January 24, 2025

La Castellana eyeing other areas for evacuees

The Incident Management Team of TF Kanlaon conducted an ocular inspection and situational awareness assessment within the permanent danger zone in Brgy. Cabagnaan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental, where farmers were harvesting their vegetables.* OCD6 photo

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Capitol justifies holding Panaad Festival

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amid the restiveness of Kanlaon volcano, the Negros Occidental provincial government yesterday justified the holding of the Panaad sa Negros Festival, slated for March 24 to 30. Recalling that the yuletide season was celebrated in evacuation

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SRA thankful stakeholders ‘coming together’

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sugar industry is getting a fresh start in 2025 after sugar stakeholders gathered to lend support to the Department of Agriculture and the Sugar Regulatory Administration. “The last time industry stakeholders were all represented in

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Negros Power implements 5-year development plan

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power has started the implementation of its comprehensive 5-year development plan for their facilities in central Negros The plan involves both rehabilitating the aging infrastructure acquired from Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) and modernizing the

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Aftershocks from Zamboanga quake felt in Negros Occidental

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 6.1 intensity earthquake in Zamboanga was also felt in different areas in Negros Occidental, Irene Bel Ploteña, Provincial Disaster Management Program Division head, said Thursday. Intensity II was reported in Cauayan, Pulupandan, Hinigaran, Isabela, Ilog,

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P958K shabu seized from 5 arrests in Bacolod

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported the confiscation of more than P958,000 worth of suspected shabu from five arrested drug suspects on Thursday. Two of the five suspects, identified by the BCPO as Jaypee and

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Suyac Island wins ASEAN tourism award

The Suyac Island Mangrove Eco-Park is one of the five community-based tourism groups in the Philippines recognized at the ASEAN Tourism Standards Awards in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, January 21, a press release from Sagay City PIO said. Suyac Island is

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Partylist pushes financial literacy in DepEd curriculum

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Businessman and vlogger Wilbert Tolentino, the first nominee of Ahon Mahirap partylist, has stressed the need to include financial literacy in the Department of Education curriculum, starting in the elementary level. Tolentino, who visited the families

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Himamaylan tent city nears completion

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The tent city in Sitio Bingig, Barangay 3, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, is on its way to completion as 300 of the 395 family tents for use by Kanlaon evacuees, have already been established. As of

McDonald’s delivers Valentine’s film

In today’s dating scene, relationships fizzle out fast—breakups go viral and memes make heartbreak a spectacle. But, deep down, people still long for a love that stands the test of time. This Valentine’s season, McDonald’s once again tugs at the

Chinese backing of fake news should be investigated

House leaders have called for a thorough investigation in the next Tri Comm hearing into alleged Chinese-backed disinformation campaigns on social media, particularly their links to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) dispute and political propaganda benefiting certain individuals in the

Philsutech farm tour set

The Philippine Sugar Technologists Association Inc. (Philsutech) invites sugar industry stakeholders to the Technology Transfer and Educational Farm Tour 2025 scheduled on February 20-21. Spearheaded by the Agriculture and Farm Engineering Division, the two-day activity kicks off with technology transfer