BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Two men robbed and mauled a councilor of Bago City, Negros Occidental, in a lodge in Brgy. 6, Bacolod City Wednesday, Station 2 deputy commander, P/Capt. Andy Ofalia, said yesterday. Aside from robbing Councilor Cleo
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson got fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 after he received yesterday his second dose of the Sinovac vaccine at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, four weeks after the initial
Personnel of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative in Bacolod City joined the Black Friday protest yesterday* Ceneco photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The dismantling of the Northern Negros Front of the Komiteng Rehiyonal Negros/Cebu/Bohol/ Siquijor does not mean complacency for the 79th Infantry Battalion in the conduct of operations against its remnants, its new commander, Lt. Col J-Jay
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN From commander of the 79th Infantry Battalion in Negros to commanding officer of the 82nd Infantry Battalion in Cebu. For carrying out the mission of the 79IB with utmost precision and efficiency, Maj. Gen. Eric Vinuya,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The suspected member of the New People’s Army killed in an encounter with soldiers of the 94th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Bugo, Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, has already been identified. Maj. Cenon Pancito III,
That stone is, of course, our Lord Jesus Christ. He was rejected by the leading men of his time here on earth. They always tried to find fault in him. He was subjected to all kinds of suspicion. And finally,
I was elated to hear the news that the United States is giving its excess vaccines to the Philippines. I am sure it will not be, as some suspicious Pinoys might be thinking, expired ones, or those they didn’t find
The annual gathering of the 194 member-states of the World Health Organization kicked off with all eyes on the global response to Covid-19 and what concrete steps can be taken to avert future pandemics. Proposals from the world leaders in
The Iloilo City government said yesterday it will ask for an extension of its modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) classification until June 15 this year amid a notable increase of coronavirus disease 2019 cases and the current condition of health
A Negrense artist did a live painting of Jarry and Yvette Nombres at their wedding at The Ruins, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on April 16. Kyle Jocson, a contemporary realist artist, sculptor, and a plein air painter created an 18×24
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 Five more drug personalities have been accounted for by the police, following their arrests on April, in Negros Occidental, which yielded about P47,000 worth of illegal drugs The arrest of a junk shop worker on Sunday
Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said the government is sticking to its revenue collection target for now, adding that he is hopeful that the double-digit growth in the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) collections will be sustained until the end of
About 1,000 public utility jeepneys in Bacolod City flooded Araneta Street during the culmination of their 2-day transport strike, seeking extension of the franchise consolidation under the PUV Modernization Program* CGS photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Grace Poe yesterday endorsed the granting of franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp. to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental The endorsement was made by Poe, who chairs the
