BTAO URGES MOTORISTS: ‘Avoid areas with MassKara festivities starting today’

BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) has advised motorists to avoid areas where the 45th MassKara Festival celebrations will take place,...
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Comelec-Bacolod logs 37 COCs filed for 2025 polls

BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in this city is expecting higher voter turnout for the 2025 midterm elections due to a...
Workers stack harvested sugar cane at a field in Negros Occidental in this undated photo. PN FILE PHOTO

Sugar farmers contest alleged drop in production

BACOLOD City – Sugar farmers and industry workers have questioned recent claims by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) regarding a significant drop in sugar...
“Candidates must register their pages. The purpose is not to control the content, but to ensure transparency and proper regulation of campaign activities,” says Acting Regional Election Director for Negros Island Region Lionel Marco Castillano.

FOR CAMPAIGN MONITORING: Comelec urges candidates to register socmed pages

BACOLOD City — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued a reminder to political candidates to register their social media pages with the commission’s...
A cane truck is on the way to a sugar mill in northern Negros Occidental in this file photo. The peak of sugar milling season is expected to take off between the last week of October and the first week of November after a slow start in sugar production since Sept. 15, 2024, based on the data of the Sugar Regulatory Administration on Friday, Oct. 4. PNA BACOLOD PHOTO

Sugar milling seen to peak by end October to early November

BACOLOD City – The peak of sugar milling season is expected to take off between the last week of October and the first week...

PRO-6 director oversees security measures for COC filing in NegOcc

BACOLOD City – In light of the ongoing certificate of candidacy (COC) filing for the upcoming elections, Brigadier General Jack Wanky, the regional director...

Woman drug peddler collared in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – Around P544,000 worth of suspected shabu was seized from a 21-year-old woman in Barangay Banago here. Alias “Inday”, classified as a high-value...
Photo shows a line of makeshift stalls in the city’s downtown area taken yesterday morning. JEN BAYLON/PN

Bacolod ordinance regulates ambulant vendors

BACOLOD City – The city government has qualified 762 ambulant vendors for official identification cards as part of the enforcement of City Ordinance No....

Bacolod independent candidates urged to file COCs early

BACOLOD City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is urging independent candidates here to submit their certificates of candidacy (COC) ahead of the October...
Bago City represented by its Senior Tourism Operations Officer Mae Ann Furtos, along with internationally acclaimed cacao producer Cris Fadriga and organic farming advocate Gina Banowski, is part of the Philippine delegation to Terra Madre 2024 being held in Turin, Italy. Photo courtesy of The Citybridge (Bago City Newsletter)

Bago pioneer farmers join global slow food event

BACOLOD City – Two pioneer farmers from Bago City, Negros Occidental are among the sponsored delegates representing the Philippines at the Terra Madre Salone...