BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) and PDP-Laban (Cusi faction) has appeared to be the two dominant political parties in Negros Occidental, based on numbers of their members, who filed their Certificates of Candidacy, from October 1
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Finance and Appropriations will hold a virtual committee hearing on the P3.250 billion Executive Budget for 2022 today. Councilor Cindy Rojas, committee chairperson, said next year’s budget is an increase
The Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) is encouraging hotels, restaurants, and other business establishments in Bacolod City to offer incentives such as discounts and freebies to fully vaccinated customers to attract more people to get COVID jabs. The task force
October 19 is no longer a special non-working holiday in Bacolod City by virtue of Republic Act 11146, signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on November 9, 2018, declaring June 18, 1938 as the correct date of the Bacolod City
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Secretary to the Mayor Edward Joseph Cuansing now sits as the City Administrator of Bacolod City after his appointment was concurred in by the Sangguniang Panlungsod during its regular session Wednesday. Cuansing was appointed by Mayor
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Despite easing out of COVID-19 restrictions, Negros Occidental will retain its curfew hours and capacity limitations on business establishments, disclosed Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson. Lacson said some experts believe that it is too early to place
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental reported during the weekend that it has received an additional 17,000 doses of Moderna vaccines from the national government on Oct. 15 The vaccines are now being stored at the
GREEN FIELDS. A drone shot shows the patterns created by the island’s sugarcane fields that remain the lifeblood of the Negros economy.* John Kimwell Laluma/CCN photo
While it’s true that Christ told the rich young man, and us, to “sell everything and give to the poor…and come, follow me,” (Mk 10,21), we need to understand that the Christian spirit of poverty and detachment does not prevent
For the past Sundays, we have followed Jesus as he journeys towards Jerusalem to accomplish his saving mission. The apostles interpret this to mean that Jesus will finally establish the long-expected messianic kingdom. Jesus tells them, however, that in Jerusalem
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Local distribution utility MORE Power highlighted the significant relief delivered by the energization of the Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) 230-kilovolt (kV) backbone project to the islands of Panay and Negros. At the simultaneous ceremonial energization of the CNP
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday called for a prompt and peaceful resolution to the recent seizure by Iranian authorities of a Portuguese-flagged container ship, which included four Filipino seafarers among its crew, a press release from the House of
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Art Studio Forty Nine has an ongoing group exhibition of the artworks of its students at the West Bridgeway of SM City Bacolod. Rodney Martinez, past president of the Art Association of Bacolod-Negros, led the opening
The Luzon and Visayas grids were placed under alert status for the third consecutive day on Thursday, due to thin power supply. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) put the Luzon grid under red alert status from 3
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Art Association of Bacolod-Negros is holding simultaneous group art exhibitions, at The Bacolod City Pavilion and the Balay Kalamay at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City, for the duration of the Panaad sa
The Abanse Negrense Negros Occidental Softball Team was recently named the champions in the Little League and Senior League categories, and first runner-up for the Junior League category at the Little League Philippine Series – National Finals held at Tanauan
