EB Magalona Vice Mayor Eric Matulac turns over P100,000 cash incentive to Southeast Asian Games Women’s Judo silver medalist Khrizzie Pabulayan, in behalf of Mayor Marvin Malacon, in the presence of Executive Secretary Debbie Ann Monte and municipal department heads.*
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Highly-urbanized Bacolod City will remain under the most lenient Alert Level 1 classification while Negros Occidental is still alert Level 2 for the period covering June 1 to 15, Malacañang said in a statement issued yesterday.
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO About five out of the 47 local candidates in Bacolod City have filed their Certificates of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) before the Commission on Elections Bacolod Field Office as of yesterday. The Comelec is reminding all
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday congratulated President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio on their victory on the May 9 polls, after being proclaimed by Congress. Lacson supported the presidential bid of Vice President
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Third District Board Member Manuel Frederick Ko got the highest number of votes among 12 elected members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental during the May 9 elections. Ko, who was re-elected as board member,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Guns with ammunition and a fragmentation grenade were recovered by the police in the cities of Victorias and Talisay, Negros Occidental, that also led to the arrest of a suspect on May 26, police said. The
With the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, celebrated this year on May 29, we are reminded of our inherent desire for heaven and of how we can actualize that desire mainly through the carrying out of our ordinary
The World Health Organization’s member states have agreed to overhaul how they fund the United Nations health agency to give it more money to spend on its own priorities. The budget revamp is aimed at strengthening the organization and making
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN For Southeast Asian Games judo silver medalist Khrizzie Pabulayan of Brgy. Latasan, a coastal village in EB Magalona, Negros Occidental, poverty was not a hindrance to excellence in international sports competition. Following her graduation at the
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) yesterday approved the registration of Starlink Internet Services Philippines Inc. (Starlink) – a subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX –allowing the satellite internet provider to begin offering its services in the country. In a statement, NTC
AID. Displaced residents of Brgy. Carol-an in Kabankalan City, avail of free medical checkup and medicines during a pulong-pulong organized by the 94th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, following two armed encounters in their barangay on Monday.* PA photo
Headline inflation settled at 3.8 percent in April this year, significantly lower than the 6.6 percent recorded in the same month last year, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. The headline inflation last month was within the government’s
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The El Niño-induced drought continues to wreak havoc on rice and corn crops in Negros Occidental, as damage reported by the Office of the Provincial Agriculture has been placed at P214,150,252.20, as of May 3. In
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office has logged 14 confirmed cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in Negros Occidental, as of May 6. Of the probable cases in the province, 33 others turned out negative, while 17 others
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer yesterday said that there was no order from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for members of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP) in Negros Occidental, to resign from their political party. Ferrer, the personal
Mother’s Day is a cherished occasion where we collectively pause to honor the remarkable women who have shaped our lives with love, sacrifice, and unwavering care. It is a day when flowers, cards, and heartfelt gestures fill the air, as
