• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers in pursuit of fleeing New People’s Army rebels they engaged in an armed encounter on November 21, which led to the death of seven insurgents, overran a rebel camp on Sunday, following more armed

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson described the 17th Organic Farmers Festival and 2nd Terra Madre Visayas, which concluded November 23, as a “resounding success.” In his speech at the closing ceremony, where Mathew John, president of the

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported two ash eruptions at the crater of Kanlaon volcano on November 23, which lasted four to eight minutes. At the same time, Phivolcs said it also recorded three

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alleged leader of the New People’s Army Yunit Militia was arrested by the police for illegal possession of firearms, on Saturday at Sitio Maglantay in Barangay Caradio-an Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. The arrest of the

Bacolod broadcaster Serafin “Jopy” Plotria won the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature for the second time. The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature celebrated its illustrious 72nd year with an awarding ceremony held at the Philippine International Convention Center

The Negros Press Club (NPC) is one with the media groups in the country in commemorating the 15th year of the Ampatuan Massacre in Maguindanao. The gruesome killings on November 23, 2009 claimed the lives of 58 persons, among them

The Department of Social Welfare and Development has conferred the Gawad Serbisyong Mapagkalinga with Level 3, to the Victorias City Social Welfare and Development Office, during the DSWD Pasidungog 2024 in Iloilo City on November 22. Victorias City earned the

As the Philippines celebrates National Children’s Day under the theme “Break the Prevalence, End the Violence: Protecting Children, Creating a Safe Philippines,” House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez urged lawmakers to unite in expediting the passage of House Bill No. 10159,

Power Watch secretary general Wennie Sancho is calling for the integration of power cooperation in Negros Island Region (NIR). This is in compliance with Sec. 31 of the EPIRA Law or RA 9136, which promotes consolidation and integration of electric

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A food establishment in the Dela Rama Bldg. along Luzuriaga Street, Bacolod City was damaged when a fire broke out early Saturday morning. The Bureau of Fire Protection Bacolod estimated the total value of the damage