June 2, 2022

SRA head faces indirect contempt

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A regional trial court judge in Negros Occidental has initiated indirect contempt proceedings against Sugar Regulatory Administrator Hermenegildo Serafica for issuing a memorandum allowing the implementation of Sugar Order No. 3 despite an earlier injunction against

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Guv assures ‘responsive’ gov’t in 2nd term

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Serving more three years as governor of Negros Occidental, Eugenio Jose Lacson assured Negrenses that the provincial government will always be responsive to their needs. While he did not mention specific programs he has lined up

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VMC not paid for CARP-exempted land

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN After the declaration of the Department of Agrarian Reform that the 106.84 hectares of land in Brgy. Purisima, Manapla, Negros Occidental, the location of the Victorias Milling Company distillery plant, is exempted from government agrarian reform

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PACE requests bonus release

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is being requested by the Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees (PACE) to release the milestone anniversary bonus of provincial government employees. This is in accordance with Provincial Ordinance No. 006 series of

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Bacolod prepares for June celebrations

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Lawyer Salvador Panelo will be the guest of honor and speaker during the Independence Day celebration in Bacolod City on June 12, Bacolod Councilor Renecito Novero said. Panelo was the former chief legal counsel of President

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Ordinance requires COVID testing for PDLs

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance requiring persons deprived of liberty (PDL) to undergo COVID-19 testing before commitment to jails was recently approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod on third and final reading. The ordinance authored by Councilor Al Victor

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Photo of the Day

BOXING CHAMPS. Negrense boxers Rogen Ladon, Ian Clark Bautista, and James Palicte who won gold and bronze medals in the recently concluded 31st SEA Games in Vietnam, receive cash incentives during a courtesy call on Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo

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Our God-based unity

How should we understand our need for unity? Perhaps we can get some ideas from the priestly prayer of Christ before he entered into his passion and death. In it, he addressed the Father: “I have given them the glory

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Beyond protests?

The Philippines once again filed a diplomatic protest against China’s annual fishing moratorium that is scheduled for three and a half months in some areas of the South China Sea, especially as it extends to parts of the West Philippine

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Tongson reminds new voters: Register early

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Victorias included in USAID governance project

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God never leaves us

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Mission training held in Murcia

Eleven participants graduated in the recently held Global Filipino Dream and ACCESS Mission Training conducted at Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Murcia, Negros Occidental, a press release from the organizers said. The training was led by  International Teams Philippines (ITP)