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,
Bacolod City officials led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia (7th from left) at the launching of the latest VAX i-bus mobile at the Ceres Terminal.*City PIO photo
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
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
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,
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
To be truly Christian, we have to see to it that we are becoming more and more “alter Christus,” another Christ. That may sound impossible, and, indeed, it is, if we are to rely only on our human powers. But
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
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
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
AID. Displaced residents of Brgy. Carol-an in Kabankalan City, avail of free medical checkup and medicines during a pulong-pulong organized by the 94th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, following two armed encounters in their barangay on Monday.* PA photo
Negros Occidental, represented by St. John’s Institute, captured the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Elementary Girls Volleyball title on May 6 at the Montalbo Gym in Bacolod City. In the elimination round the Negros Occidental girls defeated Capiz in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A job order worker of Silay City government and four other drug personalities were arrested in separate buy bust operations on May 8 in Negros Occidental, which yielded more than P80,000 worth of suspected shabu. The
Stacey Arabella Bee, a 14-year-old Grade 8 student at University of St. La Salle – Integrated School in Bacolod City, is set to once again represent Bacolod City and Western Visayas in the upcoming 2024 Palarong Pambansa scheduled for July
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the number of suspected pertussis cases rise in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Health Office is targeting 20,000 more children for vaccination. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed that some towns and cities in Negros
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo yesterday said he is hoping that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign Negros Island Region bill before May 20, in time for his visit to Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental. Unfazed by
