BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Power Watch Negros will seek a Congressional inquiry on the one-year extension of the current agreement between Kepco-Salcon Power Corporation and the Central Negros Electric Cooperative. Wennie Sancho, secretary general of Power Watch, said that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and the Police Regional Office 6 vowed aggressive operations against the New People’s Army rebels responsible for many atrocities in Western Visayas. The declaration was made by Maj. Gen. Eric Vinuya,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The week-long temporary suspension of trips from Negros Occidental to Dumangas Port and Iloilo City, and vice versa, will be lifted starting June 1, the joint advisory issued by the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force and Regional
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III “Lift the cease and desist order,” Andres Tacolod, owner of the resort being developed at the Sum-ag riverbank in Barangay Pahanocoy, appealed after the Bacolod City Legal Office ordered the stoppage of the project last
Dumaguete City Vice Mayor Alan Gel Cordova died yesterday morning after he collapsed during the charity bike event organized by the 302nd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army. He was 53. Doctors at the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital attempted to
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the grand launching of the Negros Occidental Cultural Hub at the Capitol Lagoon in Bacolod City on May 29. A pioneering first for Negros Occidental, Lacson said the tour of the
The Court of Appeals turned down an appeal filed by STI Education Systems Holdings Inc. questioning a lower court decision that ordered it to pay P50 million to shareholders of the West Negros University to complete its P400-million purchase made
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital has reached full capacity on both wards and critical care unit dedicated to Covid-19 patients, its chief, Dr. Julius Drilon, said Saturday. Drilon said the Emergency Room of
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, La Castellana Mayor Rhumyla Nicor-Mangilimutan, and Association of Negros Producers president Arlene Infante (l-r) ring the bell to signify the start of the 35h Negros Trade Fair in Bacolod City Saturday* APN photo
It is said that Trinity Sunday is every preacher’s nightmare. It does not have to be because while the Trinity may be the most profound mystery of our faith, the feast is more of a celebration of the nearness rather
We have to be clear about the intimate relation between the virtues of humility, magnanimity and magnificence. Often these virtues are understood as somehow opposed to each other. Humility is often understood as projecting a low profile, hidden, passive and
The readings of the Mass on Tuesday of the 5th Week of Easter (cfr. Acts 14,19-28; Jn 14,27-31) happily show us that we can have peace even amid the most terrible predicaments in our earthly life as long as we
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Stressing that they have enough funds to help their drought affected residents, Mayor John Rey Tabujara announced yesterday that they will not declare a state of calamity, amid reports from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson announced yesterday that the provincial government of Negros Occidental will undertake the solarization of seven of its main buildings, starting this year. Speaking yesterday at the Provincial Stakeholders’ Consultative Power Summit at
The first 11-a-side football pitch equipped with synthetic turf in the Western Visayas Region will soon rise in Victorias National High School in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez and ACT CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo led the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Organizers of the Western Visayas Athletic Association meet have adjusted the playing schedules of outdoor sports competitions, amid the high heat index forecasted in Negros Occidental, disclosed Ian Arnold Arnaiz, spokesperson of the Department of Education
