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A man was arrested after he fired his gun during the Charter Day celebration in Brgy. Poblacion 2, Tanjay City, Negros Oriental, early Wednesday morning, April 2.The resident of Brgy. Poblacion 5, Tanjay City, was arrested for violation of the COMELEC gun ban.Investigation revealed that while a live band was performing during the charter day celebration, the suspect opened fire and was heard by the people in the area.The suspect was immediately arrested and is now under police custody.Recovered from him was a .38 caliber snub-nose revolver, the police said.*

The rooftop farming system of Cadiz City in Negros Occidental on the second floor of its pavilion at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City.*Cadiz City in Negros Occidental is advocating the rooftop farming system as a model for sustainable agriculture and urban greening.It is part of the initiatives that made the northern Negros city the top winner in the competition for Best Local Government Unit (LGU) Booth compliant with Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 in the just-concluded 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival.“The award affirms that Cadiz continues to shine as a symbol of excellence and sustainability in the province,” Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. said in a statement on Wednesday.The innovative farming system being practiced by the...

Participants of the 2025 Lakbay Palay at the Philippine Rice Research Institute-Negros Station in Murcia, Negros Occidental on Wednesday.*Richard Malihan photoThe Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) is urging rice farmers in Negros Occidental to adopt innovative practices under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) 2.0. to increase their productivity and income.The appeal was made by officials during the 2025 Lakbay Palay dry season farmers’ field day and forum themed “RCEF sa Bagong Pilipinas” held at the PhilRice-Negros Station in Murcia town on Wednesday.In his keynote message, PhilRice deputy executive director for research Dr. Jimmy Quilang discussed science-based evidence on how farmers can increase their income.These...

The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is urging pedestrians to strictly observe traffic rules and regulations to prevent road accidents.The call was made in a resolution authored by Councilor Em Ang, which the SP approved on Wednesday, April 2.The resolution states that recent road accidents involving pedestrians have become a major concern.It is essential to promote road safety awareness and education among pedestrians, it said.It calls on all pedestrians to strictly observe traffic rules and regulations, including crossing streets only at designated pedestrian crossings or intersections.It also stresses the need to obey traffic signals and pedestrian signs, and to avoid distractions like using mobile phones or taking photos while walking.It also urges the public...

Barangay Granada - the 2024 Bacolod MassKara Festival street dancing and arena competition champion.*Andrew Altarejos photoAn ordinance setting the third Sunday of October as the permanent schedule of the MassKara Festival highlights in Bacolod City was approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod on third and final reading on Wednesday, April 2, its author Councilor Em Ang said.The change in schedule to the third weekend of October aims to ensure more stable weather conditions for the safety and comfort of festival goers and visitors, as well as the successful performance of the MassKara Festival highlights and activities, the ordinance states.It amends City Ordinance No. 09-17-820 dated May May 24, 2017 that set the fourth Sunday of October as the permanent schedule of the MassKara Fe...

A voluminous ash column as tall as 1,500 meters from Kanlaon’s crater at 3:24 p.m. Monday*Increased volcanic earthquakes at Kanlaon Volcano may have triggered its numerous lengthy ash emissions on Monday and Tuesday, March 31 and April 1.The earthquakes on Monday could have caused rocks to break within the volcano allowing magmatic gas to exit resulting in the ash emissions, Mari-Andylene Quintia, resident volcanologist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) based in La Carlota City, said on Tuesday.A voluminous ash column as tall as 1,500 meters from Kanlaon’s crater at 3:24 p.m. Monday caused ashfall in six barangays in La Castellana, Bago City and La Carlota City, she said.The ash emission started at 3:24 p.m. until 6:45 p.m. on Monday caus...

Edsil Jess and Alexis Gale Adalid on their wedding day.* photo courtesy of Hermosila Adalid“Jesus, I know you will bring them back to us alive”.That was the cry of Hermosila “Mimi” Adalid, a university teacher in Bais City, Negros Oriental, whose son Edsil Jess Adalid, 34, and his wife Alexis Gale, 25, remain missing after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit Myanmar on March 28.Edsil teaches music and Alexis Gale is an information and communications technology teacher at Mandalay International School of Acumen in Mandalay, the second-largest city in Myanmar after Yangon.His mother, who teaches at the Negros Oriental State University Bais Campus, told DIGICAST NEGROS on Tuesday, April 1, that she is banking on the 91-member Philippine contingent that left for Myanmar to find her...

The displaced families moving into the Payag sang Kapag-on Village on Monday.*Bago Citybridge photoTwenty-two internally displaced (IDP) families were transferred to the Payag sang Kapag-on Village at Barangay Napoles, Bago City, Monday morning, March 31.The 22 families composed of 80 individuals are evacuees from Purok Manokan at Barangay Ilijan in Bago City situated within the six-kilometer Kanlaon Volcano danger zone.They were previously housed at the Regional Evacuation Center in Barangay Lag-asan in Bago following Kanlaon Volcano’s eruption in December.The Bago City government established the about P4 million Payag sang Kapag-on Village on its seven-hectare property that will serve as temporary resettlement site for IDPs affected by Mount Kanlaon, Dr. Merijene Ortizo, ...

The accident at Manville Royale Subdivision in Brgy. Pahanocoy.*A 53-year-old woman died while her two companions were injured when a pickup truck hit them while they were jogging at Manville Royale Subdivision in Brgy. Pahanocoy, Bacolod City, Tuesday morning, April 1.The 53-year-old woman and her companions aged 53 and 52 who were injured had stopped to take a group picture when they were hit, Lt. Col. Ramel Sarona, Police Traffic Enforcement Unit head, said.The pick-up truck suddenly turned left towards a coffee shop in the area and hit the victims, he said.The driver claimed that he did not see the victims because of the glare of the sunlight.The driver is now detained at the Bacolod Police Station 8 and they are waiting for the victims’ families to decide whether t...

The Supreme Court has cleared a lawyer previously sanctioned in a dispute over the ownership of Vallacar Transit Inc., one of the country's largest bus companies.In a resolution dated Jan. 27, 2025, the Supreme Court's First Division dismissed the case against lawyer Jun Maxell C. Orlina, reversing an earlier ruling that found him liable for professional misconduct, a press release from Dindo Danao, media consultant of Vallacar Transit Inc., said on Tuesday, April 1.The court previously found Orlina in violation of ethical standards related to alleged unlawful, dishonest or deceitful conduct, and for failing to uphold the law. However, upon re-examination of the evidence, the court determined the allegations against Orlina lacked substantial proof."There is no substantial evide...