• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Six of the members of Sangguniang Panlungsod of Kabankalan City opposed the initiative pushed by Mayor Benjie Miranda, who is pushing for a P2 billion loan for a ‘flood-free’ project to address the city’s long-standing
The landslide at the tailings pond of the Maricalum Mining Company in Brgy. San Jose, Sipalay City, caused by heavy rains affecting southern Negros Occidental.* Dionilo Bogtae FB photo
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Following the eight-hour noise barrage protest conducted by the persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Barangay Tabunan, Bago City on Thursday, Jail Warden Chief Insp. Atty. Crisyrel Awe has
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing a public market in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, was passed by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod on first reading Wednesday. The ordinance authored by Councilor Dindo Ramos said that establishing a public market encourages
Bacolod Mayor Greg Gasataya, along with city officials and representatives from Tanduay Distillers Inc. (TDI), inaugurated the 5th Bacolod Rum Festival on Thursday at the Bacolod City Government Center lobby. According to a press release, the four-day event celebrates Bacolod’s
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two more lifeless bodies were discovered on Friday in Brgy. Dos Hermanas, Talisay City, Negros Occidental, bringing to a total of five the number of persons found dead, separately, within a period of almost three weeks
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. A buy-bust operation conducted by the Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) at Purok 5, Barangay Sulodpan, Bacong, Negros Oriental on Wednesday led to the recovery of more than P6 million worth of suspected
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation – Region VI, during the press conference yesterday, urged local pharmacies within Bacolod City to get accreditation to become a medicine provider under the Guaranteed and Accessible Medications for Outpatient
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya has signed an executive order requiring all city government projects be equipped with QR codes, to provide residents with direct access to project information. Executive Order No. 39 was implemented to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN All the 62 personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology assigned at Metro Bacolod and San Carlos District Jails in Negros Occidental, as well as 162 persons deprived of liberty (PDL) under their care,
