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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Negros Beat

Second to none

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN WITNESSING and at the same time covering the inauguration and oath-taking of the elected officials of Negros Occidental at the capitol...

‘Helter-skelter’ way?

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN IT’S QUITE interesting that Bacolod City’s Mayor Albee Benitez will pursue the “Truth Commission” aimed at searching “spending flaws” in  the...

Mystery behind misery

By ERWIN 'AMBO' DELILAN THE “sugar-coated” blame-game has just started. With sugar prices going out of hand - both for raw and refined - no...

‘Aha! Moment’ on housing plans

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN THE PROPOSED housing for informal settlers in Bacolod City by Mayor-elect Albee Benitez is “much, much” awaited. Such, per Atty. Bong Dilag...

‘Ronquillo’ of Negros

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN WHEN I was still in the elementary (around 40 years ago) in the remote Hacienda Cudangdang #4 in EB Magalona town,...

Remnants of ‘goodness’

BY ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN SPEAKING of Sagay City in northern Negros Occidental, the first thing that will come into your mind are the Marañon brothers –...

‘Ailing, bleeding’

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN “CENTRAL Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) is now ailing and (financially) bleeding.” So said Bacolod City’s Councilor Wilson “Jun” Gamboa, Jr. of  Amlig...

Toughened by poverty

JUST this week, Negros was treated and delighted with the news about our newest “heroes” and “heroines” in sports, education and beauty pageant. But...

‘Hiraya Manawari’

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN POLITICAL excitement remains in Bacolod City even after the elections. Bing Leonardia’s Grupo Progreso (GP) and Albee Benitez’s Team Asenso (TA)...

En route to greatness

By ERWIN ‘AMBO’ DELILAN LIVING the dream? Yes, Saraviahanons seem to be savoring it now. They’re basically enjoying the current prominence-slash-gain(s) of their town (Municipality of...