June 14, 2025

6 nabbed, yield P200,000 shabu

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen have confiscated a total of about P200,000 worth of suspected shabu in separate buy bust operations on June 12 in Negros Occidental. A buy bust operation conducted by the police at Bangga Daan in Barangay

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Never be alone

This is the clear lesson we can draw from the Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity. If we are God’s image and likeness, meant to share in his life and nature, then we have to realize that just like the

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Shifting the landscape of good governance

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others” – Mahatma Gandhi He rolls up his sleeves and hits the road. Mayor-elect Greg Gasataya will go down the road in the history of Bacolod

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Starting them young

With classes opening in public schools soon, the Department of Health has urged school officials to help in the national drive against smoking by banning cigarettes and vape devices within campuses. Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said that he has begun

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4th Acster Cup semifinals tip off

The 4th Acster Cup “Pasalamat sa Pag-Asenso” 2025 basketball tournament delivered an exciting quarterfinals on June 7 and 8. Hosted at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Covered Court and the Willy and Nonita Au Court. In the 11-under division,

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PSEi up, peso returns to 56 to a dollar

Local shares rose on the last trading day of the week while the peso returned to the 56 to a dollar level. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) went up by 0.22 percent to 6,395.59 while All Shares also increased

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PSA NegOcc facilitates 2024 FLEMMS forum for NIR

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) – Negros Island Region (NIR) successfully hosted its 2024 Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey (FLEMMS) Regional Data Dissemination Forum on May 30. Held at the SMX Convention Center

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SBP brings basketball clinics, programs to Bacolod

As the City of Bacolod prepared to welcome some of Southeast Asia’s brightest young basketball talents for the FIBA U18 Women’s Asia Cup SEABA Qualifiers 2026 on June 2-6, the excitement will extend far beyond the tournament court. In line

BingoPlus takes part in Sparkle Run 2026

Online entertainment platform BingoPlus added fun and excitement to the recently concluded Sparkle Run 2026 last May 30 at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, a press release said. Organized by GMA Sparkle Center and RUNRIO Inc., BingoPlus entered the event

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RUINS. Kids hang out at the remains of the old port of Silay City in Barangay Mambulac, which was once the longest in Asia.* Andrew Altarejos photo

Negros Power employee arrested for theft

• THERESA MAE DULMAN A regular employee of the Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) was arrested for qualified theft after security guards caught him hiding company-owned copper wires inside his car on Sunday night, May 31. Talisay City

Drug angle eyed in Bacolod shooting

• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is looking into illegal drugs as a possible motive behind the fatal shooting of a 43-year-old man at a computer shop in Rachel Store, San Jose 2, Barangay Sum-ag, early