BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Passenger buses may soon be allowed to cross the borders of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental. Negros Oriental provincial government spokesman Bimbo Miraflor disclosed that the bus trips of the Vallacar Transit Inc. may now ply
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental health workers are getting their third dose or booster shot of the COVID-19 starting today, Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action officer Rayfrando Diaz announced yesterday. Diaz said they are now expecting issuance of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN It will be round 2 for Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos Jr., whom she had defeated during the 2016 vice presidential race, in the May 2022 polls. VP Leni is banking
The wearing of face shield is now voluntary after Bacolod City was downgraded from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 2. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said that “In compliance with the Office of the President Memorandum dated November 15, the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer has fulfilled his promise on early approval of the 2022 budget of the province. This was after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental unanimously approved yesterday the P5.7 billion budget of the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental gubernatorial aspirant John Orola yesterday said that PDDS (Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan), where he is affiliated with, will support the vice-presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Orola, who is challenging incumbent
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya and Sum-ag Barangay Captain Rodney Carmona led the blessing and inauguration of the P20 million Sum-ag River floodwall and esplanade projects in Sum-ag, Bacolod City during the barangay’s 19th Martesan Festival yesterday.
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday handed over more than half a million pesos in financial assistance, on top of food packs to 110 informal settler-families that were recently evicted from Purok Herbabuena in Barangay Villamonte. Recipient-families received P5,000 cash aid
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has promoted Capt. Edgar Ybañez, Coast Guard – Western Visayas District chief, and three others to the rank of ‘Commodore’, which is equivalent to the rank of brigadier general in the Armed
HARVEST. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson tried the manual method of harvesting sugarcane at the Negros First Organic Technology Center in Brgy. Tabunan, Bago City, where he led on Nov. 16 the turnover of P11 million worth of agricultural and fishery projects to farmers and fisherfolks.* Capitol PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) can have a sigh of relief as the raising of the amount for their conditional cash grants is now being pushed in Congress. 4Ps party list Rep. JC
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A two-month-old infant died, feared to be a probable case of pertussis, or whooping cough, as the number of cases of the contagious respiratory illness have risen to eight in Negros Occidental, as of April 16,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN While the political coalition of Love Negros and United Negros Alliance (UNegA) is still working in the provincial level, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday encouraged candidates to duplicate their arrangement at the local level. In past
“The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear” – The Beatles The genuine agrarian reform advocates, rural development workers, and small producers lost one of its prime movers. Arnel Ligahon, “Tibo,” as he is casually
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri led the inauguration and blessing of a two-story dormitory worth P14,850,000 inside the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) Binalbagan campus on April 15, a press release said. The legacy project of Senator Zubiri
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing the Bacolod Waterfront Park, providing for park hours, permissible and prohibited activities, and providing penalties for violations, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Wednesday. The ordinance authored by
