BACOLOD CITY—As chemical fertilizer prices surged by as much as 35 percent in just one week, a Bacolod-based organic farming advocate told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian…

Deputy House Speaker Alfredo Abelardo Benitez launched a pioneering biodiesel project in Bacolod City to support local fisherfolk and provide relief from rising fuel costs.

Transport groups in Bacolod City, Philippines, staged a strike to demand fair and immediate release of government aid to drivers and measures to reduce fuel prices.

BACOLOD CITY — A radio announcer in Himamaylan City, who is also a job order worker in the local government, was shot dead in La Castellana town, Negros Occidental on Friday afternoon.

BACOLOD CITY—The Sugar Board is set to endorse a government sugar-buying program to the Department of Agriculture to help prop up mill-gate prices, a situation that has been hurting planters,…

A rally is scheduled to be held in Bacolod City to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution, organized by One Negros Ecumenical.

A police officer was killed in the line of duty during a buy-bust operation late Thursday night, April 9, along Alijis Road in front of Jade Court II in Barangay Sincang, Bacolod City.

An official from the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) in Bacolod City called on sugar mills to raise the trucking allowance for sugar farmers. This appeal comes amidst the backdrop of rising fuel prices affecting agricultural costs.

BACOLOD CITY — Three alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA), tagged in a string of killings and arson incidents, were killed in an encounter with government troops in Barangay Tampalon,…

BACOLOD CITY — Amid fresh questions hurled at the leadership of House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III, the “Visayan bloc” in the chamber expressed full support behind him. In a statement on Wednesday, Bacolod Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, who was newly elected House Deputy Speaker, defended Dy, particularly his steering the enactment of the General

BACOLOD CITY — Twenty- three houses were destroyed in a fire that hit Purok Lampirong Compound in Barangay 2 here at past 1 p.m. on Thursday, Bacolod City Fire Marshal Jenny Mae Masip said. The fire occurred in an identified red zone or fire-prone area where houses made of light materials were built close to

BACOLOD CITY–The 195 residents of Bago City and La Carlota City who evacuated following a two-minute moderate eruption at Kanlaon Volcano have decamped and returned to their homes. Kanlaon has remained relatively calm following Thursday’s eruption, Mari Andylene Quintia, a Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) volcanologist, said on Sunday,  Feb. 22. The volcano

Deputy House Speaker Alfredo Abelardo Benitez's pioneering biodiesel project in Bacolod City, aimed at supporting local fisherfolk and mitigating rising fuel costs, is now expanding to more villages.

A transportation strike in Bacolod City, Philippines, involving about 500 drivers and operators protesting rising fuel prices, ended before noon on Thursday after only a few hours.

BACOLOD CITY — The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) warned residents of possible ashfall from Kanlaon Volcano from Friday night through Saturday morning, March 20 to…

MANILA, Philippines — Three lawmakers — Pangasinan Rep. Maria Rachel Arenas, Cebu Rep. Vincent Franco Frasco, and Bacolod City Rep. Alfredo Benitez — have been elected as new Deputy Speakers of the House of Representatives. During the session on Wednesday, Majority Floor Leader Ferdinand Alexander Marcos rose to nominate the three as new deputy speakers.  The motion

BACOLOD CITY — A fire razed about 100 houses in Puroks Katilingban 1 and 2 in Barangay 39 on Friday morning, leaving 177 families, or 765 individuals, homeless, according to initial reports. READ: Another fire displaces 65 residents in Bacolod City Social Welfare Officer Richelle Verdeprado said the blaze broke out at around 11:06 a.m.