• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Deputy Speaker and Bacolod Lone District Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has ruled out the filing of counter charges against Roger Ledesma, the complainant who filed charges against him before the Ombudsman. The Office of the Ombudsman

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The United States Embassy warns Americans of dangers posed by the New People’s Army, following the deaths of its two citizens in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental. Confirming the presence of two Americans among the 19

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Army yesterday honored 12 Negros-based soldiers for successful military operations against remnants of the New People’s Army, across the Negros Island Region. Army chief Lt. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete yesterday led the conferment of Gold

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN After declaring the New People’s Army as “persona non grata,” the Sanggunian Bayan of Toboso in Negros Occidental defended the Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion from its critics, in connection with the deaths of 19 individuals suspected

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution requesting the Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA) through its Board of Directors (BOD), to terminate the joint venture agreement (JVA) between BACIWA and Primewater Infrastructure Corporation for the material breach committed in the JVA,

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Human rights lawyer and national security law expert Atty. Dino De Leon called for a comprehensive internal investigation within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), following the armed encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental, that left

• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will begin the strict enforcement of City Ordinance No. 08-15-729 next week to clear the Bacolod Public Plaza of illegal dispatchers and barkers. BCPO Officer-in-Charge PCol. Eugene Rebadomia announced the

• THERESA MAE DULMAN A 58-year-old backhoe operator was shot dead in front of his wife by a motorcycle-riding assailant in Purok Santan, Barangay Abuanan, Bago City, on April 30. The victim, identified as alias ‘Ivar,’ was sitting outside his

The Ateneo Center for English Language Teaching (ACELT), a premier center for education and development in English language and literature teaching, is bringing its landmark professional development program to the Negros Island Region (NIR) for the first time. In partnership

“Having a job is not the same as having enough”. So, the General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA) is demanding for Emergency Wage Subsidy and ‘ayuda’ inclusion.   GAWA issued yesterday a formal letter of protest condemning the national government’s continued