AFTERMATH. Philippine Red Cross staff on site, extending assistance to fire victims, a day after the fire at Barangay Zone 5, Talisay City on February 4 destroyed 53 houses.* Philippine Red Cross Negros Occidental – Bacolod City Chapter photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN With 84 to 86 percent rice sufficiency in Negros Occidental, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson still wants to increase the rice production of farmers from four to six metric tons per hectare, which according to Provincial Agriculturist
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Island Region solons were among the 215 members of the House of Representatives, who signed the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte. The signatories from NIR were Abang Lingkod partylist Representative Joseph Stephen Paduano,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist is preparing its recovery plans to help farmers in local government units of Negros Occidental affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano. Provincial Agriculturist Dina Genzola, however, said that they
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A series of manhunt operations against fugitives in Western Visayas led to the arrest of 514 wanted persons for the month of January this year. A report of the Police Regional Office 6 revealed that 70
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez through the City Health Office, to mobilize the barangay dengue task force in all 61 barangays to come up with their dengue action plan for the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Five suspects are locked up in jail, after separate arrests on Tuesday, for engaging in the peddling of illegal drugs, and the possession of unlicensed firearms, according to reports of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office.
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The region’s scientists, academics, and policymakers recently met in Singapore for the first-ever Global Heat Health Information Network – Southeast Asia (GHHIN), where the goal was to help policymakers craft regional, national, and local heat plans to build a more
Twenty-eight engaged Saraviahanon couples planted 1,000 mangrove seedlings at the Tomongtong Mangrove Eco-Trail in Barangay Tomongtong, EB Magalona, recently, as a requirement for their Valentine Mass Wedding that will be officiated by Mayor Marvin Malacon on February 14 at the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A police officer reportedly shot himself after killing his live-in partner on Thursday night in Barangay Saguabanwa, Valladolid, Negros Occidental. The policeman, a certain Larry, with a rank of police master sergeant, and his partner, a
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A group art exhibition that brings to light the untold stories of women through powerful and evocative artworks, opened at the Dana Art Space at the FGS Yuan Thong Temple, Burgos Street, Bacolod City on March
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Tourism leaders, hotel executives, and tour operators came together recently at Seda Capitol Central to strengthen collaborations for the upcoming Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival, a press release from the Bacolod City Tourism Office said. The meeting, led by the Bacolod
Archie Moreno opened the game for Summit in an impressive fashion on both ends of the floor, scoring 12 points, leading his team to a 20-16 advantage through the first quarter. The Cobras were unable to bounce back in the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN All the six foreigners reported as missing in the mountains in Negros Oriental have all been accounted for after the four remaining hikers were rescued on March 22 by Army soldiers and search and rescue groups
