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
A team from the DOST- Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), led by Fenina Osorio, paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon on Monday, in the middle of their data collection for the National Nutrition Survey in Barangay Manta-angan,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 reported that it arrested 29 drug suspects and recovered P5.1 million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas, during 24-hour police operations on May 10. Of the 29 arrested suspects, seven
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
Once again, we are made to consider the greatest desire Christ expressed just before his passion, death and resurrection in the gospel reading of the Mass on Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter. (cfr. Jn 17,20-26) His desire was
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson called on athletes of the province who will be part of the delegation of Western Visayas to the Palarong Pambansa in Cebu on July to “contribute medals” to the cause of the region. Lacson
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
