CLEARING. Capitol heavy equipment clearing volcanic materials that have built up and clogged the Tamburong Creek in Brgy. Biak Na Bato in La Castellana, Negros Occidental.* Ray Diaz photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Premature and unfair. That was the reaction of Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz II on the unsigned joint statement of organic farming advocates, church leaders, and civil society groups who are up in arms against proposed
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Authorities have identified a person of interest in the shooting of Efren Banaglorioso, a 59-year-old driver of the Cosmopolitan Christian Church, following the recovery of the vehicle used in the crime. The black Mitsubishi Montero used
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO) and City Legal Office (CLO) Enforcement Team shut down 17 additional businesses last Tuesday, for operating in the city without a business permit. Lawyer Karol Joseph Chiu, head of
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. In relation to the recently found dead bodies in Talisay City, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) ordered the Talisay Component City Police Station to inspect the other vacant and idle fields across the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former barangay kagawad was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman on Wednesday at Hacienda Cabayao in Barangay San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental. According to the initial investigation of the Manapla police, the victim, identified
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases have risen to 2,155 in Negros Occidental during the past eight months of this year, compared to 267 cases from January to August 30, 2024, the Provincial Health Office
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A year after taking over the operations of Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Negros Power has already spent P1.2 billion to rehabilitate and modernize the power distribution system in central Negros, its president, Roel Castro, said. In
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution requesting Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) chairman and chief executive officer Alejandro Tengco to provide the city mayor and the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) the list of privately operated legitimate online gambling platforms/websites
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. After two years of hiding, the Negros Island Region’s top 6 most wanted person was successfully nabbed by the Sagay Component City Police Station at Sitio Chloe, Barangay Rizal, at around 3 p.m. on Tuesday.
Across the sky and letting colors burst, fireworks lit up the night as GameZone served as a major sponsor at the Philippine International Pyromusical Competition 2026 at the Seaside Boulevard in Pasay City. The annual international competition is back once
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City Administrator Atty. Mark Steven Mayo urged the passengers to report taxi drivers who refuse to use meters, directly to the City Legal Office or the City Administrator’s Office to facilitate the filing of formal
SECURITY. More than 850 police officers, BFP and PCG personnel, along with force multipliers, will secure Panaad sa Festival sites in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, from April 13 to 19.* NOCPPO photo
The Department of Energy (DOE) has recognized Bacolod City with a 5-star rating under the Government Energy Management Program (GEMP), achieving 98 percent compliance during a random spot-check inspection at the Bacolod City Government Center yesterday, a press release from
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Cases of leptospirosis in highly urbanized Bacolod City are up 200 percent from March 29 to April 4, with three probable deaths, according to reports of the City Health Office. CHO recorded 12 cases of leptospirosis
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN “No immediate increase in real property taxes.” That was the clarification made by Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz in response to the statement issued by the United Sugar Producers’ Federation (UNIFED) opposing a proposed increase in
