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 The month long anti-illegal operations in Negros Occidental, including the highly urbanized Bacolod City, has led to the arrest 246 persons, according to reports of the Police Regional Office 6. Among the arrested suspects, a total
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Stressing that the police force in Western VIsayas is a very professional one, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police director, yesterday said that there is no need to conduct a loyalty check. For us here, I
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), the largest political party in the country, has forged an alliance with Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) to further promote people’s interests under the Bagong Pilipinas program of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN There is no stopping from the provincial government of Negros Occidental as it pursues its bulk water project, amid opposition from members of the Silay City Sangguniang Panlungsod and sugar planters, as confirmed by Mayor Joedith
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN PrimeWater, with joint venture partner Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA), presented their water management initiatives to address the increasing challenges in water supply in Bacolod City, during a recent hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The partnership
