BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The manpower needs of police stations in Western Visayas will soon be beefed up with the deployment of 354 neophyte police officers. Lt. Col. Joem Malong, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 6, said yesterday that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The police stations of Sagay, Sipalay, and Murcia in Negros Occidental also established their own community pantries, following the free food stalls set up by the police stations in Toboso and Escalante City on Tuesday. P/Lt.
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The suspect in the gruesome massacre of four family members in Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod City on Easter Sunday was rushed to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital Tuesday due to high blood pressure. Station
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that the tight security at the burial of provincial consultant Mariano Antonio “Marton” Cui in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, was not for him, or any other public
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Despite the denial of the Inter-Agency Task Force to place Negros Occidental under the General Community Quarantine status, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson called on Negrenses yesterday to act as if “we are under the GCQ”. The
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former congressman-turned-provincial consultant, Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, will transfer his voter’s registration records from Victorias City to Bacolod City today, House Minority leader and Abang Lingkod Rep. Stephen Paduano confirmed yesterday. Paduano said that Benitez has
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Several personnel of the Bacolod City Police Office will undergo surveillance testing to determine if they are infected with the coronavirus disease 2019, acting city director, P/Col. Manuel Placido told the DAILY STAR yesterday. Placido
EXHIBIT. These sculptures of Ramon de los Santos are on display at Artful Art Gallery/Cafe along Lacson-18th streets in Bacolod City*
This is always likely to happen. We tend to be spoiled by God’s love because he is infinitely good and merciful, full of love, ready to forgive us no matter how many times we sin and no matter how ugly
Are we becoming a “No Man’s Land”? I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard the news that U.S. President Joe Biden is advising Americans to avoid travel to the Philippines these days! And I thought they were
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the number of suspected pertussis cases rise in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Health Office is targeting 20,000 more children for vaccination. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed that some towns and cities in Negros
Grace Pharmacy president Ian Manuel T. Lo, representing the Dr. Manuel Lo Foundation, generously donated 20,000 five-kilo bags of rice to Bacolod City. The turnover rites were held yesterday at the Bacolod City Government, and the rice donations were received
DEVOTION. Vendors selling devotional items across the San Vicente Ferrer Parish-Shrine, also known as “Vito Church” located at Barangay Vito in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.* Andrew Altarejos photo
In a bid to enhance public transportation and promote eco-friendly travel options, the City of Bacolod, with the initiative of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, will launch a green route dry run featuring electric jeeps (e-jeeps) starting May 15 until May
“That they may be one, as we also are one.” (Jn 17,11) Words of Christ just before he entered into the culminating act of human redemption, expressing his greatest desire for us. We have to realize that this is the
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is providing a debt relief program to help borrowers who are currently struggling to make payments under its housing loan program. In a press release, GSIS President and General Manager Wick Veloso said that
