• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Armed Forces of the Philippines reported on May 2 that more than 60 civilians have been killed by New People’s Army rebels in Negros Island, from 2025 up to present. More than 36 of civilians

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two weeks before the May 18 deadline for registration for the 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the Commission on Elections – Negros Island Region has recorded 206,042 new voter applicants across the region, as of

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amid a probe into the Toboso incident by the Commission on Human Rights as well as the House of Representatives, Armed Forces chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. told 79th Infantry Battalion soldiers that President

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Kanlaon Volcano logged six ash emission events as of May 3, according to reports of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. In an advisory, PHIVOLCS said the ash emissions ranged from 19 minutes to one

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Authorities have arrested the person of interest (POI) in the killing of 13-year-old Rica Grace Simple, whose body was discovered in a sugarcane field in Barangay West, Candoni, Negros Occidental, on the evening of April 27.

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Rights group Karapatan has criticized a US Embassy security alert that warned American citizens against affiliating with groups linked to the New People’s Army (NPA). The alert was issued following an April 19 military operation in

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging all barangays to adopt preventive measures in view of the alarming cases of grassfires and enjoining the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and Bacolod City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) to

• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City Administrator Atty. Mark Steven Mayo reported that local taxi associations have pledged to cooperate with the city government in identifying and disciplining ‘abusive’ drivers. Following the city’s strict directive against unmetered trips, transport leaders