• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 17 percent tariff to be imposed on Philippine exports to the United States is expected to have a significant and drastic effect on the sugar industry. Negros Occidental 5th district Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo disclosed
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A series of intensified anti-drug operations on April 3 by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) resulted in the apprehension of five drug suspects, confiscation of 173 grams of suspected shabu valued at P1,176,400, and a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office reported 387 cases of typhoid with three deaths over the first three months of 2025, in Negros Occidental. As the PHO logged 208 typhoid cases in the same period last year, it
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Magna Carta for barangay health workers (BHWs) is now one step closer to becoming a law as it only needs the signature of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., after it was approved by the bicameral conference
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported light ashfall in four barangays of La Castellana and La Carlota City in Negros Occidental, as it has logged multiple ash eruptions since April 1. In an advisory
VIBING. Pets and their owners enjoying themselves at the opening of the first-ever Bacolod Pet Festival yesterday at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central Activity Center.* Bacolod City PIO photo
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod congratulated Mary Jean Ramos for being elected as the National Energy, Efficiency and Conservation Coordinating Officer (NEECCO) of the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Office last March 11 at the Alpha Suites,
This somehow is the lesson we can draw from that gospel episode about the woman caught in adultery and dragged to Christ to see if she should be stoned to death according to some Mosaic law. (cfr. Jn 8,1-11) As
“Leadership is not about the next election; it is about the next generation” – Simon Sinek In the thick of things in this election season, unsurprising are the strategies of destruction against opponents but projects infallibility at the surface. As
A new petition has been filed before the Supreme Court, seeking to compel Congress to enact a law defining and banning political dynasties, calling it a “desperate attempt to give life to the 1987 Constitution” and “relief from the choke
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Remnants of the New People’s Army Roselyn Jean Pelle Command claimed responsibility for the killing of a former member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical unit on May 14 in Sitio Minasug-ang in Barangay Tabun-ac, Toboso,
SP Lineage St. Joseph School La Salle (SJS-LS) secured a hard-fought victory over Bacolod Tay Tung High School (BTTHS) in the 15-and-under division to earn a spot in the finals of the 4th Chairman’s Cup Negros. The semifinal clash took
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency is expecting an increase in the number of drug-cleared villages in Negros Occidental, as 30 more barangays have applied to be declared as such. Of the 601 barangays in the 31
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The name of Bacolod elect Representative Alfredo Abelardo Benitez is being floated as among the possible candidates for the House speakership, as the Commission on Elections on Monday declared the Negros based Abang Lingkod partylist as
The Negros Occidental provincial government and the State University of Northern Negros (SUNN) formalized their partnership to enhance job matching and career guidance through a Memorandum of Agreement signed on May 16. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and SUNN President Dr.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power announced on Thursday that its average residential electricity rates dropped by P0.66 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for the month of May. The rate drop was triggered by the significant reduction of Wholesale Electricity Spot
