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The Negros Interior Biodiversity Expedition has confirmed that it had found evidence of two groups of the Visayan Spotted Deer alive and well, in the North Negros Natural Park in the Philippines, a press release from the British Embassy said.
The team of experts recently returned from the first scientific exploration of the park interior [...]

BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO (www.visayandailystar.com)
The proposal of the Bacolod City Water District to increase its water rates by 30 percent this year is untimely, Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday said.
Water is very basic, so everybody is going to be affected, he said.
If at all Baciwa has to raise its water rates, it should not be 30 [...]

BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO (www.visayandailystar.com)
Bacolod City was able to set up a 3.985-kilometer chicken barbeque grill at the North Wing Parking area of SM City-Bacolod yesterday in its attempt to break the world record.
However, this has yet to be validated by the representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records.
The current world record for [...]

BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO (www.visayandailystar.com)
The City of Bacolod is all set in its attempt to break the world record for the longest “chicken barbeque grill” at the North Wing parking lot of SM City-Bacolod at 4 p.m. today.
Inasal festival chairman Councilor Alex Paglumotan yesterday said Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero will lead the city officials in lighting [...]

BY CARLA GOMEZ
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday had lunch at The Ruins, a once grand mansion built by a Negrense sugar baron and ancestor of her husband in Talisay City, which has been turned into a tourist attraction.
The president who is pushing the Visayas as the tourism hub of the country said The Ruins “is [...]

BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO
The first Chicken Inasal Festival will kick off today with a grand parade and the recognition of public officials and private citizens who have contributed to the establishment of the Manokan Country in Bacolod City during the opening ceremony.
To receive public service awards are former Mayor Jose “Digoy” Montalvo as the “founding father” [...]

BY CARLA GOMEZ(www.visayandailystar.com)
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday instructed Finance Secretary Margarito Teves to assist Negros Occidental Gov. Isidro Zayco in generating job opportunities for Negrenses.
Zayco said he informed the President of efforts undertaken by the provincial government to help sugar farm workers during the dead season, over lunch at The Ruins and she called Teves.
Teves [...]

By: Carla Gomez (www.visayandailystar.com)
The Energy Regulatory Commission granted the  National Power  Corp. a provisional generation rate increase  of .8376 centavos per kilowatt hour for the Visayas grid but consumers are actually paying a 96-centavo hike, Enrique Tabino, Central Negros Electric Cooperative manager, said yesterday.
That is because systems loss and Expanded Value Added Tax fees have [...]

By: Carla Gomez (www.visayandailystar.com)
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will present awards for the Best Public Sector Projects in Western Visayas at the New Government Center in Bacolod City this morning, before flying to Indonesia.
The Philippine National Police has gone on full alert for the president’s visit and will be fielding 1,500 policemen at the government center, [...]

A mall-wide sale and other activities where customers can get up to 50 percent off on great selections will be kicked off by SM City Bacolod, in cooperation with the Bacolod City government and the 1st Inasal Festival Committee, May 17 and end May 24, a press release from the mall said.
An afternoon of fun [...]