BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Some Negros Occidental mayors have expressed support for the stand of Negros Occidental provincial governmentof not lifting the negative RT-PCR test results for inbound Negros Occidental travelers originating from Metro Manila and other areas of the
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia is looking forward to his virtual meeting with Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson today to discuss the proposal to harmonize the travel policies of the city government and the Capitol. On top of the agenda is the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz yesterday dismissed complaints filed against him and six other Capitol employees as “politically-motivated.” He also described it as a product of imagination of complainants, being used for “political purposes.” Diaz
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Officers and members of the Alpha Kappa Rho or Akrho Hinobaan Chapter are seeking justice for the death of their fraternal brother. Akrho-Hinobaan adviser Molave Candulisas said Ulysis “Esik” Mahinay, who was an organizer and leader
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Incumbent local officials and other political aspirants for the May 9 elections in Negros Occidental yesterday signed a peace covenant for honest, orderly and peaceful elections at Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City, witnessed by
Families of civilians killed in the massacre nine years ago in Brgy. Puso, La Castellana, marked the incident on Jan. 27 by offering flowers, following a mass at the site.* GPB photo
What lessons does the parable of the sower (cfr. Mk 4,1-20) teach us? I suppose there are many. But one of them, for sure, is that we have to be prudent in our efforts to do a lot of good
I was recently told my column last week on the unvaxxed touched some nerves and got a number of strong reactions after it was posted on Facebook. I believe some commenters were so mad they resorted to name-calling and ad
The country’s agriculture sector shrank by 1.7 percent in 2021 despite increased production in the last three months, mainly due to the 17 percent slump in the production of the livestock sector that continues to reel from the adverse effects
Some 83,247 farmers in Negros Occidental have been enrolled in the Negros First Universal Crop Insurance Program (NFUCIP) as of the end of 2021, based on the latest data of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA). Dina Genzola, officer-in-charge
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez’s priority is to deliver his commitments of projects to Bacolod made during the last election, before his term ends, and solve the pressing problems currently experienced by all Bacolodnons like the
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday called for a prompt and peaceful resolution to the recent seizure by Iranian authorities of a Portuguese-flagged container ship, which included four Filipino seafarers among its crew, a press release from the House of
• 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,
In the gospel of the Mass on Monday of the Third Week of Easter (cfr. Jn 6, 22-29), we are told about how more and more people, after learning about how Christ managed to feed 5 thousand people with a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A P50 million Water District Rehabilitatiion and Waterline Improvement project is soon to benefit Kabankalan City residents in Negros Occidental, following its groundbreaking on April 15, which was led by Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri.
• 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,
