September 15, 2021

4 rebels killed, 13 captured in Ilog gunbattle

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Four suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed, while 13 others, including a top-ranking rebel leader, were captured yesterday during an encounter with the police elite Special Action Force troopers in Sitio Balik-Balik,

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Support swells for dismissed Baciwa employees

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A manifesto was signed yesterday by stakeholders and consumers of the Bacolod City Water District appealing to Mayor Evelio Leonardia and the Baciwa Board of Directors to act on the Civil Service Commission Order relative to

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Rebels claim backhoe destruction

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The New People’s Army Mt. Cansermon Command yesterday issued a statement claiming responsibility for the burning of a heavy equipment in Sitio Bulod, Brgy. Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Ka Dionesio Magbuelas, spokesperson of the rebel

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P1M incentive for ‘Lola Iska’ proposed in Congress

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes has filed House Resolution 2207 that will grant a Negrense super centenarian from Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, a P1 million incentive. Super centenarian Francisca “Lola Iska” Susano of Brgy. Camingawan,

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Tongson hoping for coalition endorsement

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Himamaylan City Mayor Raymund Tongson yesterday said that he is hoping to get the endorsement and support of the leaders of Love Negros- United Negros Alliance (UNegA) coalition for the 2022 elections. This was after Negros

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9/11 – 20 years after

Last week, I was a bit puzzled when people in the news outlets kept repeating references to 9/11. I knew it was an important date, but the occasion evaded me for a while. And then it flashed back suddenly! It

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Deadly ground

The Philippines has once again topped Asian countries and is third worldwide when it comes to the most number of land rights and environmental activists killed, this time for the year 2020. The report of environment and human rights watchdog

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Tool kits distributed

The Office of Rep. Genaro “Lim-ao” Alvarez represented by former Rep. Mercedes “Chedeng” Alvarez through the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority distributed starter toolkits to a total of 106 TESDA graduates of Sipalay City. Thirty-one carpentry tools were given

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