BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Delinquent real property taxpayers, who may enter into compromise agreements under the proposed tax relief ordinance of the provincial government of Negros Occidental, will gain a 28 percent savings from their tax obligations, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III About P142 million was allocated by the National Food Authority in Negros Occidental for its palay procurement program this year. NFA provincial manager Epifanio Cosca said the agency targets to procure 120 to 150 bags
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Emergency Operations Center and the Business Permits and Licensing Office have launched an investigation on the reported holding of a pre-Valentine concert at a business complex behind the Bacolod Government Center. Dr. Chris Sorongon,
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Several residents in Purok Himaya, Brgy. Alijis, Bacolod City have expressed their opposition to the construction of a cellsite of Dito Telecommunications in their area. In a letter submitted to the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Acknowledging that some local government units may have been experiencing “fatigue”, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday that relaxing the border control at the provincial level will have “a very dangerous effect”, and the provincial government
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN There are now 216 police personnel assigned in Western Visayas who have recovered from Covid-19, as of yesterday, the PNP Health Service said. Of the 250 police personnel infected, 232 are members of the Police Regional
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a landmark legislation that seeks to provide permanent resettlement sites for fisherfolk and their families. Rep. Leo Rafael Cueva, who chairs the House Committee on
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III An alleged drug personality died while his live-in partner was wounded when a lone gunman barged into their rented house in Brgy. 2, Bacolod City, and shot them past 6 a.m. yesterday, the police said.
CHARTER. Bantayan Park in Bago is a favorite destination as the city marks its 55th charter anniversary on the theme “Bago City, Steadfast & Virtual @ 55”, until March 6* Terence Philip Nemenzo Talorete photo
During the 1980s, an investment-linked insurance product, known as Variable Universal Life, was launched in the US. This product line combines insurance protection with mutual fund type investing. When VUL insurance was first introduced in the Philippines at the start
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general has reiterated that the 3rd Infantry Division does not engage in “red tagging,” which he stressed is not a government policy. Maj. Gen. Marion Sison, 3ID commander, disclosed that the information presented to
As per monitoring of Power Watch Negros, the application of the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) for a legislative franchise, as embodied in H.B. No. 9805, had already passed the preliminary phase of the complex legislative labyrinth in the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the killing spree of innocent civilians carried out and admitted by the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. These acts of violence are not only abhorrent, but also a
Various farm equipment were turned over to the members of two farmers’ associations in Barangay San Isidro E. B. Magalona yesterday by E.B. Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon’s consultant Ramie Babac and Municipal Agriculturist Efren Garcia Jr., according to a press
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN About P2.8 million worth of suspected shabu was seized by authorities from two arrested drug suspects, during a buy bust operation on Thursday at South Circumferential Road, in Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City. The joint operations of
That’s what Christ told Peter after telling him what to expect as the rock on which Christ would build his Church. (cfr. Jn 21,19) “Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and
