BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Effective July 1, all the reshuffled Commission on Elections officials will return to their previous posts, disclosed Region 6 Comelec director Wilfredo Balisado yesterday. Balisado said he will be returning to his previous position as COMELEC
Supporters of Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia may find it difficult to see him return to private life as he bids farewell Thursday after serving as the top city executive for 18 years. It may be doubly hard for many others,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayoralty candidate Carlo Ruiz in Mabinay, Negros Oriental, may have been ready to accept his defeat, but not his supporters, who tried to converge on June 28 at the town poblacion, to protest the installation of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Javier Miguel “Javi” Lopez Benitez, 28, took his oath of office last night as the 29th mayor of Victorias City in Negros Occidental, before his uncle, Third District Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez. Benitez, whose father is
BY WAYNE A. BIGSAT Police investigators are looking into the angle of retaliation behind the shooting to death of a man whose body was recovered in a garbage dump yesterday afternoon at Palanca Road, Barangay 8 in Bacolod City. Police
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former leader of the defunct Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade managed to elude arrest during a raid at his residence on June 28 in Brgy. Sag-ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. The subject of joint operations
OATHTAKING. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia administered the oath of office of Councilors Israel Salanga, Cindy Rojas, Em Ang and Renecito Novero (l-r) in the presence of Jocelyn Salanga and former councilor Roberto Rojas (l-r, back row) at the lobby of the Bacolod City Government Center yesterday.*
The official oath-taking of elected for the year 2022-2025 in the city of Sipalay took place at the city’s Municipal Trial Court on June 27, before Judge Edwin Gomez. All elected officials with their families and witnesses were present during
The residents of Barangay Buenavista Rizal in the Municipality of Pontevedra, will shortly enjoy the benefits the sun brings with the installation of a solar-powered water distribution system with Programmable Logic Control Water Tender Equipment. To help equip workers with
We are composed of body and soul. But of the two, let’s see to it that we give utmost attention to the soul which is spiritual. It is what gives life, the real life to us. As Christ said, “The
The Abanse Negrense Sports Programs, spearheaded by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, which has been promoting collaborations with different local government units in the province of Negros Occidental, recently held a 3-day Refresher and Orientation Course for Basketball Coaches, referees, officiating
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unidentified armed men shot a farmer dead in front of his wife, on Saturday at Purok 4 in Brgy. Lagaan, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Initial police investigations indicated that the victim, a 54-year-old farmer, whose identity was
To be truly Christian, we should really have the very heart of Christ. We should have his attitude toward all possible conditions our life can find itself in, irrespective of whether these conditions are favorable to us or not. This
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez’s priority is to deliver his commitments of projects to Bacolod made during the last election, before his term ends, and solve the pressing problems currently experienced by all Bacolodnons like the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the participation of the City of Bacolod in observing the National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in May, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. The resolution authored by Councilor Celia Matea Flor
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty Negrense artists opened a group art exhibition titled “Catharsis of Creativity” at Gallerie G, Villa Geronca Building, Rosario-Amapola streets, Bacolod City on April 13, which will run for a month. Guest of honor at the
