BACOLOD CITY – Twenty-two families displaced by the Dec. 9, 2024 eruption of Kanlaon Volcano are set to move to the modernized bahay kubo or nipa hut in Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Negros Occidental next month. THE Bago City government in Negros Occidental opened the Payag sang Kapag-on...
BACOLOD CITY – The Supreme Court decision allowing commercial fishing vessels within the 15-kilometer municipal waters could impact the livelihoods of more than 45,000 marginalized fishing communities in Negros Occidental, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said. Lacson stated that the...
BACOLOD CITY – The municipal government of Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental announced the full resumption on Monday, Feb. 24, of face-to-face classes in elementary and high school suspended due to Kanlaon Volcano. Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo issued Executive Order No. 204 on Feb. 20...
Kanlaon Volcano (File photo) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it was prepared to lead a national task force that would address the immediate and long-term needs of communities affected by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island. In a statement Saturday, Feb. 22, OCD Administrator...
Reelectionist Senator Francis Tolentino is pushing for amendments to the Philippine Fisheries Code (RA 8550) to restore protection for marginal fisherfolk, including the blue crab producers of Negros Occidental, in the country's municipal waters. He made the remark in response to a question...
BACOLOD CITY – Police are investigating the death of a 22-year-old college student in Barangay Magallon Cadre, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental as a possible self-accident rather than the initial hit-and-run incident. READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/20/college-student-killed-in-hit-and-run...
BACOLOD CITY – Senatorial candidate Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao backs the Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) bridge project for its potential to drive economic growth and create job opportunities in rural areas in Western Visayas. PACQUIAO (Glazyl Masculino) Pacquiao, speaking in a press...
photo: CIDG Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested on Friday, Feb. 21, five people for their alleged...
BACOLOD CITY - More than 30,000 people attended the two-day campaign rally of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial slate in Negros Island on Feb. 20 and 21. AT least 8,000 people from Negros Occidental flocked to the Victorias City Coliseum where senatorial candidates under the...
Evacuees in La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, are worried about how they will rebuild their lives when Kanlaon Volcano calms down. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. addresses Kanlaon Volcano evacuees at the La Carlota City South Elementary School II during his visit to La Carlota City,...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay (Mayor Binay's office) DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental--Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas senatorial candidate Makati City Mayor Abby Binay has suggested a simple way to help out sugar farmers here in the...
BACOLOD CITY – Reelectionist Sen. Francis N. Tolentino has sought support for the province of Siquijor under the newly created Negros Island Region (NIR). “Siquijor should not be left behind,” Tolentino said. TOLENTINO. (Glazyl Masculino) During a media interview in...
