• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Agrarian reform beneficiaries, small farmers, field workers, and laborers from the sugar industry have submitted an open letter to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appealing for urgent intervention and calling for the immediate removal of top officials
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As full blown investigations have been set by the House of Representatives, in connection with the death of 19 individuals in armed encounters in Toboso, Negros Occidental on April 19, an investigation is also being pushed
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office Negros Island Region has mobilized more than 2,100 police personnel and law enforcement units, as well as force multipliers, in preparation for the observance of Labor Day on May 1. The comprehensive
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Forty-two former employees of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) filed criminal complaints for three separate counts of grave coercion against company officials yesterday. Human rights lawyer Atty. Dino De Leon, counsel for the complainants, alleged they were
Efforts to improve solid waste management in Bacolod City are moving forward after the Sangguniang Panlungsod approved Mayor Greg Gasataya’s request to enter into an agreement with a private firm for a P4-billion waste-to-energy (WTE) project in Barangay Felisa on
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) – Negros and other labor organizations issued a statement condemning the arrest Julie Ann Balora, a National Council member of the National Federation of Sugar Workers, in Talisay City, Negros Occidental,
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Murcia Municipal Police Station Chief PCpt. Honey Labaro has issued a warning to the public following a fraudulent solicitation scheme that used his name and office to extort donations. The alert comes after personnel from Hinoba-an
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), City Health Office (CHO), all barangays, and educational institutions to implement mitigation protocols amid the rising the heat index in Bacolod City, was approved
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Government has issued a warning to furniture vendors along Lopez Jaena Street in Barangay 27, Bacolod City, regarding the persistent obstruction of public roads. City Legal Officer Atty. Karol Joseph Chiu said the
A resolution urging the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) thru lawyer Gazzelenne Corsame-Fuentes, CHR-Negros Island Region (CHR-NIR), to conduct an immediate, transparent and impartial investigation, with the help of the National Bureau Investigation (NBI) and forensic experts, into the 19
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Local chief executives of Negros Occidental came to the defense of the Philippine Army in upholding peace and security, while Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson maintained that the April 19 incident in Toboso was a “legitimate encounter.”
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) yesterday called on the public to refrain from drawing premature conclusions regarding the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental, stressing that a full forensic
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The City of Bacolod has officially secured the hosting rights for the 2026 Batang Pinoy National Championships following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) on May 9. The national
There are trips you plan. And then, there are returns that quietly reshape you. My recent journey back to Baguio City began as a professional obligation: a national conference gathering business professors and researchers from across the country. Insights were
Entertainment platform BingoPlus is making waves yet again, as its VIP Club introduces “Race To The Top”, a monthly giveaway campaign bannered by a BMW X1 Hybrid prize among other premium rewards, rolled out across multiple rounds. With this newest
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A 41-year-old farmer was found dead on Saturday morning, May 9, after disappearing while diving in a river in Barangay Busay, Bago City, Negros Occidental. The victim, identified by the alias ‘Joemar,’ was a resident of
