• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
More than P2 million in income were generated from sales of products displayed and food being served in booths of the 32 participating local government units as the 30th edition of Panaad sa Negros Festival entered its second day.
The Panaad sa Negros Festival is being held at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City from April 13 to 19.
The P2.043 million income on April 14 is higher by P439,000 compared to P1.603 million recorded on the second day in 2025, according to data provided by Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz II.
The first day income of this year’s festival was reported at P3.385 million, with an increase of P1.525 million compared to last year’s P1.859 million.
Amid the challenges brought about by fuel crisis, the Panaad festival sites still gathered an estimated almost 11,000 visitors on the second day.
Diaz said there is much improved flow of traffic inside and outside the festival sites as they frequently checked on the chokepoints, with the help of traffic enforcers, police and barangay tanods, who are augmenting the personnel of the Capitol Security and Safety Division.
There were no reports of crime incidents in the past two days of the festival, he added.
Almost 900 personnel of the Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire and Protection, Philippine Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies have been mobilized to maintain peace and order at the Panaad Park and Stadium. | GB
