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 The Police Regional Office 6 reported that it arrested 29 drug suspects and recovered P5.1 million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas, during 24-hour police operations on May 10. Of the 29 arrested suspects, seven
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the La Niña phenomenon inches towards the country, expected to be felt by the middle of this year, damage caused by drought to agricultural crops in Negros Occidental continues to rise, currently valued at P302,224,913,
About four tons of trash were collected along the coastal barangay of Punta Taytay following the coastal cleanup drive initiated by Abomar Equipment Sales Corporation with student volunteers on Friday, May 3. More than 200 volunteers from Sum-ag National High
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twelve former rebels who surrendered to the 62nd Infantry Battalion and police in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, have availed of financial aid, through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation of the Department of Social Welfare
Oil companies will slash petroleum prices as much as P2 per liter today. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Seaoil, and Shell said they will roll back gasoline prices by P2 per liter and will also cut diesel prices by
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating Antonio Alexi Gayares for placing 9th in the May 2024 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. Authored by Councilor Em Ang, the resolution said the Professional Regulation
