Bacolod Bishop pins hope on youth
October 23, 2021
Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon banks on the youth to change the country’s history, through the ballot, in the May next year elections.* Diocese of Bacolod photo
Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon banks on the youth to change the country’s history, through the ballot, in the May next year elections.* Diocese of Bacolod photo
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod will not be endorsing any local/national candidate or party in the May 2022 presidential and vice presidential elections. Bacolod Bishop Patricio Buzon yesterday said everything is political but when it
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN An engineer assigned at the Negros Occidental Provincial Engineers Office has been ordered dismissed from service by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson after he was found guilty of administrative offenses of grave misconduct, vicious habits, disgraceful and
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The P87 million worth of infrastructure projects were turned over by the Department of Agriculture and Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson to the local government units of Manapla and Toboso in Negros Occidental, after the series of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Energy Regulatory Commission has been urged by Third District Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez to review the pricing regulations in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), following hike in electricity rates. Benitez said that electric cooperatives
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN It will be a busy day for Vice President Leni Robredo when she visits Bacolod City and Negros Occidental on Nov. 5, which is also being marked as Negros Island liberation day. The visit of VP
We have to be wary of this common tendency of ours. We are always prone to show externally what we actually are not internally. We easily fall into some kind of political or social correctness without the proper spirit animating
Go Girls! It’s about time we had another woman for president! Remember we’ve had two, and they didn’t do badly at all. Scandals were a-plenty during the terms of men as president, but I believe les girls did not seem
More than half of small and medium sized businesses in the Philippines have been victimized by cyberattacks in the past year, with a quarter of them saying the incidents cost their business at least P25 million, a study by IT
Young Bacoleña Elise Gamboa, launches her first published book entitled “Andoy’s Unique Music.” Gamboa was the youngest student enrolled in a Storywriting Class organized by award-winning creative writers during the 2020 pandemic lockdown. Her story in that class, written when
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) claims that accusations of “red tagging” are only meant to deflect underground organizations’ “terrorist-grooming” efforts where select individual victims are systematically recruited and radicalized through
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general has reiterated that the 3rd Infantry Division does not engage in “red tagging,” which he stressed is not a government policy. Maj. Gen. Marion Sison, 3ID commander, disclosed that the information presented to
“The health of our planet depends on the health of its ecosystems, and sustainable agriculture is key to maintaining that health.” – Jules Pretty The drought is expected to end soon but not without a devastating impact in agriculture, estimated
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general yesterday challenged the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the killing spree of the New People’s Army of innocent civilians, which they have claimed responsibility for. In communicating with Chris Montano of the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Italianni’s Restaurant recently opened its 33rd branch in the country at the ground floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City. The popular restaurant chain, known for its great American-Italian food, is the second Italianni’s
Forty Child Development Workers (formerly called Day Care Workers) from all the 23 barangays of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental, attended yesterday a one-day workshop on reading literacy at the Municipal Building. This was the second leg and expanded training