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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A hundred political prisoners in Negros island will hold another 24-hour fast this coming today to call on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) National Office to press on with its initial efforts for a thorough and impartial investigation on
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two more local government units in Negros Island have placed their respective areas under a state of calamity, due to the prevailing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon. During its regular session on Thursday, the
The City of Victorias has obtained a total of P13 million cash grant to develop a birdwatching site in the famous Gawahon Ecopark. The northern Negros city, the lone winner from Negros Occidental, received P8 million in the nationwide Tourism
In the gospel of the Mass on Monday of the Third Week of Easter (cfr. Jn 6, 22-29), we are told about how more and more people, after learning about how Christ managed to feed 5 thousand people with a
Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez on Monday asked the Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) to submit a water security plan as he noted the failure of PrimeWater Infrastructure Corp., Baciwa’s joint venture agreement partner, to improve supply in the past four
Victorias City is empowering its local carabao dairy production industry with the inauguration of Dairy Box and Carabao Pen at the Bangga Daan Satellite Market and Hda. San Antonio, respectively, on April 18. The Dairy Box located at Barangay I
