• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Thirty-one barangays in four central Negros towns and cities experienced ashfall and reported sulfuric odors following a 17-minute ash emission at Kanlaon Volcano at 12:50 a.m. on February 13, as reported by the Philippine Institute of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The relocation site for Typhoon Tino victims in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, has been expanded further from one to two hectares, Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo disclosed on Friday. The two-hectare lot was donated by the estate
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Five armed men waylaid and shot a laborer in front of his family members in Sitio Natuling, Barangay Budlasan, Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, on Wednesday. Initial police investigations showed that the victim, a 38-year-old laborer-resident of
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Anti-Political Dynasty Bill is not an attack on specific families, but a move to widen democratic space and provide more Filipinos the chance to lead, Senator Risa Hontiveros clarified during a public forum at Bacolod
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A late-night shooting incident involving two armed men occurred in front of a mall along Gatuslao Street in Barangay 9, Bacolod City, leaving one dead and another wounded at approximately 10:15 p.m. on February 12. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspected sinkhole in Barangay General Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental, is now nine feet (around 2.7 meters) deep, a day after it was discovered on Thursday, according to reports of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Another skeletal remains of an unidentified person, presumed to be a victim of Typhoon Tino, was discovered on Thursday in a sugarcane field at Zone 4, Barangay Bulad, Isabela, Negros Occidental. Investigations by the Isabela
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Each participating local government unit will now receive a subsidy of half a million pesos for the celebration of the 30th Pana-ad sa Negros Festival, scheduled from April 13 to 19, 2026. Atty. Rayfrando Diaz
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Legal Office (CLO) has officially partnered with the Bacolod City Police Office Cybercrime Unit to identify and track individuals responsible for spreading false reports regarding alleged flooding on February 6. The move stemmed
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. A day before Valentine’s Day, a total of 50 couples exchanged sacred vows in the municipality of Moises Padilla during its annual mass wedding ceremony yesterday, dubbed “Kasanag sang Paghigugma.” Now in its fourth year,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Regulatory Administration has agreed to endorse the direct government purchase of domestic sugar that is being pushed by both the Confederation of Sugar Producers Association (CONFED) and National Congress of Unions in the Sugar
MILSIM GAME. Players at the ‘Op: Swordfish “Tension Rising”’ military simulation games recently held at Sagay City, where airsoft enthusiasts gathered to play a recreational, team-based shooting sport where players simulate combat or tactical scenarios using realistic replica firearms.* Sagay City PIO photo
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City administrator Atty. Mark Steven Mayo said that they are now coordinating with the City Veterinary Office (CVO) to trace the seven victims reportedly bitten by a stray dog at the Bacolod City Public Plaza
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The construction of an access bridge to serve as a primary gateway linking the 52-hectare Parkville development to Burgos Avenue in Brgy. Granada, Bacolod City, is now underway. Recently broken ground by SMDC Nature, the Parkville
The 115 barangays across the Negros Occidental 3rd district will benefit the “Ikaayong Lawas On Wheels Serbisyo Mediko sa Tersero Distrito,” which kicked off on March 2, a joint partnership of the Riverside Medical Center and Representative Javier Miguel Benitez.
BingoPlus has officially released the brand BYD Sealion 6s for players who hit the Grand Bingo Jackpot of the Cupid Panalo Shot which recently ended. According to a press release, the Cupid Panalo Shot served as the Valentine-themed special event
