STATE-OF-THE-ART BUS TERMINAL. The PHP156-million Sagay City Bus Terminal in Negros Occidental. Inaugurated on Saturday (June 11, 2022). The building can accommodate up to 18 buses at the same time and features a radio frequency identification technology that will be adapted to its toll fee mechanism.(Photo courtesy of Sagay City Information and Tourism Office) BACOLOD CITY - The City of Sagay unveiled on Saturday what can be considered the most modern local government unit (LGU)-owned bus terminal in Negros Occidental. Situated in Barangay Poblacion II, the PHP156.684 million Sagay City Public Bus Terminal comprises a two-storey glass building and a parking space designed by Architect Wendel Duran. "We constructed this to afford our residents, tourists and travelers a world-class bus terminal for a safe and convenient travel," said Mayor Alfredo Maranon III, who led the inauguration as part of the city's 26th Charter Anniversary rites, before he completes his third and f
MANGROVE ISLAND. One of the scenes of "Amon Banwa sa Lawod" (Our Island of the Mangrove Moon) being shot in Suyac Island of Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The international full-length film is helmed by acclaimed Filipino director Anton Juan. (Photo courtesy of Sagay City Information and Tourism Office) BACOLOD CITY - The mangrove island of Suyac in Sagay City, Negros Occidental is showcased in an international full-length film helmed by acclaimed Filipino director Anton Juan. Titled "Amon Banwa sa Lawod" (Our Island of the Mangrove Moon), the movie was shot for 10 days between April and May this year. "The film would articulate the mangrove community, resurrect the lives of the people living and dead, their struggles and simple joys, their resilience, and connection with the environment, and their relationship with the sea and their protection of their mangrove island," Juan said in his director's statement. He noted that all these sustain the communi
REBELS NO MORE. Lt. Col. Ryan Manongdo, commander of the Army's 6th Special Action Battalion, meets former New People's Army rebels Ka "Nike" and Ka "Aiza", and their two-year-old son, as the couple surrendered to the 6SAB troops in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 10, 2022. "I hope their surrender will inspire the other members of the communist-terrorist group to lay down their arms," Manongdo said. (Photo courtesy of 6th Special Action Battalion, PNP SAF) BACOLOD CITY - A couple and their comrade in the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) have recently surrendered to the 6th Special Action Battalion (6SAB) of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP SAF) based in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. On Monday afternoon, the surrenderers were presented to the City Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (CTF-ELCAC) chaired by Mayor Alfredo Maranon III in rites held at Balay Kauswagan, four day
REBELS NO MORE. Lt. Col. Ryan Manongdo, commander of the Army's 6th Special Action Battalion, meets former New People's Army rebels Ka "Nike" and Ka "Aiza", and their two-year-old son, as the couple surrendered to the 6SAB troops in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on Feb. 10, 2022. "I hope their surrender will inspire the other members of the communist-terrorist group to lay down their arms," Manongdo said. (Photo courtesy of 6th Special Action Battalion, PNP SAF) BACOLOD CITY - A couple and their comrade in the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) have recently surrendered to the 6th Special Action Battalion (6SAB) of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP SAF) based in Sagay City, Negros Occidental. On Monday afternoon, the surrenderers were presented to the City Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (CTF-ELCAC) chaired by Mayor Alfredo Maranon III in rites held at Balay Kauswagan, four day
BACOLOD CITY - The Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology (NONESCOST) in Sagay City, Negros Occidental is on its way to becoming the State University of Northern Negros (SUN-Negros), following the Senate's approval of House Bill (HB) 10283 for its conversion. In a statement on Wednesday night, the city government said Second District Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva and Mayor Alfredo Maranon III thanked Senator Joel Villanueva, chairman of the Senate committee on higher, and technical and vocational education, for sponsoring the bill passed during the third and final reading on January 31. "This is just one step into becoming a law," said Cueva, principal author of HB 10283. In his letter addressed to Villanueva, the Negrense lawmaker thanked the senator for not just sponsoring the bill, but also exerting efforts to have it passed on third reading. The college administration, led by president Renante Egcas, also acknowledged Villanueva for the support in such as ano