• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Activist group BAYAN Negros sought accountability for the officials and the City Government of Bacolod in the recent ‘catastrophic flooding’ that occurred in the city due to the inclement weather brought by Tropical Depression Verbena.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Education has been asked to extend the stay of internally displaced persons (IDPs) affected by devastation of Typhoon Tino, in schools used as evacuation centers in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, Local Disaster Risk
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Authorities intercepted approximately 100 boxes of assorted smuggled cigarettes at Old Pantalan, Barangay Cartagena, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, around 2:15 a.m. on Thursday. The Philippine Coast Guard Station Southern Negros Occidental facilitated the confiscation of
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Health Office (CHO) has recorded two additional deaths attributed to leptospirosis during the period of October 25 to November 23. It brings the total number of leptospirosis fatalities in Bacolod City to nine,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power has restored 99.99% of electricity service across its franchise area in central Negros, as November 28. Engr. Bailey del Castillo, Negros Power Chief Operations Officer, disclosed on Friday that only 24 of the 244,915
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 3,204 hectares of agricultural land that were damaged by Typhoons Tino and Uwan in Negros Occidental, have no chance of recovery, the Department of Agriculture has declared. The affected farm areas, especially in La Castellana
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. An 18-year-old newly identified drug personality was arrested in a buy-bust operation carried out by the Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) on Wednesday at Hacienda Carmenchica, Barangay Don Salvador Benedicto, Pontevedra, Negros Occidental.
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) arrested two drug personalities and seized approximately 150 grams of suspected shabu worth P1,020,000 during a drug operation yesterday. The operation was conducted by operatives of the City Drug Enforcement
The Municipal Government of Don Salvador Benedicto has informed the public of the updated schedule for the wake and interment of former Salvador Benedicto Mayor Cynthia Dela Cruz, who passed away on November 21. Viewing Schedule is from November 27
Preparations are now in full swing for the upcoming Bacolod Christmas Festival of Lights 2025 as the City Government of Bacolod, under the leadership of Mayor Greg G. Gasataya, through the City Tourism Development Office (CTDO), convened an inter-agency coordination
This should not be some kind of a hidden concern, left unaddressed and regarded as a secret. This should be brought out in the open. With today’s pressing necessity for vocations who would actively work for the humanization and Christianization
ILLUMINATED. The San Diego Pro-Cathedral, in Silay City, Negros Occidental, marked its 100th anniversary on January 12 with a newly illuminated exterior.* Silay City PIO photo
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. A 39-year-old male laborer sustained multiple injuries after his companion stabbed him during a drinking session at Barangay Lima-Lima, Isabela, Negros Occidental, on Tuesday afternoon. Investigations by the Isabela PNP revealed that, prior to the
Vietnam has always been on my list of countries in Southeast Asia that I want to visit. Work took me there. That sentence alone already captures the irony of how some of our most meaningful journeys begin not with leisure,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported the occurrence of two more ash emission events at Kanlaon Volcano on January 11. The first ash emission took place at 7:51 a.m. and followed by another event
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City has officially integrated a high-tech Global Positioning System (GPS) monitoring by its new contractor, International Solid Waste Integrated Management Specialist Inc. (ISWIMS), to ensure real-time tracking of waste collection activities across the city. The
