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The country’s successful bid to host the 2025 Terra Madre Asia Pacific in Bacolod City is expected to put Negros Island on the radar of culinary tourists from across the globe, the Philippine Embassy in Italy said. Slow Food International earlier announced its plan to host the first Terra Madre Asia Pacific in Bacolod City …

The Bacolod Yuhum Foundation (BYF) has granted all kiosk operators to set up their stalls ahead of the highly-anticipated 45th MassKara Festival this month. “Allowing early ingress for our kiosk operators so that they can provide excellent service and take full advantage of the festival’s business opportunities and maximize their income during MassKara,” Kuster Cadagat, …

The municipality of La Castellana continues to strengthen its preparations in the event of disruptive activity of the Kanlaon Volcano. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office head John de Asis said they are revisiting the memorandum of agreements with the town’s concessionaires on transportation and other evacuation-related activities in the event the volcano alert …

Thirty election aspirants submitted their certificates of candidacy (COCs) for municipal and city mayor in several local government units in Negros Occidental for the 2025 midterm elections. Among those who filed, 10 are re-electionists, including Silay City Mayor Joedith Gallego, Murcia Mayor Gerry Rojas, Sipalay City Mayor Maria Gina Lizares, Ilog Mayor John Paul Alvarez, …

Inflation rates for all income households in highly-urbanized Bacolod City and the province of Negros Occidental eased further in September due to lower prices of various commodities, including food and non-alcoholic beverages. A summary report of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Bacolod yesterday showed last month’s inflation in Bacolod was pegged at 3.9 percent …

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed titles and installed 276 farmers in awarded lands on three sites in southern Negros Occidental from September to the first week of October. The recipients are agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in Bago City and the municipalities of Ilog and Isabela. In a report yesterday, the DAR Negros Occidental …

The Iloilo City Police Station 1 (ICPS 1) was in fiesta mode on Friday, October 4, as its personnel feasted on two pork lechon (roasted pig), an incentive from the Iloilo City government after it garnered the highest accomplishment in the anti-drug campaign in September. The ICPS 1, under Captain Roque Gimeno III, bested nine …

By JEN BAYLON Sagay City treasurer Juvy Pinongan could face criminal liability if she fails to liquidate the allegedly missing P7.3 million Health Emergency Allowance (HEA) intended for local health workers who served during the COVID-19 pandemic. “She’s given 30 days to liquidate so that maano niya ang cash nga ginahambal niya,” City Administrator Ryan Bonghanoy …

Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, who is eyeing a return as representative of the fourth district, will have his biggest challenger in Lea Delfinado, former assistant secretary of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), in the 2025 midterm elections. Ferrer, a member of the National Unity Party (NUP), filed his certificate …

As the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) enters the final two days, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Rommel Francisco Marbil ordered police units nationwide to intensify security operations, especially in areas historically prone to election-related violence. Marbil directed increased police visibility, establishment of strategic checkpoints and enhanced intelligence monitoring. “We are putting extra …