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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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,
• 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
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
• 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
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez lauded President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and his administration for their successful effort in ensuring the safe release of 17 Filipino seafarers held hostage by Houthi rebels in Yemen for more than 429 days, a
Himamaylanons and Negrosanons in south Negros will soon enjoy wider and faster cellular network and data connectivity as Mayor Raymund Tongson green lit the P390 million worth project in partnership with Phil Tower Consortium, Inc. (PhilTower), a press release from
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. / THERESA MAE DULMAN A 34-year-old motorist was killed after he was crashed at the dead-end portion of the National Road in Sitio Quarry, Barangay Rafaela Barrera, Sagay City, Negros Occidental on late evening of
DEVOTION. Devotees filled the Kabankalan Public Plaza and surrounding streets as the 50th Sinulog sa Kabankalan officially opened on January 9, with a Novena Mass and the traditional ‘Sad-Sad’ procession in honor of Señor Santo Niño.* Kabankalan PIO photo
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Mayor Greg Gasataya has asserted that the Bacolod City diversion channel flood control project located along Burgos Street should be made operational immediately, prioritizing its functionality over the new design changes proposed by the Department of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former Abang Lingkod Party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano has slammed as fake news the statement being attributed to him regarding the encounter between government troops and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Oriental Mindoro, where he
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City has officially integrated a high-tech Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring by its new contractor, International Solid Waste Integrated Management Specialist Inc. (ISWIMS), to ensure real-time tracking of waste collection activities across the city. The
Kabataan Party List Negros (KPL Negros) strongly condemned the harassment of farmers that took place in Hda. Michaela, Barangay Talotog, Murcia, according to a press release from the organization. Farmers who were peacefully working on land already under the Comprehensive
