BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya thanked House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco for the additional funds he committed for the construction of the Bacolod City General Hospital during the latter’s visit to Bacolod City and Negros Occidental on
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Health – Center for Health and Development 6 reported that COVID-19 cases are rising anew in Western Visayas, especially in highly-urbanized cities of Iloilo and Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Guimaras and Iloilo province, from
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental logged its second fatality on highly-contagious COVID-19 Delta variant, a 40-year Returning Overseas Filipino. San Carlos City Mayor Renato Gustilo reported that the ROF from Bahrain, with comorbidity, died due to complications on Aug.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Brig. Gen. Noel Baluyan yesterday took over temporarily the command of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division following the mandatory retirement of its commander, Maj. Gen. Eric Vinoya. Army chief Maj. Gen. Andres Centino presided over the
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya yesterday said he is just waiting for the decision of the local members of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) in Bacolod City headed by Mayor Evelio Leonardia as to who will replace
LANDSCAPING COMPETITION. The La Carlota City Police Station adjudged as first place in the NOCPPO’s landscaping contest in the city category, while La Castellana Police Station tops the municipal category.* PNP photo
Let’s be wary of our tendency to be fault-finders, negative thinkers, incorrigible critics, etc. This tendency usually springs from a brand of righteousness that is not properly rooted on the real source of righteousness who can only be God, as
It feels like a lifetime ago when some of us we were looking forward to the day when the calendar would change in the hope that 2021 would be better than 2020. Now that most of 2021 has passed and
The Filipino health care workers already up in arms over their long delayed benefits such as their special risk allowance (SRA) that has not yet been fully distributed by the Department of Health in the midst of a raging pandemic
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental Police Office has another city police chief in the person of Lt. Col. Joem Malong. Malong, former spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 6, yesterday replaced Lt. Col. Joel Batusbatusan as police chief
BEACH LIFE. People enjoying the summer along the beaches of Barangay Talaban in Himamaylan City, over the weekend.* Andrew Altarejos photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The granting of a franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp., to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental, is steadily inching towards approval by the Philippine Senate. The Senate approved on
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN There is no stopping from the provincial government of Negros Occidental as it pursues its bulk water project, amid opposition from members of the Silay City Sangguniang Panlungsod and sugar planters, as confirmed by Mayor Joedith
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two policemen assigned in Negros Occidental are now facing a probe for allegedly receiving protection money from financiers of illegal gambling. PLt. Col. Arnel Solis, spokesman of the Police Regional Office 6, disclosed yesterday that the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general yesterday challenged the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the killing spree of the New People’s Army of innocent civilians, which they have claimed responsibility for. In communicating with Chris Montano of the
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
