BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A show-cause order has been issued against Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino by the Provincial Legal Office for the alleged delay in the payment for catering services by the Office of the Provincial Agriculture, amounting to P1
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Renewed armed skirmishes on May 26 between patrolling Army soldiers and a group of New People’s Army rebels in Sitio Bugo, Brgy Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, claimed the life of an alleged Red fighter. Lt.
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The granting of the Pandemic Emergency Relief Allowance, especially for workers affected by Covid-19 in Western Visayas, is still in limbo, Wennie Sancho, who is the labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity
FOOD HUB. The Negros Occidental Food Terminal Market, located across the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City, is all set for inauguration on May 29* Capitol PIO photo
So my eldest kid turned 16 this week and now I feel so old. He will be in senior high this school year, giving us just two more years with him before he goes off to a university which will
Have you noticed that nobody, especially the media, talks about “rules” anymore? The favorite word now is “protocol”. I wonder what today’s students think of that. Anyway, our officials and media people hardly ever use the old word, anymore, so
On May 1, Beijing implemented its annual fishing moratorium over the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and waters north to 12 degrees north latitude of the South China Sea. This unilateral fishing ban covers areas where
Malacañang raised yesterday the possibility that the quarantine classifications in the country might be relaxed in June. “Everything else being considered, there is likelihood that the quarantine classification will be eased,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an online press
The Bago City Government, led by Mayor Nicholas Yulo, turned over logistical equipment and supplies, worth more than P.7 million, to capacitate the Bago City Police Station and assure the safety of people against criminals. Acting Bago police chief, Lieutenant
The San Carlos City government turned over two projects, worth P6 million, at the Don Carlos Ledesma National High School in Barangay Buluangan, to the Department of Education yesterday. Mayor Renato Gustilo, Congressman Gerardo Valmayor Jr. of the 1st District
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
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez committed the full support of the House of Representatives for initiatives meant to promote health education and improved access to dental care for every Filipino, a press release from the House of Representatives said. Romualdez aired
The gospel of the feast of St. Matthias on May 14 tells us about how much God loves us, where we can find that love and how that love gives us also the complete joy. (cfr. Jn 15,9-17) “Jesus said
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The havoc created by the ongoing drought on Negros Occidental continues, as the value of the damage to agricultural crops has been reported at more than P502 million, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration and Office
“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
