for amnesty, currently putting the Local Amnesty Board (LAB) Bacolod to top in terms of recording the most amnesty applicants, compared to other amnesty boards across the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Art Association of Bacolod-Negros (AABN) will be conducting its 3rd On-The-Spot MassKara Painting Competition on October 12 at the Atrium of Robinsons Place Bacolod. The painting contest held in celebration of the 2024 MassKara Festival,
“Try to be like sugarcane, no matter how beaten you are, cut, pressurized or crushed always provide a sweet outcome” – Rakhi’z The sugarcane milling year 2024-25 has just started and mill gate prices predictably remain stable. It can
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Army has assured the security of communities of former rebels, to be established in different areas of Negros Occidental as part of the peace agreement entered between the government and the defunct Revolutionary Proletarian
After days of inclement weather, a glorious sunset such as this at Brgy. Gargato, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, is always a welcome sight.* Roger D. Beltran photo
