• GILBERT P. BAYORAN / THERESA MAE DULMAN Seven months after the molestation and killing of 17-year-old Freya Mae Go in October last year, police have filed rape with homicide charges against two suspects before the Bacolod City Prosecutor’s Office
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has temporarily suspended on May 31 island-hopping tours and other water-related activities in southern Negros as adverse weather conditions continue to affect the area. In a sea travel advisory issued on
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Representatives of Sicogon Island farmers and fisherfolk federations in Carles, Iloilo Province, are asking the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to cancel the conversion of agricultural land into commercial property, for failure of the developer to
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A 19-year-old drug suspect classified as a high-value individual was arrested early Sunday morning after police seized over P2.1 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 2. The suspect, identified only by
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Government is rolling out a P55-million traffic modernization project featuring the installation of eight new traffic lights across major intersections to improve traffic management. City Engineer Loben Ceballos, head of the City Engineer’s
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental authorities are investigating two separate incidents, after a man was found dead with a gunshot wound in Toboso town, and human skeletal remains were discovered in a sugarcane field in Murcia on May 30.
• THERESA MAE DULMAN An unidentified set of human skeletal remains were discovered in a sugarcane field at Hacienda Rojas, La Purisima Concepcion, Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Saturday morning. The discovery was reported to the Murcia Municipal Police
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Police Office apprehended two suspects in connection with the robbery hold-up of a doctor that occurred on May 28 in Barangay 19, Bacolod City. The first suspect, a 37-year-old male identified as alias
INASAL. The Chicken Inasal Festival continued with the Street and Arena Dance showdown at The Upper East by Megaworld in Bacolod City on Saturday, May 30, where participating groups regaled the crowd with inasal-themed performances.* Bacolod City Tourism Office photo
That’s from the Second Letter of St. Peter. (1,4) The complete verse says: “All things of his divine power which appertain to life and godliness, are given us, through the knowledge of him who has called us by his own
SM City Bacolod unified its employee workforce and SM Security Force to spearhead a dual-wave Brigada Eskwela initiative at J.R. Torres Elementary School in Barangay Singcang-Airport. According to a press release, the initiative began with an advance deployment from the
Art Studio Forty Nine opened “Art in Motion,” an art exhibition celebrating energy, movement, and creativity, on May 25, at SM North Block. The exhibition features artworks inspired by the theme of motion and vitality, reflecting the spirit of the
The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, or Corpus Christi, should spur us to sharpen our understanding and appreciation of the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist where Christ himself, both God and man, gives himself completely to us—body,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing the management and operational plan for the Bacolod Museum and Auditorium, creating the Bacolod Museum and Auditorium Management Board, was recently passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod. Authored by Councilor
The fourth edition of the highly anticipated UTP Elite Eight Playoffs is set to take place from June 4 to 9, in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Considered the flagship event of Unified Tennis Philippines (UTP), the Elite Eight Playoffs
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Representative Julio Ledesma IV has called Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano “a disgrace to the Senate” and vowed to seek declarations of persona non grata against him from local government units (LGUs) in the first district
