BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental and five other provinces as well as highly urbanized Bacolod City in Western Visayas were placed under Alert Level 2 status by the Department of Health –Region 6, except for Iloilo City, which is
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The reduction or lifting of curfew hours in Negros Occidental is now being entertained by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, following lifting of curfew hours in Metro Manila which is now on Alert Level 2. While they
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The call to restore the Negros Island Region (NIR) continues to snowball, as Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson pins his hope on the next administration for its revival. “Without a doubt majority if not all
The Bacolod City government launched yesterday the BACuna Card that will primarily serve, for now, as a “passport” for fully vaccinated residents going on domestic travel. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Em Legaspi-Ang, executive director of the Emergency Operations Center-Task
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two Army soldiers, who were injured in recent encounters with New People’s Army rebels in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, have been conferred with Wounded Personnel Medal for gallantry at Camp Lapu-Lapu Station Hospital in Cebu City.
Medical frontliners of Bacolod’s Emergency Operations Center- Task Force and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council inoculating folks residing in remote villages and puroks of the city.* Bacolod City PIO photo
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The terminated employees of the Bacolod City Water District staged a protest noontime yesterday in front of the Baciwa office in Bacolod City demanding for their immediate reinstatement after the Civil Service Commission Region VI favored
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Western Visayas police got a much-needed boost in manpower as 100 police recruits yesterday took their oath as members of Philippine National Police before Region 6 police director Brig. Gen. Rolando Miranda at Camp Martin
Once again the parable of the dishonest steward (cfr. Lk 16,1-8) presents to us some intriguing questions and issues that we have to try to resolve and reconcile with our Christian faith and morals. We can ask if God, who
On the morning of November 5, my wife and I got word that the COVID-19 vaccination for minors without comorbidities that we had registered for was already available in Silay City where we reside. Since we were fortunate enough to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division is now coordinating with the Malacañang on the expected visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., to declare Negros Island under a Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS) status. Brig. Gen. Orlando
• 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,
• 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 The Sugar Council has lauded Senator Imee Marcos for her stand against sugar importation and her advocacy to modernize sugar mills and farming practices. In a recent media interview in La Carlota City, where she distributed
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez committed the full support of the House of Representatives for initiatives meant to promote health education and improved access to dental care for every Filipino, a press release from the House of Representatives said. Romualdez aired
BEACH LIFE. People enjoying the summer along the beaches of Barangay Talaban in Himamaylan City, over the weekend.* Andrew Altarejos photo
