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The highly urbanized Bacolod City and the province of Negros Occidental posted strong economic performance in 2023, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed yesterday. Last year’s growth numbers of the city and the province were presented by the PSA, through its Negros Occidental Provincial Statistical Office, during the 2024 Provincial Product Dissemination of …

By JEN BAYLON The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified an election aspirant in Negros Occidental for the senatorial race in the 2025 midterm elections. Jonry Gargarita, a 36-year-old criminology graduate of Barangay Progreso in Negros Occidental’s Binalbagan town, was declared a nuisance candidate by the Comelec last week. “A notice of disqualification has been …

By JEN BAYLON Illegal drugs worth P1,341,820 were seized by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) during its week-long operations from November 18 to 24. A total of 15 individuals were arrested in nine separate drug buy-bust operations, the BCPO said in a statement yesterday. This highlights BCPO’s ongoing commitment to combating drug-related crimes in …

Operating battalions of the Philippine Army vowed to ensure peace for communities in southern Negros after their series of encounters with New People’s Army’s (NPA) rebels in Candoni, Negros Occidental late last week. According to military reports yesterday, eight insurgents died, while none among the soldiers was injured or killed during the gun battles between …

The highly urbanized Bacolod City will harness a total capacity of 1,340 kilowatts (kW) of solar power to energize the Bacolod City Government Center as well as other public buildings in 15 villages to reduce electricity costs. As of yesterday, the operation of the 400-kW capacity solar photovoltaic system on the rooftop of the Government …

Kanlaon Volcano released a total of 7,594 tons of sulfur dioxide flux on Saturday, November 23, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said yesterday. Phivolcs’ latest bulletin also indicated that the volcano on Negros Island had two ash emission events that lasted four to eight minutes. Kanlaon Volcano also emitted a “moderate” 50-meter …

There is no malice in asking the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) for an explanation why sugar prices have been on a downward trend, the Sugar Council and the National Congress of Unions in the Sugar Industry of the Philippines (Nacusip) said. “It is incumbent upon us to voice out the call of our members for …

A woman was killed while her daughter sustained injuries after they were shot by an unidentified assailant at Barangay Tan-awan in Negros Occidental’s Kabankalan City on Friday morning, November 22. Police identified the fatality as 61-year-old Vilma Medes, while her daughter, 19-year-old Ge-ay, was injured. The victims are residents of Purok Pangkulan in the city’s …

Top officials from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) emphasized to local farmers in Negros Oriental that they are not supposed to sell the farm lots that were awarded to them by the government. DAR Undersecretary for Mindanao Affairs Amihilda Sangcopan and Undersecretary for Support Services Rowena Niña Taduran told farmers in the province to …

With funding from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod City hosts a research center dedicated to the development of advanced materials that could benefit the sugar industry in Negros Occidental. On Thursday afternoon, November 21, the P4.9 million Center of Aerogel Technology for Energy and …