BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN COVID-19 pandemic is not the greatest problem, but the climate change, disclosed by Energy Development Corp. president Richard Tantoco, who spoke at a Zoominar organized by the Ecumenical Initiative Forum, a gathering of faith-based organizations against
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 56 Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, received P420,000 worth of educational assistance on Tuesday. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Rep. Gerardo Valmayor, Jr. assisted by Don Salvador Benedicto Mayor
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that he and Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer are hoping that Board Member Ernesto Agustin Bascon will continue to seek for re-election as a member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, in the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The possibility that Negros Occidental officials will have a common choice for one presidential candidate in the May next year elections is unlikely to happen. This was the initial assessment of Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, in
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Vice Admiral Leopoldo Laroya, former Western Visayas Coast Guard district chief, is the new commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard, after his appointment by President Rodrigo Duterte. Laroya replaced Admiral George Usabia, who reached the mandatory
A Bacolod City resident here yielded P1.025 million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust conducted by operatives of Bacolod City Police Office Station 5 in Barangay Taculing on Tuesday night. Police identified the suspect as Arjon Ramos, 27, a
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia will address the faculty members of the College of Nursing of the University of St. La Salle, students and their family members in a virtual forum at 4:30 p.m. today. More
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An unvaccinated woman who was pregnant for seven months died of COVID-19 Sunday, the Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) reported yesterday. The woman’s unborn child also died, the EOC-TF said. According to EOC-TF’s contact
Firemen responding to the Mansilingan Agro-Industrial High School blaze at Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City shortly before midnight Tuesday.* Arthur Yap photo
The feast of the Nativity of Our Lady (September 8) reminds us that we should be close to both Mary and Joseph since they can serve as the surest guide for us to be with Christ. And to be with
That’s “Go forth, the Mass is ended” in Latin. With these words, we are reminded that all of us who attend Mass are being sent forth the way Christ sent his apostles to “go into the whole world and proclaim
I was having a conversation with a couple of close friends from way back the other day, and as usual, the topic turned to how things are changing as we age. This time, instead of talking about our health and
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday afternoon (United States time) paid a courtesy call to United States Rep. Ami Bera of California’s 6th District at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where the American legislator offered beer and
The Municipality of E. B. Magalona hosted a coastal cleanup drive, spearheaded by the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO), to mark this year’s Earth Day celebration on Monday, a press release from E.B. Magalona PIO said. More than 200 participants
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution granting Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez authority to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the City of Bacolod and Seymour Sanchez, designating the latter as festival director of
Following an intense 2-day competition, Delimondo’s Gelimae Villanueva and Bianca Lizares ruled the 1st Governor Bong Lacson Beach Volleyball Tournament (Women’s Open Category) held at the resthouse of Jose G. Montalbo in Spur 14 Purok Langka, Brgy. Bunga, Don Salvador
