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
FIRE PREVENTION MONTH. Entries to the Bureau of Fire Protection – San Carlos art contest for primary and secondary schools that was held yesterday at the San Carlos City Fire Station.* San Carlos PIO photo
FIRE PREVENTION MONTH CALL. Firemen respond to a residential fire along Araneta-Magsaysay streets, Barangay Singcang-Airport, yesterday.* Arthur Yap photo
OATHTAKING. Officers of the Negros Press Club headed by its president, Erwin Ambo Delilan of Panay News take their oaths of office before Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, on March 1. Other officers are Nida Buenafe of Negros Now Daily, vice president; Lourd John Diaz of DYEZ Aksyon Radyo, secretary; Nanette Guadalquiver of the Philippine News Agency, treasurer; Nona Magbanua also of DYEZ Aksyon Radyo, auditor; and directors Mae Singuay of Panay News, Yves Montecillo of RMN DYHB Bacolod, Rey Siason of DYRL, and Dolly Yasa of the Daily Guardian.* Capitol PIO photo
Assorted high powered firearms recovered by 61st Infantry Battalion soldiers, from a group of NPA rebels believed to be among those responsible also for the death of a Negrense soldiers during an encounter in Tubongan, Iloilo on Jan. 17.* 301IB photo
FLOOD CONTROL. Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya, with Department of Public Work and Highways District Engr. Abraham Villarael, Assistant District Engr. Leah Jamero, and Engr. Jerold Tipawan, checking the work in progress on a major project in the city – Diversion Channel, a flood control project designed to convey excess flood waters and reduce the risk of flooding in Bacolod City particularly in Brgy. 12 and in the nearby areas. Together with Gasataya and DPWH officials are Almana Construction and Development Corporation (ACDC) CEO and President Ritchie Neil Corpus and team.*
CLAMPING. An enforcer of the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office attempting to install tire clamps on a vehicle in an operation against illegal parking in the city.* Bacolod City PIO FB photo
Employees of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) conducting maintenance activities during a recent scheduled power interruption. These workers have been asked by the Negros Electric Power Corporation to submit their applications if they wish to continue employment in the industry* CENECO file photo
PINK IN BLOOM. The pink trumpet tree at Sitio Molobolo in Barangay Himaya, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, still in bloom, attracting visitors.* Andrew Altarejos photo
RESPONDERS. Volunteer firemen respond to a vehicular fire at Villa San Agustin in Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City yesterday.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo
The Cadiz City Pavilion experienced a significant downturn in sales during the weeklong Panaad Sa Negros Festival 2024 held at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. The festival, which ran from April 15 to 21, witnessed
A graduate of the Technological University of the Philippines – Visayas (TUP-V) in Talisay City topped the April 2024 Electronics Engineering Licensure Examinations (ECELE) held April 11-12, given by the Board of Electronics Engineering. As TUPVian Niele Shem Bañas topped
The Mixed 2012 of Montevista ES ranked first in round one of Mundial de Futbol, Inter Continental Soccer qualifiers held in conjunction with Gardenville United Football Club Inc., at Megaworld’s The Upper East on April 20-21. In the Girls 2009
• 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
• 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
ASSISTANCE. A member of the Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade helps deliver water, using water tankers and fire hoses, to the community at Purok Masagana, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City.*
