WATERSPORTS FEST. Fireworks signal the opening of the First Bacolod Watersports Festival yesterday, at the 800-meter seafront of the Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park, where various water sports activities such as bancarera, beach volleyball, boat tug-of-war, and paddling, among others, will be held until April* CGSamillano photo
Local chess aficionados play friendly afternoon games against each other to pass away the time and hone their skills at the Bacolod City Public Plaza.* Jade Paul Morin/CCN photo
MODERNIZED. The P158-million Sagay City gymnasium that is set to be inaugurated tomorrow* Sagay City PIO photo
NIR POSITIVE. Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri with Senator JV Ejercito in a meeting with Negros Island Representatives Emilio Dino Yulo, Greg Gasataya, Alfredo Marañon III, Gerardo Valmayor, Mercedes Alvarez, Manuel Sagarbarria, and Jocelyn Limkaichong, on Monday in Metro Manila.*
Local fishermen patiently wait to reel in their catch for the day at the newly constructed lighthouse in Barangay Banquerohan in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental* Andrew Altarejos photo
UNTANGLING. Teams from Talisay City’s public and private sector joined hands on a spaghetti wire untangling mission this weekend, clearing tangled wires along Burgos Street, and covering some areas of Barangay Zones 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.* Talisay PIO photo
ROAD SHOW. The San Carlos City Fire Station, with the Bureau of Fire Protection Special Rescue Force of Negros Occidental, recently had a Fire Square Road Show at Paseo de Flores, Center Mall of the city, in line with the observance of Fire Prevention Month.* San Carlos PIO photo
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson presides over the PPOC meeting, attended by PCol. Rainerio De Chavez, NOCPPO chief, Provincial Planning Development Officer Ana Marie Lucasan, Col. Victor Llapitan, 303rd IB deputy commander, DILG provincial director Teodora Sumagaysay, and Col. Leroy Daanton, 302IB deputy commander, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
ANTI-DENGUE. San Carlos City Health Office personnel conducting mosquito fogging in public schools on March 5 to 6, followed a dengue awareness and clean-up drive in.* San Carlos City LGU photo
MISSION. Medical volunteers performed surgical operations, as well as dental procedures at the Aloha Medical Mission, recently held at Valladolid District Hospital in the Municipality of Valladolid and Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center in Bago City.* Capitol PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unidentified armed men shot a farmer dead in front of his wife, on Saturday at Purok 4 in Brgy. Lagaan, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Initial police investigations indicated that the victim, a 54-year-old farmer, whose identity was
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday reiterated that the province is not yet declaring a state of calamity, despite the damage to crops in Negros Occidental reaching P184.7 million, due to the drought, while also
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the Baciwa-Primewater to either reduce proportionately the minimum water rate charges to consumers affected by frequent water shortages, or to refrain from collecting minimum water charge on consumers affected by a month of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has recommended the declaration of a state of calamity in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, due to the prevailing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon, Mayor Benjie
A hundred political prisoners in Negros island will hold another 24-hour fast this coming today to call on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) National Office to press on with its initial efforts for a thorough and impartial investigation on
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Residents of Isabela in Negros Occidental that are PAG-IBIG members may soon avail of housing through a project facilitated by the municipal government, Mayor Irene Montilla disclosed yesterday. Montilla, her son, Vice Mayor Juan Miguel Montilla,
