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  The Negros Occidental provincial government is set to develop the Mambukal Resort and Wildlife Sanctuary in Murcia town into an ecological-friendly, world-class resort to boost tourist arrivals in the province. Updates on the proposed developments show the planned enhancement of hotel facilities and the introduction of new tourism features. “Mambukal has always been a …

  Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said he is proposing an energy summit for Negros Island next month to tackle sufficient power supply for the city and Negros Occidental, following the regionwide power outage that hit Western Visayas last week. “I met Governor [Eugenio Jose] Lacson [on Sunday, January 7]. We talked a little …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A local power advocate group slammed the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) yesterday over the recent blackouts and rotating power outages experienced in Western Visayas. Power Watch Negros secretary-general Wennie Sancho said the NGCP should have already learned its lesson from the widespread blackouts experienced in late …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday morning that more than half of the 27 provincial capitol employees who tested positive for illegal drugs were job order (JO) and contract of service (CoS) employees. A small percentage were reported to be regular employees. In a press conference yesterday, Lacson said …

  Bacolod City will hold the Bacolaodiat Festival, one of the country’s biggest Chinese New Year celebrations, from February 9 to 11, with the main festival site returning to the Lacson Tourism Strip. Poised to be the grandest so far, the staging of this festivity, which will usher in the Year of the Wood Dragon, …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Negros Occidental will reopen its voter registration for the 2025 midterm elections next month. Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria, Comelec-NegOcc elections supervisor, said the registration will run until September of this year. The filing of certificates of candidacy will take place in September. Ananoria said …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga An estimated P28,400 worth of seized illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices were destroyed at the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) headquarters yesterday morning. Lt. Colonel Noel Polines, BCPO deputy director for operations, said the assorted illegal firecrackers were seized by various police stations and special units from December 27, …

  By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Diocese of Bacolod announced that the former rector of San Sebastian Cathedral had passed away. On a social media post, the ADSUM Diocese of Bacolod said Msgr. Felix Pasquin passed away at 9:02 a.m. yesterday. In a separate announcement by the Parish of San Antonio Abad in Bacolod …

  By Mae Singuay The Bacolod City government will run after business establishments misdeclaring information in processing their business permits. “This process has no validation. The applicants must be honest in declaring their information because if the city government finds out that they misdeclare, it will be at their own risk,” Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez …

By Jen Baylon The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has passed a resolution urging the national government to review the implementation of the public utility vehicle (PUV) modernization program. In an interview with Bombo Radyo Bacolod, Councilor Renecito Novero said they are calling the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to review the program before …