October 4, 2021

Distritos switch allegiance

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Former Bacolod Councilor Caesar Distrito and two incumbent councilors of Bacolod City, who ran under the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), announced that they are joining the camp of former Negros Occidental 3rd District congressman Albee Benitez

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Rep. Benitez denies ‘registrant hakot’ to Bacolod

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Reelectionist Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez yesterday strongly debunked accusations that they are transporting “voter registrants” from the 3rd district of Negros Occidental to Bacolod City, to boost chances of his elder brother, Alfredo Benitez, in winning

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Lacson rallies Negros officials to focus on COVID

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has rallied his fellow elected officials to focus not much on politics, but on how to overcome and survive the COVID-19 pandemic, as the filing of Certificate of Candidacy for

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El Cid respects Greg’s neutral stand

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran yesterday said he respects the decision of Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya to run solo as the official candidate of the Nationalist People’s Coalition for congressman in Bacolod City. Gasataya earlier

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16 soldiers get medals

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sixteen soldiers of the 79th Infantry Battalion, who figured in an encounter with suspected New People’s Army rebels on September 30 in Brgy. San Pablo, Manapla, Negros Occidental, were conferred with medals, in recognition of their

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Leonardia welcomes new top cop

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia is looking forward to forge close working relationship with Police Colonel Thomas Joseph Martir, newly-designated acting director of the Bacolod City Police Office, in the government’s fight against COVID-19. During the turnover of command Friday, Leonardia

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God’s wonderful plan

The issue of divorce is one of the thorniest controversies facing society since the time of Jesus. Today, there is a bill on divorce pending in Congress. In the gospel, the Pharisees ask Jesus whether it is lawful for a

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Wait till the clouds roll by

Some friends and relatives had been teasing me, “Why is your Star no longer shining everyday as it used to?” At first I was nonplused to find the words to counter them, but last night, I was able to answer

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Learning loss

A global survey conducted by London-based global education platform T4 Education has found that schoolchildren form the Philippines’ poorest households have been hit hardest by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic as they suffer more in terms of “learning loss” compared to

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Rebel camp in Himamaylan seized

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers seized a temporary camp of the New People’s Army, following two encounters on October 1 in remote sitios of Brgys. Carabalan and Buenavista, Himamaylan City. The operations yielded high-powered firearms and explosives left behind

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• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A councilor of the municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, who was tagged in a police recruitment scam that reportedly victimized 47 aspiring police officers, has been expelled from the municipal council, Mayor Alme Rhumyla

Rebel arms cache unearthed in Escalante

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army 79th Infantry Battalion reported yesterday the discovery of firearms, ammunition, and an explosive, believed to have been buried by New People’s Army rebels in Sitio Mocabog, Brgy. Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. In a

NIR bill almost finished – DILG chief

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P55M Victorias City evacuation center unveiled

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