DUMAGUETE CITY: Key personalities in the sports industry in Negros Oriental are mounting an aggressive strategy to promote sports tourism in the province and ramp up opportunities for athletes and health buffs.
During a press launch on Monday, organi…
ANKARA: Lewis Hamilton beat Dutch Max Verstappen at the British Grand Prix, Round 12 of the 2024 Formula One World Championship, on Sunday to achieve his first F1 win after 945 days.
The 39-year-old Brit broke a new record by winning for the ninth ti…
BACOLOD CITY: The Negros Occidental provincial government is providing basic mobile phone units to barangay violence against women (BVAW) desk officers in all 601 villages of the province to boost response and referral of cases.
The first batch of re…
CEBU CITY: Over 1,000 indigent residents in four villages of Cordova town, Cebu province received free medical checkups, medicines and other non-medical services during a civic action mission conducted by the Philippine Army reservists and volunteer d…
BACOLOD CITY: The National Amnesty Commission (NAC), through the Local Amnesty Board (LAB) in this city, is accepting amnesty applications from former rebels in Negros Island and the neighboring provinces of Siquijor, Bohol and Cebu this week.
The fi…
CEBU CITY: Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia on Monday warned traders against selling overpriced food and non-food products during the Palarong Pambansa from July 9 to 16.
A price monitoring team has been activated since Sunday to ensure that no trad…
DUMAGUETE CITY: Counter-insurgency operations continue in Negros Oriental against the communist New People’s Army (NPA) to prevent the recruitment of new members or the recovery of dismantled guerilla fronts, an official said Monday.
Lt. Stephen Poli…
BACOLOD CITY: Major road projects funded by the national government, particularly the more than PHP7 billion Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway (BANOCEH), are seen to create more growth centers in this city.
Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Gr…
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA: Occupants of the National Housing Authority (NHA) resettlement site in the Municipality of Laua-an are advised to transfer temporarily to a safer place following a flash flood that affected the area on Sunday.
‘I advise the be…