Meet the ‘Vincent van Gogh’ of Cadiz
FOR SOME, painting is a hobby. For others, it is a form of healing.
But for a tapasero (sugarcane cutter) from the mountain barangay of...
In championing net-metering
JUST RECENTLY, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) recognized the billionaire Enrique K. Razon Jr.-led Negros Power for its leadership in promoting clean energy.
The citation...
‘Tigi lang, pero…’
THE NATIONAL Congress of Unions in the Sugar Industry of the Philippines – Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (NACUSIP-TUCP) has spoken out on...
A P200-million question
NEGROS Occidental is facing a perfect storm.
Three major crises are simultaneously battering the province: the resurgence of the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) that...
A rude awakening
SCHOOLS are meant for learning, not for crime.
That is why what happened at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on June 22...
A silent yet power(ful) crisis
WE IN the Visayas are facing a silent yet powerful crisis.
This June, electricity rates have surged by more than P2 per kilowatt-hour (kWh).
For example,...
‘Omnishambles’
THE REPORTED re-infestation of the Red-Striped Soft Scale Insect (RSSI) in Negros Occidental, which has once again damaged more than 2,000 hectares of sugarcane...
A deal is a deal
WHO WILL be the next governor of Negros Occidental?
This has become the most intriguing political question in the province, even though Gov. Eugenio Jose...
Shift from shit
SINCE April, Negros Occidental’s peace and order situation has been marked by a series of notorious incidents that have tarnished the province’s image and...
Call it a collective dispute
ON JUNE 2, the Uni Global Union–Philippine Liaison Council (Uni-PLC) wrote to newly installed Labor Secretary Francis Tolentino, urging him to conduct a comprehensive...