May 4, 2022

Election watchlist areas remain peaceful – PNP

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Barely six days before the May 9 elections, the 18 towns and cities tagged as Election Watchlist Areas (EWAs) in Negros Occidental, have remained peaceful as of this time, provincial police deputy spokesperson PLt. Abegael Donasco

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Isolation polling places to be put up

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Commission on Elections is putting up isolation polling places (IPP) in Negros Occidental to cater to voters experiencing COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, disclosed Provincial Comelec supervisor Atty. Roberto Salazar Jr. Salazar said there will

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Leonardia warns vs fake news, disinformation

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday issued a call on Bacolodnons to be more discerning with information they read or encounter on social and mainstream media as the election campaign reaches fever pitch in the run-up to the May 9 national

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Planters group, coop support Lacson reelection bid

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The reelection bid of Eugenio Jose Lacson as governor of Negros Occidental got the full support of the Vicmico Planters Association Inc, Vicmico Planters’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative and VMC Farmers’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative. They described Lacson as a

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Rebel couple surrenders to BCPO

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A self-confessed platoon leader of New People’s Army in southern Negros and his live-in partner, yesterday surrendered to the Bacolod City Police Office. Known only through their aliases as Ka Vince and Ka Karrel, PCol. Joseph

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Labor groups endorse Orola

Negros Occidental gubernatorial candidate Juan Orola Jr., was endorsed by leaders of different labor federations, labor unions, labor center and labor rights advocates in the province. His endorsement was contained in a manifesto signed May 1, in time for the

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Photo of the Day

LENI IN BAGO. A crowd of about 15,000, as estimated by its organizers, attended the mini political rally of presidential bet Leni Robredo at Bantayan Park in Bago City yesterday.* GBP Photo

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To Jesus through Mary

Remember that beautiful gospel episode about the wedding in Cana. (cfr. Jn 2,1-11) Mary, very much a woman who always sees details often missed by men, noticed that the celebration was running out of wine, and so she asked her

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Better late than never?

After defending e-sabong as an activity which generates millions in revenues for the government every month, President Rodrigo Duterte, whose six-year term officially ends in a couple of months, now says he is putting an end to it. In his

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Paris’ strength in LGBTQ+

Spring has definitely sprung with a gay event right down the street where I attend Mass when I wake early. A flurry of activities were visible with the banners and rainbows I could see adorning the lieu. It’s my hood’s

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Forest fire breaks out at Mt. Kanlaon

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN About 35 hectares of forest land situated at the Mt.Kanlaon volcano area that borders La Castellana in Negros Occidental and Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, were razed by a fire that started late Thursday afternoon, La Castellana

Team Greats eyes repeat over Team Stalwarts

Will Team Greats make it back-to-back against Team Stalwarts? Top pick Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser and the rest of the team are certainly hard-pressed to repeat the act come the PBA All-Star weekend set March 23-24 here in Bacolod City. Last year

Water shortages in 11 Himamaylan City brgys

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Eleven of the 19 barangays of Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental are experiencing water shortages, according to Mayor Raymund Tongson. Tongson disclosed that the extreme heat brought on by the El Niño phenomenon has caused even

First Bacolod Watersports Festival 2024 makes splash

WATERSPORTS FEST. Manuel Santos and Valerie Ann Anacan, Almana Procurement Manager and AVP for Finance, respectively, Chief of Staff/Mediabox Admin & Operations Manager Yris Mondia, Bacolod Tourism Operations Officer Ma. Teresa Manalili, Almana Property and Development Corp. CEO and President Ritchie Neil Corpus, former Bacolod councilor Ricardo Tan, and Perla Corpus, Almana Corporate Treasurer (l-r) at the opening of the First Bacolod Watersports Festival 2024 at the Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park Friday*

Negros, Capiz encounters yield firearms

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The focused military operations of the Philippine Army against remnants of the New People’s Army in Negros Oriental and Capiz in Panay, led to more encounters on March 15, resulting in the recovery of firearms and