• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The four buy bust operations on June 28 and 29 in Bacolod City, led to the confiscation of 1.85 kilograms of suspected shabu, valued at P12,525,600 million, and the apprehension of nine drug suspects, according to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN In his three remaining years as governor of Negros Occidental, Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson reiterated that he is there to serve, but not to be served, by the Negrenses, as he has always been. “Let us
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN / CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The bringing of “change” to highly urbanized Bacolod City, which started as the slogan of outgoing Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez back in 2022, is up for continuity by his successor, incoming Mayor
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Añejo Nicor will push for permanent relocation sites for La Castellana citizens residing within the permanent danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano. For more than six months, more than 4,000 La Castellana residents who were affected
Camille Villar formally took her oath as a member of the Philippine Senate in a ceremony held at her family home on Friday. The oath of office was administered by her mother, incumbent Senator Cynthia Villar, in a private gathering
“The tasks ahead are overwhelming, but I pray that God will unite our hearts and minds for one common purpose, and that is public service.” Bago City Mayor-elect Marina “Mayette” Javellana-Yao highlighted the call as she took her oath of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN For topping the June 2025 Special Professional Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers in the Secondary Level, a graduate of the Binalbagan Catholic College (BCC) in Negros Occidental, will receive P100,000 from 5th District Representative Emilio Bernardino
Water Watch Advocates, a consumer advocacy group in Bacolod City, commended Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) Chief Jose Moises Salonga for his commitment to addressing the pressing concerns of the Filipino consumers. In response to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive,
STREETDANCE. Entry no. 4 composed of Barangays Lo-ok, Suba, Bantayanon, San Isidro, Buenavista, and Refugio in Calatrava, Negros Occidental, was the overall champion of the Lilas Pandan Festival streetdance contest in Calatrava on Saturday* Andrew Altarejos photo
If we really know what the real and ultimate purpose of our life here on earth is, for sure we would do everything to organize our life in such a way that all the elements involved would work together to
Once, Christ went to a synagogue and started to teach the people who were impressed by the way he did it, since, according to them, “he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes.” (Mk 1,21)
Kabataan Party List Negros (KPL Negros) strongly condemned the harassment of farmers that took place in Hda. Michaela, Barangay Talotog, Murcia, according to a press release from the organization. Farmers who were peacefully working on land already under the Comprehensive
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD), is scheduled to release financial assistance to 37 informal settler families currently residing along Mambuloc Creek in Purok Balinday, Barangay 2, Bacolod City. DSSD Head Dr. Richelle Verdeprado-Mangga
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Around 200 couples in Bacolod City are officially set to exchange “I do’s” this coming Valentine’s Day, February 14, in a grand mass wedding organized by the city government. Mayor Greg Gasataya announced that this year’s
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN One of the two persons reported as missing on January 9 in Barangay Malubon, Sagay City, Negros Occidental, has been found dead, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The lifeless body of one of the missing
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. After the controversial shooting incident in Sibulan, Negros Occidental, the Police Regional Office–Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has administratively relieved the provincial director of the Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office (NOrPPO), PCol. Criscente Tiguelo. PRO-NIR said
