DEMOLITION. Personnel from the Bacolod City government assisted affected residents in dismantling their homes and clearing their belongings as they vacated the danger zone along Mambuloc Creek at Purok Balinday, Barangay 2 yesterday.* Bacolod City Communications Office photo
ILLUMINATED. The San Diego Pro-Cathedral, in Silay City, Negros Occidental, marked its 100th anniversary on January 12 with a newly illuminated exterior.* Silay City PIO photo
LANDFILL. Heavy equipment is dwarfed by the trash at the sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa, Bacolod City, which was inspected by Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya yesterday.* Bacolod City Communications Office photo
BAYANIHAN. The community pitches in to help temporarily repair an overflow damaged by Typhoon Tino on November, at Barangay Montilla, Moises Padilla.* Moises Padilla LGU FB photo
DEVOTION. Devotees filled the Kabankalan Public Plaza and surrounding streets as the 50th Sinulog sa Kabankalan officially opened on January 9, with a Novena Mass and the traditional ‘Sad-Sad’ procession in honor of Señor Santo Niño.* Kabankalan PIO photo
The ash emission from the Kanlaon Volcano summit crater on January 7, where it generated grayish plumes that rose to 900 meters above the crater before drifting northwest, as captured by IP camera at Kanlaon Volcano Observatory – Canlaon City station.* Screencap from PHIVOLCS
A police truck destroys the improvised cannons or ‘boga’ that were among the firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices confiscated by the authorities over the holidays, in a ceremony at Camp Alfredo M. Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City.* RTC photo
PREPARATIONS. Kabankalan City gears up for the 50th Sinulog Celebration, erecting a covered stage for the arena competition for the safety and comfort of the participants and onlookers, as the opening festivities are set for January 9.* Kabankalan City PIO photo
RENEWAL. Representatives of businesses in the city process and renew their permits yesterday, during the first day of Business One-Stop Shop (BOSS) at the Bacolod City Government Center.* Bacolod City Communications Office photo
BACKLOG. Garbage collectors work double time to gather the uncollected trash that has piled up at the roadside at Brgy. Handumanan in Bacolod City as the city ushers in the New Year with a new solid waste management contractor.* Bacolod City Communications Office photo
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. A police officer in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, brutally killed three fellow officers, including the Chief of Police of the Sibulan Municipal Police Station, and as a female civilian on Friday evening at Barangay Tubtuban, Sibulan,
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A typical patrol turned into a life-saving mission on January 9, when a member of the Siquijor Tourist Police Unit rescued a foreign visitor from the depths of Cambugahay Falls. The officer, Patrolman Fletch John Quiliquite,
Vietnam has always been on my list of countries in Southeast Asia that I want to visit. Work took me there. That sentence alone already captures the irony of how some of our most meaningful journeys begin not with leisure,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar Regulatory Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona has dismissed the issued statement of Wennie Sancho of the Save the Sugar Industry Movement (SAVE-SIM), who claimed the sugar industry may collapse if government will implement a sugar import
Vice President Sara Duterte on Friday, visited residents affected by a landslide that struck communities near the Prime Waste Solutions landfill site in Barangay Binaliw, Cebu City Thursday night. During the visit, the Vice President checked on the condition of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power reports having invested P1.3 billion in capital expenditures (CAPEX) as of December last year, to improve power reliability, efficiency, and safety throughout its franchise area in central Negros. The investments reflect Negros Power’s long-term
