BACOLOD CITY – Two persons, including a businessman earlier tagged by law enforcers as a member of the New People’s Army (NPA), were separately found dead due to multiple gunshot wounds in Barangay 11 (Gawahon), Victorias City…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Cebu provincial government has imposed a 45-day ban on the entry of live hogs, fresh pork, and processed pork products from Negros Island and other African swine fever (ASF)-affected areas to keep…
BACOLOD CITY – The General Alliance of Workers Associations (GAWA), a Negros-based labor organization, has expressed disappointment on Sunday, May 24, after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board-Western Visayas rejected a petition calling for a salary…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Students, labor groups, and activists gathered Thursday night outside the University of the Philippines Cebu campus to honor slain alumnus and labor rights advocate Vince Francis “Ding” Dingding. They also renewed calls for…
BACOLOD CITY — After the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday, Feb. 26, the local governments of Isabela, La Castellana, and Binalbagan towns in Negros Occidental, and Canlaon City in Negros Oriental have suspended classes on Friday…
Authorities are urged by human rights group Karapatan to look into the killing of a peasant leader, who was shot dead at her own home in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, claiming it was carried out under the…
BACOLOD CITY, Negros Island Region— Manjuyod Mayor Raffy Alipio Andaya has temporarily suspended visits to the Manjuyod White Sandbar after the collapse of the Lagoon dike at the URC-SURE Bais Distillery caused water discoloration in the coastal…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local and national officials have dangled cash rewards for any information leading to the arrest of the individuals who shot five arrows at a stray dog in Murcia town, Negros Occidental. Murcia Mayor…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Residents and local governments near Mount Kanlaon are once again reminded to be vigilant of their surroundings as the volcano spewed ash anew on Monday, December 23. In an advisory, the Philippine Institute…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Negros island on Tuesday afternoon, December 17, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The epicenter of the quake was recorded two kilometers northeast of Hinoba-An town…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 26 areas in Negros island were affected by ashfall following the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon last Monday, December 9. In its latest report, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs),…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The former governor of Negros Oriental, Pryde Henry Teves, was arrested on Thursday, June 20, 2024, for violating the Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression law. A trial court here issued a warrant against…
