February 5, 2025

Tent city growing at Himamaylan

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Almost 50 percent of the targeted 500 family tents have already been established at the evacuation center in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, Donato Sermeno III, Office of the Civil Defense regional director for Negros Island Region

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PRO 7 dispatches 200 officers to Negros Oriental

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 7 has deployed an additional 200 police personnel to bolster disaster response efforts, in connection with the ongoing restiveness of Kanlaon volcano, and to ensure smooth operations during the upcoming elections in

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New hospital inaugurated in Victorias City

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Abelardo & Remedios Bantug Memorial Hospital (ARBMH) main building at Bandung Village Phase 1 in Barangay VII, Victorias City, which was inaugurated on February 3, is considered by Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez as a major

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Bacolod tourism gears up for busy February 

Bacolod City is gearing up for a jam-packed schedule of high-profile events and gatherings this February, according to a press release from the Bacolod City Tourism Office. Visitors from across the Philippines and around the world are expected to flock

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Legislated wage hike has TUCP support

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) lauds the approval of the P200 across-the-board daily wage hike in the House Committee on Labor and Employment as the committee substitute bill of the mother bill of TUCP Party-list’s House Bill

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Photo of the Day

ARTS MONTH. The Bago City Government kicked off its National Arts Month celebration on Monday, with the 5th Kurit Baylan contest, a celebration of creativity and local talent on ‘banig’.* Bago City PIO photo

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Rice emergency

Citing an “extraordinary increase in rice prices,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel has placed the country under a food security emergency by issuing Department Circular No. 3, based on a resolution of the 10-member National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC). He

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Eastridge looms as PAL Interclub favorite

Eastridge Golf Club entered the 76th Philippine Airlines Interclub golf team championships as the team to beat, as games start today at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club and Bacolod Golf Club. Fielding nearly the same lineup that finished

Beer na Beer makes winning a habit

In the game between Beer na Beer and Pascual Greek Style, the latter team came into the contest in solid form, heading to a 25-21 lead through the first quarter. However, the Greeks were outscored 31-18, which erased the deficit

81-year-old widow, son gunned dead in Escalante

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An 81-year-old widow and her son were shot dead by a still unidentified gunman on February 15, at Sitio Lower Lauyan in Barangay Dianay, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The victim, alias Estelita, a pensioner, and her

Riding in tandem shooters nabbed for attack on soldier

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two gunmen riding tandem on a motorcycle were arrested by the police during a pursuit operation that was mounted after the shooting of an Army soldier on Monday at Sitio Takas in Barangay Palampas, San Carlos

McDonald’s hosts Valentine’s event for Negrense groups

On Valentine’s Day, McDonald’s Forbes Hill along the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road (BAAAR), Bacolod City, in partnership with Northill Gateway and Megaworld Bacolod, hosted a special gathering for car enthusiasts, riders, and influencers, a press release from the organizers said.