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Kanlaon muddy stream flow triggers evacuation
by Gilbert Bayoran - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am
Fifty-one families comprising 167 people in La Castellana, Negros Occidental and Canlaon City, Negros Oriental fled to safety on Tuesday due to a muddy stream flow coming from the upper slopes of Kanlaon Volcan...
Negros Occidental sets P411 million disaster fund
by Gilbert Bayoran - September 14, 2026 - 12:00am
The Negros Occidental provincial government is setting aside P411 million for disaster risk reduction and management programs in 2027, as the United Sugar Producers Federation (Unifed) seeks additional national...
‘Probe worsening power outages in Visayas’
by Gilbert Bayoran - September 8, 2026 - 12:00am
Deputy Speaker Alfredo Benitez has asked the House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry into the “continuing and worsening power outages” affecting the Visayas grid. Benitez cited the repeated...
Visayas labor groups seek P250 daily wage hike
by Gilbert Bayoran - September 6, 2026 - 12:00am
Labor groups in Negros Occidental and Panay Island in the Visayas are seeking an increase of P250 in the daily minimum wage, according to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board.
Task group to probe American, wife’s slay
by Gilbert Bayoran - September 5, 2026 - 12:00am
The Negros Oriental police has activated a special investigation task group to probe the murder of an American national and his Filipina wife in Dumaguete City.
American, Pinay wife found dead in Negros Oriental
by Gilbert Bayoran - September 3, 2026 - 12:00am
An American national and his Filipina wife were found dead inside their house in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental yesterday morning.
Negros Oriental PNP director, 6 police chiefs relieved
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 31, 2026 - 12:00am
The Negros Oriental police provincial director and six chiefs of police have been relieved from their posts following the implementation of the Philippine National Police (PNP)’s “one-strike policy”...
P26.6-million illegal cigarettes seized in Negros
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 27, 2026 - 12:00am
Illegal cigarettes valued at P26.6 million were seized in an anti-smuggling operation in Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday.
High school student assaults cop over reprimand
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 15, 2026 - 12:00am
A police officer was injured after he was allegedly punched by a senior high school student whom he reprimanded for skateboarding near a school in Barangay Granada in this city yesterday.
Bacolod modernized PUJs facing foreclosure
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 13, 2026 - 12:00am
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board  has appealed to banks and financing institutions to suspend the foreclosure of more than 300 modernized jeepneys in this city as operators struggle with...
Negros Occidental eyes pork floor price
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 10, 2026 - 12:00am
 In a bid to help local backyard raisers struggling against low farmgate prices and the lingering impact of African swine fever or ASF, the Negros Occidental government is considering the establishment of a...
Bacolod declares state of calamity
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 9, 2026 - 12:00am
The city government of Bacolod has declared a state of calamity over an infestation of the red-striped soft scale insect that has ravaged more than 2,000 hectares of sugarcane plantations.
Cop dies saving companions from raging river
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 9, 2026 - 12:00am
 What began as a routine seaborne patrol on Friday morning ended in tragedy after a police officer died saving two of his companions from drowning.
P15 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Negros Oriental
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 7, 2026 - 12:00am
Smuggled cigarettes valued at P15 million were seized during a police operation in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental on Wednesday.
Negros ASF-hit areas now 17
by Gilbert Bayoran - August 5, 2026 - 12:00am
The number of local government units in Negros Occidental affected by African swine fever has increased to 17 after three more towns reported ASF cases.
Only 21 Negros LGUs have landfill facilities
by Gilbert Bayoran - July 31, 2026 - 12:00am
 More than two decades after the passage of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2001, only 21 of 57 local government units in Negros Island Region (NIR) have sanitary landfill...
Sugarcane farmers hit by RSSI infestation to receive assistance
by Gilbert Bayoran - July 26, 2026 - 12:00am
The government has allotted P235 million in financial assistance for sugarcane farmers displaced by the red-striped soft scale insect infestation as well as to curb the spread of RSSI in the Visayas.
Negros board member charged over e-cockfight
by Gilbert Bayoran - July 25, 2026 - 12:00am
Criminal and administrative complaints have been filed against Negros Occidental board member Andrew Gerard Montelibano in connection with an alleged illegal online cockfight operation.
Negros Oriental under state of calamity amid RSSI infestation
by Gilbert Bayoran - July 23, 2026 - 12:00am
Negros Oriental has been placed under a state of calamity due to the infestation of red-striped soft scale insect on sugarcane plantations.
Grade 9 student nabbed for shabu
by Gilbert Bayoran - July 22, 2026 - 12:00am
A Grade 9 student was caught carrying shabu with an estimated street value of P 204,000 in Barangay Banago in this city on Monday.
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