BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Energy Regulatory Commission, in response to complaints of Western Visayas electric consumers on significant increase in the electricity rates originating from the damaged submarine cable of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, ordered the
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital is hiring an additional 547 hospital staff with the approval of RA 11441 increasing the bed capacity of the regional hospital to 1,000 beds. Dr. Julius Drilon, CLMMRH Chief
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has issued a memorandum formally designating Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital in Himamaylan City as COVID-19 center in Negros Occidental. This brings to three the number of COVID-19 facilities in the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A mass swab testing among several Love Negros members, will be conducted on September 23 at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, Negros Occidental, after two of its affiliated mayors tested positive for
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three men were separately found dead in Negros Occidental on September 20 and 21, one of them killed in a shooting incident. Three unidentified armed men shot and killed Dionie Dada, 43, in Sitio Winaswasan, Brgy,
LOW LEVEL. The majestic Mount Kanlaon, the highest peak in Visayas, is currently under alert level 1 (low-level unrest) by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.* John Kimwell Laluma/CCN photo
To be truly Christian, we should be what Christ wants us to be—light of the world. As such we have to learn how to give good example to others, obviously with the proper motive and purpose. Christ pointed this out
Mayor Evelio Leonardia today rallied senior citizens and other Barangay Banago residents belonging to the urban poor sector to get inoculated soonest and help educate their families about COVID-19 as their contribution to the city government’s campaign against the pandemic.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Residents and officials of Brgys. 16A and 19A in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, thanked the Victorias Milling Company for clearing, widening and deepening of the canal that spans the two barangays, which always being flooded during
Members of the Kapatiran para sa Progresong Panlipunan Inc. (Kapatiran) based in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental continue to receive more livelihood assistance from the government through the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority. The beneficiaries are former rebels under the
To be truly Christian, we should really have the very heart of Christ. We should have his attitude toward all possible conditions our life can find itself in, irrespective of whether these conditions are favorable to us or not. This
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has recommended the declaration of a state of calamity in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, due to the prevailing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon, Mayor Benjie
The local stock market continued to rebound on Wednesday, closing near the 6,600 level, while the peso moved sideways. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 65.95 points, closing at 6,572.75, while the broader All Shares also rose 16.56 points
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Six more self-confessed New People’s Army rebels surrendered to the 11th and 61st Infantry Battalions in Negros and Iloilo, respectively, according to reports of the Philippine Army. Three of the six NPA rebels surrendered to the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty Negrense artists opened a group art exhibition titled “Catharsis of Creativity” at Gallerie G, Villa Geronca Building, Rosario-Amapola streets, Bacolod City on April 13, which will run for a month. Guest of honor at the
PANAAD COSTUMES. Sagay City (left) won the Best Colorful, while Talisay City (right) won the Best Indigenous, in the Panaad Festival Costume Competition on Thursday at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City* Andrew Altarejos photos
