‘Trillion Peso March 2.0’ peaceful in Negros Island
December 1, 2025
SOBRA NA! Protestors airing their frustrations at the ‘Trillion Peso March 2.0’ anti-corruption protest action at the Bacolod City Public Plaza yesterday afternoon.* TMD photo
SOBRA NA! Protestors airing their frustrations at the ‘Trillion Peso March 2.0’ anti-corruption protest action at the Bacolod City Public Plaza yesterday afternoon.* TMD photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Negros Occidental provincial government are urged to conduct a comprehensive and transparent investigation into the root causes of landslides at Mt. Kanlaon and flashfloods at downstream communities,
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Kabataan Partylist Representative Atty. Renee Co questioned the statement of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that P500 is enough for a noche buena. “Why does our government have that perception? Are they really that
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN After enduring the successive blows of Typhoons Tino and Uwan on November 4 and 9, respectively, central Negros is returning to normalcy as Negros Power announced the full restoration of power across its franchise area. According
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the Bacolod City Health Office to immediately initiate and implement preventive measures against leptospirosis in Bacolod City, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday. Authored by Councilor Em Ang, the resolution said
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. In a demonstration of police response through competition, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) was hailed as the first-ever champion at the inaugural Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) Enhanced Managing Police Operations
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Animal welfare organizations have collectively condemned the operations of the Bacolod City Pound, launching a petition to relieve the head of the City Veterinary Office and to shut down the facility. In a statement, Pawssion Project
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Twenty-two solo parents federations in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, received seed capital assistance for a rice retailing livelihood program initiated by the City Social Welfare and Development Office on November 24. Each barangay federation was
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. A public school teacher and two others were killed in a road crash around 1:20 a.m. yesterday along the Provincial Road of Hacienda Alipion, Barangay Lalagsan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Killed were alias ‘Yoyong’ from
• THERESA MAE DULMAN An individual posing as a ‘police major’ was arrested by the Bacolod City Police Office in a joint entrapment operation on Saturday, and was charged with 16 counts of robbery extortion totaling P700,000 and usurpation of
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City is set to become the first in the Negros Island Region (NIR) to utilize electric patrol cars, as the city government prepares to donate ten electric vehicles (EV) to the Bacolod City Police Office
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Three fishermen were caught in the act of illegal fishing at the municipal waters of Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, yesterday. Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOcPPO) Spokesman PCapt. Judesses Catalogo stated that the suspects were illegally
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. / THERESA MAE DULMAN Authorities from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Negros Island Region Special Enforcement Team (PDEA-NIR-RSET) has seized more than P400,000 worth shabu in Barangay Urong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. The operation
DEMOLITION. Personnel from the Bacolod City government assisted affected residents in dismantling their homes and clearing their belongings as they vacated the danger zone along Mambuloc Creek at Purok Balinday, Barangay 2 yesterday.* Bacolod City Communications Office photo
The Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (ACCESS) has expressed its support to the proposed partnership between Negros Power and Northern Negros Electric Cooperative (NONECO) through a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA). Wennie Sancho, ACCESS president, said he
This is what we can draw from that gospel episode where Christ, after healing the mother-in-law of Peter, attracted a big crowd who were also asking for some healing. (cfr. Mk 1,29-39) While he did some healing, he did not