BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twenty persons, including 11 minors, sustained firecracker-related injuries in Negros Occidental as of January 1, the police reported yesterday. The youngest victim is 7-year-old and the oldest was reported by the police to be 60 years
Executives of Globe Telecom and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Friday, said they have restored 70 percent of their internet service and assured Mayor Evelio Leonardia and the people of Bacolod it will be fully operational again in, at least,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer yesterday defended the response of local chief executives in responding to the havoc caused by typhoon Odette in southern Negros. “We have to understand that employees of the local government
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 76-year-old widower was killed allegedly by his own son on January 1 in Brgy. Concepcion, Talisay City in Negros Occidental, as Negrenses welcomed the year 2022. The victim identified by the Talisay City police as
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The P30 million hospital waste disposal facility at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, Negros Occidental, is now ready for use after Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led its ceremonial powering up on December
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Four more former members of the New People’s Army received P20,000 worth of Livelihood Settlement Grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion reported yesterday. The financial assistance was turned
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia is wishing the people of Bacolod a bountiful and progressive New Year. “It’s been a roller coaster of a ride the past 12 months. We have yet to come out of the woods because the threats
The relief operations of PCG-Western Visayas continues as BRP HABAGAT delivered 600 pails of relief goods intended for southern Negros.*PCG photo
“Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Mt 4,17) Words of Christ. We have to be realistic about ourselves and acknowledge our sinfulness and the constant need for conversion and penance. This is an important matter to attend
The story of the Magi is among the best loved stories of all time. We commonly refer to them as the Three Kings who came from the East to pay homage to the newborn Messiah in Bethlehem. It is not
Victorias City is empowering its local carabao dairy production industry with the inauguration of Dairy Box and Carabao Pen at the Bangga Daan Satellite Market and Hda. San Antonio, respectively, on April 18. The Dairy Box located at Barangay I
The Luzon and Visayas grids were placed under alert status for the third consecutive day on Thursday, due to thin power supply. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) put the Luzon grid under red alert status from 3
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two more local government units in Negros Island have placed their respective areas under a state of calamity, due to the prevailing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon. During its regular session on Thursday, the
Senator Imee Marcos with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer and his wife, Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer, at the opening of 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City.* GPB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The ongoing drought created further havoc on rice and corn crops in Negros Occidental, with the damage placed by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist at P184,764.120.11, as of April 16. Also affected are 4,574 farmers,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Elizabeth Felicias Gaston-Puey, popularly known as “Christy Love,” celebrated her 80th birthday recently at Nature’s Village, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Beth started her career as a disc jockey at the Manila Broadcasting Company-Bacolod (DYEZ) in 1980,
