• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental will honor and recognize 20 outstanding taxpayers during the celebration of the 126th Cinco de Noviembre program on Tuesday, November 5, at the Provincial Capitol Park and Lagoon in Bacolod
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson created a multipartite monitoring team to ensure the environmental compliance of HAPI (Hacienda Asia Plantations Inc.), holder of the Integrated Forestry Management Agreement (IFMA), of its P2 billion palm oil plantation in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported on November 4 of another volcanic ash emission from Kanlaon volcano. PHIVOLCS attributed the intermittent emissions of volcanic ash since Nov. 1, to the continuous degassing from
Now on its 126th year, the City Government of Bago is again celebrating the Al Cinco de Noviembre with various activities to be highlighted today, November 5, according to a press release from the Bago PIO. This year’s theme is
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another member of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1991 takes over the command of the Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade in Negros Occidental, in the person of Army Col. Ted Dumusmog. Dumusmog will replace his mistah, Brig.
FOODFEST. The Kaon Ta! food festival, serving heritage dishes from local vendors and families, at the Balay Negrense grounds at Cinco de Noviembre Street in Silay City, is ongoing until November 5.* Emma Leonardia photo
This is the ideal condition for us. Our greatest and strongest passion should be to live our definitive eternal state of life with God in heaven, where we actually come from and where we should be at the end. It’s
If you’ve been hiding under a rock for most of the year and came out just today, you’d still be able to tell that there are elections coming up soon, just from the sheer number of the unpleasant-but-not-quite-illegal campaign posters
The Philippines remains among the top five countries that account for more than half of the tuberculosis cases in the world, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis Report 2024 that was released last week. The report reveals that
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A three-man art exhibit, featuring the works of seasoned Negrense artists Rodney Martinez, Ernie Claud, and Nunelucio Alvarado, is ongoing at the Sason Shop, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, until November 15. The three full-time artists titled
PENRO Negros Occidental, in collaboration with the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Victorias City, successfully organized the Tree Growing Adventure for a Greener and Peaceful Tomorrow. The activity is aimed at promoting environmental conservation
About 105 Sagaynon athletes participated in the first-ever ‘Hoops Clinic’ at the Sagay City Gymnasium on December 1, a press release from Sagay PIO said. Organized by the office of Councilor Chris Javelosa, the event aims to train local basketball
A workshop on rabbit raising for Talisaynon farmers was conducted on November 25 by Joevil Doren, owner of Hops Grill and president of United Negros Island Rabbit Meat Producers (UNI-RaMP), a press release from Talisay PIO said. The initiative focused
There is a proposal from government to make half orders of rice available as an option in restaurants and eateries, supposedly as a means to address the problem of rice wastage, as studies and statistics indicate that Filipinos waste at
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The highly urbanized Bacolod City in Negros Occidental was highlighted by the Senate Committee on Ways and Means, led by Senator Win Gatchalian, for its innovative security feature on PWD identification cards. The recognition came during
Senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reaffirmed their loyalty to the Constitution and the duly-constituted government of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. during a courtesy call on Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez at the House of Representatives
