April 11, 2026

900 cops, force multipliers to secure Panaad Festival

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region is deploying 900 police personnel and other force multipliers to ensure the comprehensive security at Panaad sa Negros festival sites in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. PBrig. Gen. Arnold

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Evacuees return home after armed skirmish

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers are still pursuing remnants of the New People’s Army they encountered twice on April 6 in Sitio Pinyahon, Barangay Minautok, Calatrava, as evacuees from the area returned to their respective homes, Brig. Gen. Ted

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Cop killed during Bacolod drug bust

• THERESA MAE DULMAN A police officer died after being shot during a buy-bust operation along Alijis Road, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, late Thursday night. Police Master Sergeant Romulo Galvez, assigned to the Police Station 9 Drug Enforcement Team, was

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23 NegOcc LGUs get disaster management awards

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Negros Island Region yesterday honored 23 local government units across the province for their outstanding disaster risk management practices, in a ceremony held at the Provincial Capitol

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Two trucks collide in San Carlos, 1 killed

• THERESA MAE DULMAN A collision between two trucks yesterday in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, left one person dead and several others injured. The crash resulted in the immediate death of a barangay health aide, while both drivers and

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500 tricycle drivers appeal inclusion in subsidy

• THERESA MAE DULMAN At least 500 tricycle drivers in Bacolod City have filed an appeal after being excluded from the fuel subsidy and cash aid distribution of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The distribution for the

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Man shot dead while on way to fetch wife

• THERESA MAE DULMAN A 38-year-old man was killed in a gun attack along Palanca Road in Barangay 14, Bacolod City, at approximately 9:10 p.m. yesterday. Police identified the victim was identified as Jonel Besaña a resident of Purok Talaba,

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BCPO recognizes poster-making contest winners

The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), under the leadership of PCol Eugene Rebadomia, Officer-in-Charge, recognized  outstanding winners of the Poster-Making Contest in line with the National Women’s Month Celebration 2026, during a flag raising and awarding ceremony at the BCPO

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Photo of the Day

FUEL SUBSIDY. Tricycle drivers in Silay City, Negros Occidental gather to receive a fuel subsidy of P5,000 each from the national government through the City Social Welfare and Development Office, on April 8.* Silay City PIO photo

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Divine Mercy Sunday

The Second Sunday of Easter or the Octave of Easter is designated as Divine Mercy Sunday. The Ordo describes it as “a perennial invitation to the Christian world to face, with confidence in divine benevolence, the difficulties and trials that

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ACCESS to file FOI request on P4B WTE deal

The Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (ACCESS) is set to file a formal request with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City, demanding full disclosure of corporate and project documents related

HVI with P340K shabu nabbed in Bacolod

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Anti-drug operatives seized 50 grams of suspected shabu worth an estimated P340,000 during an early morning buy-bust operation in Barangay 3, Bacolod City, yesterday. The operation, conducted at approximately 3:13 a.m. in Purok Lubi, led to

UNIFED, LuzonFed air support for SRA Sugar Board

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Reiterating their full support for the present members of the Sugar Regulatory Administration Sugar Board led by Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel, the United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) and the Luzon Federation of Sugarcane Growers Association (LuzonFed)

NTF-ELCAC to CHR: Don’t forget victims of NPA terrorism

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) not to overlook victims of alleged New People’s Army (NPA) atrocities as it conducts an inquiry into “red-tagging.”

Magpantay bags P300K, Cong. Jeffrey Ferrer 10-ball title

Jonas Magpantay of Quezon City stamped his class in the local billiards scene after capturing the Congressman Jeffrey Ferrer 10-Ball title, defeating Jollan Sabile of Davao City in the finals held at Cycle Hub Sports Bar & Cafe in Bacolod