BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen seized on Wednesday explosives and a firearm during a raid in Sitio Bungyod, Brgy. Camang-camang, Isabela, Negros Occidental. The implementation of search warrant issued by La Carlota Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Cyclamen Jison Fernandez
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Operatives of the City Drug Enforcement Unit scored another successful buy bust operation yesterday that resulted in the confiscation of about half a kilo of suspected shabu with a market value of P3.4 million, at Purok
“Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?’ He said this to test Philip, because he himself knew what he was going to do.” (Jn 6,5-6) With these words, we should realize that we
After that initial display of determination and zeal to take down illegal campaign materials, which suspiciously targeted only one candidate’s materials that were displayed inside private property instead of public spaces, the Commission on Elections and its deputized authorities seem
The World Health Organization has warned that while reported cases and deaths had been dropping dramatically, the drop in COVID testing has left the world blind to the virus continuing rampage and its potentially dangerous mutations. “Last week, just over
One thousand beneficiaries from Murcia recently received cash assistance of three thousand pesos each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program. The AICS is a social safety net or a stop-gap
Life Changing Club President Pauline Cuaycong led the Rotary Club of Bacolod to greater heights with the exemplary and outstanding club and members’ performance for the RY 2021-2022. She received the numerous awards presented by District Governor Edwin To during the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A bill that seeks to develop the Philippine electric vehicle industry has lapsed into law on April 15. Republic Act (RA) 11697, or the Comprehensive Roadmap for the Electric Vehicle Industry (CREVI), of which Third District
Monetary officials will likely consider a hike in the central bank’s key rates in June, or once the 2022 first-quarter domestic output report is out, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno said. In an interview over Bloomberg television
The local government unit (LGU) of Valencia, Negros Oriental, together with its partner stakeholders from the government, private, and civilian sectors, are pushing a dark chocolate bar produced by cacao farmers at the foot of Mt. Talinis as its One
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Thursday requested the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to submit a comprehensive strategic modernization plan to the House of Representatives, which can be used as a basis for allocating funds in annual budget deliberation of Congress.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following the declaration of a state of calamity in Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental, the Department of Trade and Industry has approved its request to implement a price freeze on basic commodities. Mayor Benjie Miranda requested
Grace Pharmacy president Ian Manuel T. Lo, representing the Dr. Manuel Lo Foundation, generously donated 20,000 five-kilo bags of rice to Bacolod City. The turnover rites were held yesterday at the Bacolod City Government, and the rice donations were received
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
“Behold, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that you shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” (Jn 16,32) These words
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twelve former rebels who surrendered to the 62nd Infantry Battalion and police in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, have availed of financial aid, through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation of the Department of Social Welfare
