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On finding Henry Tayo Jr.

HENRY Tayo Jr., a confirmed drug user in Magsungay, Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, had a troubled past, according to his parents, Henry Sr. and...

An ‘up’ for Down Syndrome advocacy

RIGHT now, there’s a photo exhibit at SM City Bacolod. This artsy display features 11 curated portraits of individuals diagnosed with Down Syndrome. It’s simple...

No gagging

AMID heated debates nationwide over the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) recent order for the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, more than 3,000 police...

Little bird told us

BACOLOD CITY is currently being entertained and intrigued by a hyper-local news – the filing of graft and administrative complaints at the Ombudsman-Visayas against...

Malapropos!

THE BUZZ about celebrity concerts during the Panaad Sa Negros Festival, scheduled for March 24-26, is nothing short of malapropos — inappropriate in every...

‘Bailes de Luces’ reaches new heights

AMID THE ongoing crisis surrounding Kanlaon Volcano, the town of La Castellana in Negros Occidental still has a reason to celebrate. Why? The town’s world-renowned Bailes...

A beam of hope

OLIVIA V. Yanson (OVY), the 91-year-old matriarch of the prominent Yanson family — owners of the largest bus fleet in Southeast Asia — on...

Dengue surge looming

THE WORST may still be ahead — a potential dengue surge is on the horizon. Yes, you read that right. No less than the Department of...

Ex-cop

AMID the ongoing gun ban, Negros Occidental was left in shock after the broad daylight assassination of former policeman Reynaldo Bernil, Jr. in Barangay...

Sweet promises

ON FEBRUARY 20 and 21, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his senatorial candidates under the Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas visited the twin provinces...