• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar industry stakeholders have signed a manifesto calling for the immediate implementation of a government sugar-buying program, in adherence to the declaration of the Department of Agriculture of “no sugar importation for 2026,” and the resumption
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A broad coalition of 32 civil society organizations in Negros has issued a joint call for the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front to end hostilities and resume peace negotiations. The appeal follows the April
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City government and the Forza Development Corporation (FDC) formally signed the contract of lease for the Bacolod Integrated Recycling Technology Hub and Waste to Energy (WTE) Industrial Zone facility. Mayor Greg Gasataya and FDC
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers figured in armed skirmishes with a group of New People’s Army rebel remnants linked to the liquidation of civilians they accuse of being “military spies” on May 4 at Purok 1 in Barangay Masaling,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen seized on Monday an estimated P715,000 worth of illegal cigarettes at Sitio Utod in Barangay Hilamonan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Also arrested was alias “Bazer”, 57 years old, a resident of Santa Catalina, Zamboanga City.
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City government has allocated P90 million from its Special Education Fund to provide school supplies, bags, and P.E. shirts to public school students free of charge, for the upcoming academic year. Mayor Greg Gasataya said
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Public Employment Service Office (PESO) is set to deploy 975 summer jobbers under the Special Program for the Employment of Students starting May 15. According to PESO Bacolod Coordinator Jovelyn Canoy, the work
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region honored four of its personnel on May 4 at Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr., Bacolod City, in recognition of their focused, intelligence-driven operations which led to the capture of
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A 19-year-old man was arrested following a fatal mauling incident that claimed the life of his companion in Calatrava, Negros Occidental, on the night of May 2. The victim, identified by the alias ‘Ed,’ 22, was
The Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (ACCESS) is set to file formal complaints this week before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) against generating companies, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and the Wholesale Electricity
DEVOTION. The Feast of San Vicente de Vito attracted devotees to the St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Shrine in Brgy. Vito, Sagay City, where they offer prayers, ask for healing, or even miracles.* Sagay City PIO photo
Christ himself had already warned us about this. To his disciples, he once said: “They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he is doing a service to God.”
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya has announced a localized crackdown on illegal dumping following the circulation of video evidence showing waste being discarded into the city’s waterways. The footage, which was submitted to the Mayor’s office,
Kathlyn Bugna of La Carlota, Negros Occidental flashed her brilliant form again, securing three titles in the Bagong Pilipinas Age Group Championships last Monday at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Malate, Manila. The 14-year-old Batang Onay/RSB standout clobbered Francine
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance standardizing fees for eight essential clinical laboratory tests at the Bacolod City Health Office, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday. Authored by Councilors Em Ang and Roberto Rojas, the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar industry stakeholders have signed a manifesto calling for the immediate implementation of a government sugar-buying program, in adherence to the declaration of the Department of Agriculture of “no sugar importation for 2026,” and the resumption
