Photo of the Day

CLEANUP. Personnel of the Coast Guard Station Northern Negros Occidental with the 617th Auxiliary Squadron led a mangrove planting, coastal clean-up and feeding program in Brgy. 6-A, Victorias City, Saturday, March 12.*PCG photo

The crowd at the pink people’s rally at the Paglaum Stadium in Bacolod City hit 70,000.*Ronnie Baldonado photo

Negrense artists prepare the Paglaum Stadium in Bacolod City for the grand rally of Vice President Leni Robredo and her team on Friday, March 11.*Aeson Baldevia photo

Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia (right) and his challenger, former Negros Occidental Rep. Alfredo Benitez, finally faced off in a debate organized by DyHB RMN on Wednesday, March 9.*Screengrabbed from RMN DyHB FB

Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson gives roses to female employees during the Women’s Day rites at the Capitol in Bacolod City on Tuesday, March 8.*Richard Malihan photo

Durian, mangosteen, rambutan, pineapple and pomelo from Davao are on sale in front of the Negros Occidental Capitol in Bacolod City until Friday, March 11.*Capitol photo

Youth environmental activists braved the rain and marched through the major thoroughfares of Bacolod City Sunday, March 6, to celebrate the third year anniversary of the Coal-Free Negros movement.*Noegui Parreñas photo

Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer (l-r) said their local coalition remains solid at a press conference Friday, March 4.*Ronnie Baldonado photo

About 1,000 people joined the “farewell mass” for Rep. Charlie Cojuangco at the St. Michael the Archangel Parish Church in Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, Wednesday, March 2.*Ronnie Baldonado photo

RESCUED. A raptor bird (Pandion haliaetus) was rescued after it got entangled in a kite in Brgy. Punta Mesa, Manapla in Negros Occidental and turned over to the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Cadiz City. The injured bird was then brought to the Cadiz City Veterinary Office for treatment before its release back to its habitat.*CENRO Cadiz photo