BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A detained rape suspect managed to escape on May 11, while under the custody of the Talisay City Police Station in Negros Occidental. The fugitive was identified by the police as Arnel Ocaña, of Sitio Mambacano,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sixth District Representative-elect Mercedes Alvarez is determined to push for the completion of the airport constructed in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. “It has already started. We should finish it,” Alvarez, who replaced her father Genaro as
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Representative-elect Mercedes Alvarez (6th district, Negros Occidental) strongly debunked allegations that their family was behind in what has been described as the “shocking electoral defeat” of Kabankalan City Mayor Pedro Zayco in the May 9 elections.
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia has created the Post Election Clean-Up Committee to remove campaign materials in Bacolod City*
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Commission on Elections has started paying honoraria to all members of the electoral board who served during the May 9 elections in Negros Occidental, disclosed acting Provincial Comelec supervisor Roberto Salazar yesterday. Salazar said that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen yesterday recovered an estimated P163,000 worth of suspected shabu from a drug suspect arrested during a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Singcang Airport, Bacolod City. PLt. Liberty Indiape, deputy spokesperson of the Bacolod City Police, identified
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Volunteers of BBM (Bongbong Marcos) and Sara Duterte, who actively campaigned for the tandem during the May 9 elections in Negros Occidental, are now returning to the streets and national highways for the removal and proper
The gospel of Friday of the 4th Week of Easter has that interesting passage where Christ tells in no unclear terms: “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Eight months ago, I had convinced myself that this elections would simply be a formality and that the administration candidate would win. After all, they had everything in place. Aside from having all three branches of government in the palm
Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority shows that country’s agricultural production suffered a slight contraction in the first three months of the year, as significant strides made by the poultry industry still failed to boost agricultural output. The PSA said
The readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the 4th Week of Easter (cfr. Acts 12,24-13,5; Jn 12,44-50) somehow remind us of the need to spread the word of God, which is another way of saying that we have to
The secretary general of Power Watch Negros said that the granting of the Negros Electric Power Corp. (NEPC) franchise could provide relief to the sufferings of the consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) brought about by frequent power outages.
PANAAD COSTUMES. Sagay City (left) won the Best Colorful, while Talisay City (right) won the Best Indigenous, in the Panaad Festival Costume Competition on Thursday at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City* Andrew Altarejos photos
• 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,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two unidentified gunmen shot a businessman dead on April 18 at Sofia Gonzaga Street in Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod City. The victim, who was identified by the police as Elson Casalan Cepeda, of East Home 2, Brgy.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The ongoing consolidation efforts of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan in Negros Occidental suffered a setback after its members in Victorias City resigned from the political party, following its plans to challenge incumbent Gov. Eugenio
