The Office of the Cane and Sugar Board (OCSB) has set an ambitious target to reduce the burning of sugar cane plantations prior to harvest by up to 90% during the current harvest season, with the aim ...

BACOLOD CITY — Dengue cases in Negros Occidental have increased by 296.83 percent with two recorded deaths in the first 18 days of 2025. Provincial Health Officer Girlie Pinongan said there were ...

FROME, Westmoreland — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green is urging sugar cane growers to get back into farming. According to Green, investments by Pan-Caribbean Sugar ...

Health Undersecretary Mary Ann Palermo-Maestral says the number of dengue cases Negros Occidental logged during the first half of January is 'very alarming' NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – A ...

BACOLOD CITY — Nineteen employees of the Negros Occidental provincial government have tested positive for the use of illegal drugs. These include three permanent employees, seven job order (JO ...

Vehicular accidents in Negros Occidental decreased by 25 percent in 2024, police records on Tuesday showed. According to the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, only 906 incidents were ...

Before the sugar cane can be crushed in the mill, the canes have to be deprived of their leaves, and this is now done by hand. The invention we are about to describe is intended to supersede the ...

Hugh Andre walked a small portion of his 10,000 acres of sugar cane in Iberia Parish. He crouched down and began digging away at the dirt and pulling up the remnants of older canes. "Do I think ...

Sugar cane in a market. Photo: Public domain on Pixabay ... In general it is difficult for island sugar plantations to compete with manufacturers in Florida who have vast flat and highly mechanized ...

BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Occidental has allocated P30 million for the staging of the 29 th Panaad sa Negros Festival from March 24 to 30. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando ...

Trapo,' which won third place in the Real to Reel Generation Z Short Film Competition, critiques traditional power dynamics to spark public conversations NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines – A ...