• THERESA MAE DULMAN Authorities recovered another set of human skeletal remains on Tuesday morning, February 24, in various parts of Negros Occidental. A 39-year-old laborer, Rocky Paculanang, discovered human skeletal remains and clothing at approximately 9:30 a.m. while harvesting
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Sixteen municipalities in Negros Occidental have submitted letters of intent to participate in the nationwide classroom building program. The Department of Education (DepEd) identified the interested LGUs as Binalbagan, Ilog, Toboso, Hinoba-an, Pulupandan, Isabela, Pontevedra, Moises
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Due to multiple road crashes which claimed numerous lives, Senator Juan Victor ‘JV’ Ejercito wants a review and the possible halt of high-speed motorcycle endurance rides on public roads. Ejercito, a motorcycle rider himself, filed Senate
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A search warrant operation conducted on February 24, in Barangay Bato, Hinigaran, resulted in the arrest of a 45-year-old employee of the Hinigaran Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO). The individual, identified by the
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod unanimously approved on third and final reading the PWD Social Pension Reform Ordinance that aims to strengthen and expand the city’s social pension program for persons with disabilities. The ordinance, authored by
“On the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, the General Alliance of Workers Assn. (GAWA) stands in unwavering solidarity with you. Your courageous struggle for democracy, justice and freedom continue to inspire the workers and oppressed people worldwide,”
Bacolod Mayor Greg Gasataya has directed the City Engineer’s Office (CEO) to augment the ongoing desilting operations of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at the Mandalagan River, reinforcing flood mitigation efforts in the city, a press release
• KARL ROMEO SOLAND Y LACSON, Historian and Genealogist, Bacolod City Deep in the historical records and oral traditions of Iloilo Province lies one of the best-preserved stories of local Principalía heritage: the Matutino family of Barrio Cabutungan (formerly Anilao),
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance granting a birthday cash gift to senior citizens of Bacolod City was passed by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod on third and final reading Monday. The ordinance authored by Councilor Em Ang and co-authored by
MEDICAL MISSION. Negrenses availed of free dental services at the Bago City Coliseum through the Aloha Medical Mission, a partnership between the St. Scholastica’s Bacolod Alumnae Foundation Inc. and the provincial government of Negros Occidental.* Capitol PIO photo
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya has issued a final notice to the contractor handling the construction of the MassKara Coliseum, regarding the project’s timeline. The city government has set a deadline to Jejor’s Construction Corporation for
Cadiz City is beaming with pride after knowing that a Cadizeño lad is among the top ten graduating cadets of the premier Philippine Military Academy (PMA), a press release from Cadiz PIO said. Cadiz Mayor Salvador Escalante, Jr. said CDT
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya said on Monday that the first batch of the ‘clean list’ of fuel subsidy beneficiaries is expected to be released this week, signaling the start of payouts for the local transport
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A police intelligence operative was killed, while two other police officers, including a deputy police chief, were injured during a buy-bust operation Monday night in Barangay Talaptap, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Police identified the slain officer
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Residents of seven local government units in northern Negros affected by severe Tropical Storm Basyang and a shear line in February, are set to receive P10 million in financial assistance from Malacañang, disclosed Provincial Administrator Rayfrando
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology clarified yesterday that the “banaag” or crater glow observed at Kanlaon Volcano should not be taken as a sign of an impending hazardous eruption, explaining that the phenomenon is
