May 14, 2022

Maximum tolerance for WV cops during rallies

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police commanders in Western Visayas have been ordered to exercise maximum tolerance in dealing with demonstrators protesting of the outcome of May 9 elections. PBrig. Gen. Flynn Dongbo, regional police director of Western Visayas, however issued

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Arrested couple yields P1.18M in shabu

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN More than P1.18 million worth of suspected shabu was seized yesterday by the police in another buy bust operation at Purok Kapawa in Brgy Punta Taytay, Bacolod City. Nabbed by operatives of the Bacolod City Police

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Wage hike for WV private workers, househelp

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Western Visayas has endorsed to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) up to P450 daily minimum wage for workers in private establishments and P500 monthly increase for the salary of

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Tan meets GMA, presumptive VP Sara

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Former Bacolod councilor Ricardo Tan was invited by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) during a dinner she and her family hosted for presumptive Vice President Sara Duterte Thursday in Manila. Also present were former First Gentleman

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Hari ng Pilipinas pageant on

The official candidates of Hari ng Pilipinas 2022 with provincial pageant director Joelito Aspan Orencio Jr. (center), during the sashing ceremony and press presentation at the Northwest Inn Hotel in Bacolod City yesterday.*

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The distinctive mark of a true Christian

Christ said it very clearly. “This is how all will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another,” he said. (Jn 13,35) And in another instance, he described how this love for one another should

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Red tagging and book burning?

Who would’ve thought that an online sale on children’s books on dictatorship and Martial Law would prompt the country’s intelligence chief to express alarm and claim without basis that it is part of a communist plot to “radicalize” Filipino children?

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8.3% GDP growth to bolster biz confidence

An economist of Juwai IQI Global has seen the country’s 8.3-percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first quarter of the year as a good launch pad for the next administration to pursue its economic agenda. The chief economist

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Panaad festival dance competition winners named

BEST OF FESTIVALS. The Sidlak Kadalag-an Festival of Victorias City was named champion in the city category of the Panaad sa Negros Best of Festival Dances competition on Monday.*Andrew Altarejos photo

Global Changemaker’s parents accept SP’s congrats

Archie and Elenita Arigorat accepted a copy of the resolution unanimously passed by the city council congratulating their daughter Ellen Joy Arigorat for being awarded Global Changemaker in Health IT, from Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran during the regular session

When we fail to practice what we preach

We should not be too surprised and bothered by this phenomenon. Given our human limitations and weaknesses, this predicament can take place anytime and often. What we need to do is to go immediately to God, ask for pardon and

Speaker, U.S. Rep. Bera embrace ‘balut diplomacy’

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday afternoon (United States time) paid a courtesy call to United States Rep. Ami Bera of California’s 6th District at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where the American legislator offered beer and

Housing project for Isabela PAG-IBIG members

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Residents of Isabela in Negros Occidental that are PAG-IBIG members may soon avail of housing through a project facilitated by the municipal government, Mayor Irene Montilla disclosed yesterday. Montilla, her son, Vice Mayor Juan Miguel Montilla,

Sen. Zubiri inaugurates P14M Binalbagan campus dorm

Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri led the inauguration and blessing of a two-story dormitory worth P14,850,000 inside the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) Binalbagan campus on April 15, a press release said. The legacy project of Senator Zubiri