The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) installed newly radar station to monitor transiting vessels and strengthen maritime law enforcement in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Thursday, July 8. (Photo courtesy of PCG) PCG Commandant Admiral George Ursabia Jr. inspected the radar station located in...
The 138-kilovolt (kV) high voltage submarine cable in Negros Oriental which suffered technical glitch, has been limiting the transmission of power capacity between the islands of Cebu and Negros. In a statement to the media, transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has provided more than P1.45 million worth of assistance to farmers associations in Negros Occidental under its Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology (CEST) program. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la...
The dismissal from the service of six Negros Oriental police officers involved in the unlawful arrest of Moises Padilla mayor Ella Garcia-Yulo, who was then a vice-mayor when the incident occurred in 2017, is a proof that the government does not tolerate political partisanship in the Philippine...
SUBVERSIVE documents, two guns, and a wig were among the items recovered from Pahayahay. (79th IB FB) BACOLOD CITY (PNA) – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) hit squad Special Partisan Unit (SPARU) was killed in a gunfight with soldiers in Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental...
Two rookie policemen in Negros Oriental did not hesitate to donate their blood to save the life of a woman who figured in an accident in Dauin town last week. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), commended on Thursday, June 17, Patrolman Reynald Tayko and...
GARCIA. (FB photo) CEBU CITY – Travelers from Negros Oriental, Negros Occidental, and Bohol will have to present a negative COVID-19 test when entering Cebu. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia issued Executive Order No. 22 on Independence Day ordering that travelers arriving in Cebu must show a...
12454 BACOLOD CITY – Around 78 individuals, including a minor and a former barangay official, were arrested after they were caught engaging in illegal cockfighting or “tupada” in Hacienda Ma. Jose, Barangay San Isidro, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental Sunday, June 13. Police Capt. Eric...
HBA Manila, a leader in hospital design, looks forward to the tourism industry going back to full operations. Soon, one of HBA’s latest design projects will be fully enjoyed by travelers checking in for corporate events or even long-term visits at the Citadines Bacolod, Southeast Asia’s City of...
“Maayo” translates to “good” in Hiligaynon. For Antoinette Begre-Lacson, a dairy farmer, this term also comes in the form of a farm that amplifies her advocacies in animal welfare and natural farming. Maayo Dairy Farm is located in Barangay Sicaba, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, where...
The 35th Negros Trade Fair is now online Products by Hacienda Crafts and Vallehermoso There is more to Negros than its picturesque destinations. Much like its tourist spots, its culture and heritage is filled with great stories and myths all told by its natives. And these stories have become the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has extended its COVID-19 response programs to outside the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble as other provinces in Visayas and Mindanao have been experiencing surges in cases, too. On Sunday, May 30, Vice President Leni Robredo said during her...
