The Feast of the Holy Innocents on December 28 (cfr. Mt 2,13-18) obviously reminds us that like those martyred babies, we too can be martyred anytime as collateral victims in our life drama when we try to be consistent with
Let’s admit it: Christmas disasters are not new to Filipinos. First of all, our country is located right smack in the middle of the typhoon belt. Secondly, because we have one of the longest Christmas seasons in the world, which
UK-based charity Christian Aid calculates the cost of weather incidents like flooding, fires and heat waves according to insurance claims each year and it found that for 2020, the world’s ten costliest weather disasters caused $!50 billion in damage, making
An additional 438 Banago residents received medical, burial, and educational assistance from the Department of Interior and the Local Government (DILG), through the agency’s ELCAC-Local Government Support Fund-Support to Barangay Development Program at the Banago Elementary School Gym on December
Felicidad Lobaton of Barangay Taculing received a check for P100,000 from the city government after turning 100 years old on September 21. The check was turned over by Department of Social Services and Development social worker Christine Mae Treyes and
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An art exhibit for a cause is being held by CANVAS Bacolod in partnership with Raw Art 21 and Babayi Arts group at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City featuring the works of 23 artists
Scenes of the destruction in Sipalay City, one of the areas of southern Negros hardest hit by Typhoon Odette.* Luis Miguel Kilayko/CCN photo
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod approved a resolution declaring Bacolod City under a state of calamity relative to Typhoon Odette during its regular session Wednesday. The request was made by Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia as chairperson of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A police officer was among the four fatalities on Christmas Day celebration in Negros Occidental, with another one was reported to have been injured. P/Cpl. Joebert Diasante, a member of the Silay City Police Station, died
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former cadre of the Communist Party of the Philippines in Western Visayas claimed that there are still churches and religious organizations being infiltrated by the CPP and its armed wing, New People’s Army. Ex-CPP cadre
Stacey Arabella Bee, a 14-year-old Grade 8 student at University of St. La Salle – Integrated School in Bacolod City, is set to once again represent Bacolod City and Western Visayas in the upcoming 2024 Palarong Pambansa scheduled for July
Undersecretary Benjo Santos Benavidez of the Department of Labor and Employment’s Workers’ Welfare and Protection Cluster attended the 63rd Closing Exercises of the NFSP Sugar Workers Foundation Technical Skills & Livelihood Training Center at Bacolod City recently. “Congratulations to the
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), through its social development arm, BPI Foundation (BPIF), has partnered with the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) to empower local farmers in San Carlos, Negros Occidental. To kick off
Power Watch Negros secretary-general Wennie Sancho commended the holding of the Power Summit thru the effort of the Provincial Government, which was a significant move to create a “road map” for the transition period to renewable energy sources (RES) from
All eight members of the E. B. Magalona Wrestling Secondary Girls team paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon Thursday, after winning first runner-up in their event at the recent Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet 2024, a
The story of Paul and his companion, Silas, going to many places to preach and to convert many people, and in the process met severe opposition also and were, in fact, imprisoned and later released in a miraculous way, somehow
