BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN As promised during his recent visit to Negros Occidental, Senate Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri filed Senate Bill No. 2453, or the Negros Island Region Act, which seeks to bring together Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental
The National Vaccination Operations Center has directed Bacolod City to inoculate 66,000 residents during the national mass vaccination program from November 29 to December 1. Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) executive director Em Ang said that Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Council of Negros Occidental was activated yesterday, as authorities and the Commission on Election brace for the start of election period in January next year. The JPSCC is composed of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Laban Leni Negros Occidental (LLNO) volunteers’ movement will have ‘Lugaw Leni’ events in nine towns and cities all over the province on November 20 as part of their participation in the nationwide feeding program identified
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen yesterday seized P136,000 worth of suspected illegal drugs from an arrested woman at Purok Kabulakan 1 in Brgy. Singcang Airport, Bacolod City. Nabbed during a buy-bust operation was Sarian Joy Cagayanan, 33, of Brgy. 35,
WORK AND PLAY. A biker and sugarcane farmworkers farmers go about their morning activities in Brgy. Granada, Bacolod City.* Jose Tan Jr./CCN photo
This is, of course, not meant to scare us nor to have a pessimistic view of life. Rather it is to be realistic, given the way we are and the way the world in general is, what with all our
Congratulations to Bacolod City for having been named the “Most Business Friendly Local Government Unit” for 2021 by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, besting 10 other finalists in the highly urbanized city category of the nationwide search. The
Universal Robina Corp. (URC) has proven itself as a true multinational company, with consumer products that are now mainstays in millions of shelves across the globe. Among the company’s market leaders abroad are its Fun-O biscuits and Tivoli wafers in
Once again, we are made to consider the greatest desire Christ expressed just before his passion, death and resurrection in the gospel reading of the Mass on Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter. (cfr. Jn 17,20-26) His desire was
• 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 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
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 Two policemen assigned in Negros Occidental are now facing a probe for allegedly receiving protection money from financiers of illegal gambling. PLt. Col. Arnel Solis, spokesman of the Police Regional Office 6, disclosed yesterday that the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former Silay City Mayor Mark Golez yesterday announced that he is resigning from the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP) Laban, as he confirmed his intention of mounting a comeback in politics in 2025. Golez said that incumbent
