Bong Go remains the frontrunner in the highly competitive senatorial race, according to the latest nationwide survey conducted by Arkipelago Analytics. The survey, conducted from April 26 to May 1, 2025, engaged 1,400 registered voters through face-to-face interviews, employing proportional
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen arrested a suspected drug personality on Wednesday, during a buy bust operation at Country Homes Subdivision in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, leading to the confiscation of P476,000 worth of suspected shabu. Nabbed by operatives of
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Baciwa Employees Union called for the revocation of the joint venture agreement (JVA) between Baciwa and PrimeWater, and the end of the privatization of all water utility firms. Leny Espina, BEU president, said they believe
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Moises Padilla Vice Mayor Adrian Villaflor has filed a complaint on May 6 against a teacher, before the Commission on Elections, allegedly for engaging in partisan political activities, which is a violation of the Omnibus Election
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 14 persons were arrested for violating the Comelec gun ban in Bacolod City, from January 12 to May 3 this year. Four of the arrested gun ban violators were nabbed through police responses,
BURIAL. Army soldiers provide a decent burial to a NPA remnant killed in a gun battle on May 1 in Brgy. Humay Humay, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.* PA photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. asked the help of League of Governors to push for the candidacies of Alyansa senatorial aspirants – former Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur
We cannot deny that in our life there will be unavoidable occasions when despite our pure intentions and best efforts, we would just find ourselves in situations of disadvantage and misfortune. We should not be surprised by this fact of
Following the tragic vehicle crash at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1, where a 5-year-old girl who was there to see her father off was among the two killed, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an investigation into the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A visual artist and former educator has converted her home in Talisay City, Negros Occidental into an art gallery where she is currently holding her third solo art exhibition. Pablita Nava said she opened an art
Coach Andy Mananquil, Asian Football Confederation B License and the patriarch of Football Kings United-Dumaguete infused his football wisdom to the Negros Island Region 11-a-side Girls U15 (Buglas Filipinas) as they concluded a 3-day camp at the Ang Tay Golf
Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) concluded its third University Foundation Week with a tree-planting activity at the 8.7-hectare Bacolod Eco Park in Barangay Felisa, Bacolod City Saturday, according to a press release from the university. Representing the university, administrators,
• 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,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN With the recent conclusion of the May 12 polls, politics in 2028 is already being discussed by politicians. With his term is set to expire in three years, reelected Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said the continued
The Philippine stock market closed nearly unchanged while the peso strengthened on the last trading day of the week. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 0.02 percent to 6,465.53 while All Shares rose 0.03 percent to 3,769.37. “Philippine shares
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Western Visayas on Thursday simultaneously distributed cash assistance worth P9.88 million to families displaced by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, through its Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) program. A total of
