• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the campaign period for local candidates is set to start March 28, the Commission on Elections yesterday said that campaign materials in barangay halls should be removed. Atty. Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec regional director for
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN All is set for the activation of Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region (NIR) on March 27 at the Acacia Hotel in Bacolod City. PBrig. Jack Wanky, regional police director of Western Visayas, disclosed on
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The three-story La Castellana Police Station in Negros Occidental is now ready to serve Negrenses. PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police director of Western Visayas, and P/Col. Rainier de Chavez, provincial police director of Negros Occidental,
Victorias City’s Sidlak Kadalag-an Festival was declared champion of the city category in the Best of Festival Dances 2025 at the opening of the Panaad Festival* Victorias City PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police seized three firearms and P231,000 worth of suspected shabu in a series of buy bust operations on March 24 in Negros Occidental. The apprehension of alias Bartoloy, 37, at Sitio Canipa-an in Barangay Banquerohan, Cadiz
The City of Bacolod, through its Urban Basic Services Division (UBSD), officially launched the Breastfeeding and Lactation Room yesterday at the Bacolod City Government Center, a press release from Bacolod PIO said. Present during the opening were Mayor Alfredo Abelardo
That’s what we can conclude if we are to follow what Christ himself said: “Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets, I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I
Following the signing of the implementing rules and regulations for the value added tax refund for foreign tourists, the government expects inbound tourism to further pick up, with Finance Secretary Ralph Recto saying that the country is poised to reap
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Negrense visual artist RA Tijing opened his solo art exhibition titled “Landscapes, Portraits, and Still Life” at the Orange Gallery, Art District, Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod City on March 15, as part of the 20th anniversary activities
In celebration of World Down Syndrome Day, SM City Bacolod, in partnership with the Down Syndrome Parent Support Group – Bacolod, unveiled “A Happy Photo Exhibit” at the mall’s east bridgeway. The exhibit aims to raise awareness and advocate for
CHAMPION. Contingent No.11, composed of Barangays 6-A and 21, emerged victorious in the Malihaw Festival Street Dance and Arena Competition in Victorias City Saturday* Andrew Altarejos photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An additional financial aid of P204 million has been requested by the Office of Civil Defense from the national government, for local government units affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. Office of the Civil Defense Administrator
Under head coach Joshua “JunJun” Fegidero, the Buglas Filipinas girls advanced against Born 2008 Dumaguete Futbolitos FC in the finals, with the 1-0 score line coming from a 30-yard free kick from a foul inside the box, made by eventual
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Vice President Sara Duterte endorsed 10 senatorial candidates, but has not yet endorsed any local candidate, during a press conference in La Castellana, Negros Occidental yesterday, where she distributed rice and other relief assistance to Kanlaon
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod congressional candidate Evelio “Bing” Leonardia sent last Friday to Comelec chairman, George Erwin Garcia, an urgent request for the manual counting and manual tallying at the precinct level of votes for local candidates in Bacolod
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has issued an Interim Cease and Desist order to the Binalbagan-Isabela Sugar Company (BISCOM) Inc., to stop discharging molasses from its perimeter canal which ultimately leads to a river
