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Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Negros Beat

‘Fish be with you’

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THE OPENING of the Saravia Fish Market (SFM) in EB Magalona town, Negros Occidental province, on January 31, marked the fusion...

Next page: ‘Golden era’

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN AFTER the successful staging of the Golden Dinagsa Festival on Jan. 12-28, this is the next page for Cadiz City: “Golden...

‘Down in the dump’ again

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN For the fifth time, on Jan. 25, President Bongbong Marcos Jr. failed to show up in Bacolod despite repeated invites and announcements...

Immense victory for nature, Negrosanons

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN SAGAY CITY has made a unique history in Negros Island just recently. Its Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) courageously said “no” to a proposed...

‘SHE’ beautifies Alexie

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN WHAT intrigued me this week was the much-talked triumph of Alexie Mae Caimoso-Brooks (as Miss Iloilo 2024) in a glittering pageant...

Time to dance the ‘Cha-cha’?

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THE SO-CALLED political theater via the “infamous” proposed Charter change (Cha-cha) has started.In Negros Occidental and Bacolod City, survey forms for...

No ‘funeral’ yet for ‘tradjeeps’

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN IT SEEMS there’s no definite date yet for the “funeral” of traditional jeepneys (tradjeeps) despite the “itchiness” of the government to...

Hadn’t happened

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THE PROMISE of Major General Marion Sison, commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) based in Jamindan, Capiz, to...

Undisputed No. 1

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN   QUITE praisable! The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) topped anew in the entire Western Visayas in the Unit Performance Evaluation Rating...

Woebegone in ‘Super City’

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN CELEBBRATING the new year with unpaid salary was, perhaps, the saddest-cum-appalling moment for job order (JO) workers in Bacolod City. They’re the...