• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Diocese of San Carlos in Negros Occidental issued a pastoral letter calling for the careful study and discernment on what it reported are ongoing discussions and proposals regarding a proposed Joint Venture Agreement between the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amid the uproar by sugar farmers, Negros Occidental 3rd district Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez is seeking an investigation into the sudden and significant decrease in the prices of sugar, stressing that “when sugar prices fall, so
MASSKARA QUEENS. Newly crowned Miss Bacolod MassKara 2025 Sophia Kaye Zaragoza (center) is flanked by Mary Angelique Faye Caballero, second runner-up, and Ysabella Wuthrich, first runner-up (l-r)* Andrew Altarejos photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The earthquake in northern Cebu may open fractures inside Kanlaon Volcano, because of strong ground shaking, on Monday disclosed Ma. Antonia Bornas, chief of the Volcano Monitoring and Eruption Prediction Division of the Philippine Institute of
• THERESA MAE DULMAN To meet its target of zero major crime, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) is mandating daily critiques or performance evaluations for all deployed security personnel at MassKara Festival sites. BCPO City Director PCol. Joeresty Coronica
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City has confirmed that it is increasing its financial donation for earthquake victims in Cebu to P3 million. Mayor Greg Gasataya confirmed the increase in the amount, noting that the city government initially announced a
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Authorities reported that two dead bodies were found in the cities of Kabankalan and Talisay, Negros Occidental, on Sunday. In Kabankalan City, a 39-year-old laborer, Allan Yunson, a resident of Sitio Labamba, Brgy Orong, was
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. One died, while another suffered gunshot wounds after their companion pulled the trigger against them on Sunday evening at Purok Masinulundon, Sitio Macabal-ong, Barangay Magsaysay, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. The victims were identified only by
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. / THERESA MAE DULMAN A personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) was killed in a road crash at around 4:05 a.m. on Saturday along the National Highway of Purok Dahug, Barangay Tabunan, Bago City,
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Sangguniang Bayan of Moises Padilla passed new ordinances for boom truck rentals and finalizing strict safety rules for firecrackers following a public hearing led by Vice Mayor Felix Mathias Segundo Yulo III. The Boom Truck
