• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senate deputy majority leader Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito filed a resolution on Wednesday, directing the Senate committee on Agriculture, Food and Agrarian Reform to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, into the alleged over-importation of

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alleged local drug group leader and two other drug suspects were reported by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency to have been killed in a gun battle with authorities on April 15 at Barangay Jonob-Jonob in

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has taken the cudgels for at least 500 Bacolod City tricycle drivers, who appealed their exclusion from the government’s fuel subsidy program, urging the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Bacolod Lone District Representative Alfredo Abelardo Benitez brushed aside reports of an alleged change in the leadership of the House of Representatives. They don’t have the numbers, stressed Deputy Speaker Benitez, whose assertion was seconded by

• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental Management Bureau – Negros Island Region (EMB-NIR) has issued a cease, desist, and refrain the operations of the Bacolod Bulk Water Inc. (BBWI) expansion. EMB-NIR Regional Director

In a significant effort to stabilize the Philippine sugar industry and restore soil productivity, the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) recently turned over more than P27 million worth of farm mechanization machinery and equipment to several sugarcane groups. In a statement,

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Authorities seized over P1.8 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested three high-value individuals (HVIs) in two separate buy-bust operations conducted in Bacolod City on Wednesday evening. The back-to-back stings, led by the Bacolod City Police

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As thousands of visitors continue to flock to Panaad sa Negros festival sites, amid challenges brought about by fuel crisis, P9,823,644 in sales have been generated in the past three days of festivities, according to data

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod Lone District Representative and Deputy Speaker Alfredo Abelardo Benitez led the distribution of fuel subsidy cards to 1,780 consolidated public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers yesterday, April 16, at his district office. The initiative provided each

As water supply continues to decline this dry season, Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya has urged PrimeWater representatives to implement immediate solutions to address the city’s ongoing water supply issues, a press release from the Bacolod City Communications Office said.