• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is ramping up efforts to help sugar farmers combat the spread of red stripe soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation through the distribution of beneficial micro-organisms, foliar fertilizers, and high-powered sprayers across
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) yesterday turned over 229 units of 4-in-1 knapsack power sprayers, in a move aimed at strengthening sugarcane farm productivity and improving pest management operations across the Visayas region. Funded under the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The rehabilitation and strengthening of the Bacolod–Bata 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line has reached 70 percent completion and remains on track for completion by June this year, on Tuesday disclosed Negros Power Vice President and Chief Operating
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A police intelligence operative was killed, while two other police officers, including a deputy police chief, were injured during a buy-bust operation Monday night in Barangay Talaptap, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. Police identified the slain officer
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Around P3.4 million worth of suspected shabu was seized during an early morning buy-bust operation in Barangay 10, Bacolod City, yesterday. The joint operation, led by the PDEA RO-NIR Regional Special Enforcement Team and Bacolod Police
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army soldier and a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) were both killed after being shot by two motorcycle-riding suspects on Tuesday in Sitio Kalubihan, Barangay Makiling, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. 1Lt.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The affirmation on the legitimacy of the April 19 encounter between government troops and remnants of the New People’s Army in Toboso, Negros Occidental, by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson earned praises from the National Task Force
FIRE. A firefighter trains a hose from the top of a firetruck, as they respond to the fire at Purok Magnolia, Barangay 7 in Bacolod City, where 26 structures were affected and 81 families displaced.* Andrew Altarejos photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN All the 16 barangays of Valladolid in Negros Occidental have been certified as Zero Open Defecation compliant, Mayor Ricardo Presbitero recently disclosed. In his letter to Provincial Administrator Ryafrando Diaz II, Presbitero considers it a public
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya said on Monday that the first batch of the ‘clean list’ of fuel subsidy beneficiaries is expected to be released this week, signaling the start of payouts for the local transport
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Police Regional Office Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) officially launched the SAFE NIR Dial 911 Program yesterday at the Bacolod City Police Office to establish an accessible, technology-driven emergency response system across the province. The PRO-NIR
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya criticized the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) for the lack of a ‘sense of urgency’ regarding the progress and planning gaps of its P300 million Bacolod Government Center and
LAST RESPECTS. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. at the wake of fallen soldier PFC John Rey Brasil at a funeral parlor in Sagay City.* DND photo
FISHING PORT. This port at Sipalay City is busy in the mornings, as arriving fishermen dock, while barongoy or flying fish is dried under the sun.* Roger Beltran photo
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) Secretary General Dr. Koh Koon Teck and Mayor Greg Gasataya inspected the MassKara Coliseum located between Barangays Alijis and Tangub, yesterday, as the project reached 76 percent completion ahead of its
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Commission on Elections in the Negros Island Region (COMELEC-NIR) dismissed circulating reports claiming that the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) scheduled for November 2, 2026, will no longer push through, describing it as
