1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (622+ words) • GILBERT P. BAYORAN Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has expressed optimism that the United States will reopen its market to Philippine blue swimming crab exports after the government submits updated compliance documents addressing concerns raised under its marine mammal…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (206+ words) • GILBERT P. BAYORAN The groundbreaking of the P50-billion solar power project, with Phase 1 located in Barangay Luna, Cadiz City, is set on July 24, Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. said. The landmark development, spearheaded by South Cleanergy Inc. – a subsidiary of Aboitiz…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (269+ words) • GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR) has filed criminal and administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman against Negros Occidental Third District Board Member Andrew Gerard Montelibano in connection with an alleged illegal online cockfighting…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (345+ words) • THERESA MAE DULMAN Garbage collection in Bacolod City has surged to nearly double its standard daily volume, driven by non-compliance with waste segregation and improper disposal. Councilor Homer Bais, chairperson of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Environment, said July 23 that…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (245+ words) • GILBERT P. BAYORAN A World War II vintage bomb was discovered during a routine excavation project along a river at Hacienda Minulu-an in Barangay Matab-ang, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, July 22. Backhoe operator, alias “Raprap,” 32, found the 100-pound explosive…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (217+ words) • THERESA MAE DULMAN The 15-day period in the second notice of violation issued to AMA Computer College–Bacolod Campus has lapsed July 22, with the school still failing to secure a valid business permit from the city government. Secretary to the…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (253+ words) • THERESA MAE DULMAN Police arrested two unemployed suspects and seized suspected shabu, dried marijuana, high-grade “kush”, and liquid marijuana, worth a total of P296,400, in buy-bust operations July 21 and 22 in Bacolod City. The first operation led to the arrest of alias…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (214+ words) • THERESA MAE DULMAN Police have cleared a 17-year-old high school student of any drug involvement after laboratory tests revealed the suspected shabu earlier recovered from his bag tested negative for methamphetamine hydrochloride, Bacolod City Police Office director, P/Col. Eugene…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (349+ words) • GILBERT P. BAYORAN Diaz said the plan centers on fostering self-reliant hospitals, improving health worker welfare, and offering more affordable, high-quality patient care. As part of the ongoing infrastructure pushes, the provincial government recently delivered a new 385-kVA silent-type generator…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (217+ words) • GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 125,735 poor and near-poor households across Negros Occidental are set to receive food relief, following the rollout of a P171-million national government rice assistance program. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II said on Tuesday, July 21 these…...