June 8, 2022

Leonardia steps down as LCP nat’l president

Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia received a rousing farewell as he stepped down as national president of the 145-member League of Cities of the Philippines during the organization’s recent special assembly at the Marriott Hotel in Manila. “Working with you

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Isabela 2022 budget approved

BY GILBERY P. BAYORAN Two weeks after the May 9 elections, the much-delayed approval of the Isabela town proposed budget was finally acted upon by its Sangguniang Bayan, disclosed Mayor Irene Montilla yesterday. As an afterthought, maybe to save face,

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NOCPPO scalawag-free

BY GILBERY P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) remains scalawag-free, as of this time after Provincial police deputy spokesperson, PLt. Abegael Donasco, yesterday said that they have not monitored any NOCPPO personnel involved in illegal activities. While

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Committees for Bacolod June celebrations formed

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued Executive Order No. 26 organizing the support committees for the 124th Philippine Independence Day Celebration, the Charter Day Celebration of Bacolod City, and Rizal Day. City Administrator Edward Joseph Cuansing said

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P160M infra projects for hinterland brgys

BY GILBERY P. BAYORAN Eight insurgency-affected barangays of Isabela in Negros Occidental are recipients of P160 million worth infrastructure projects, funded under the Barangay Development Program of the Task Force ELCAC (Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict). Mayor Irene Montilla yesterday

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NegOr villagers withdraw support for CPP-NPA

BY GILBERY P. BAYORAN The Philippine Army reported yesterday that 276 residents of Brgy Maglahos in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, have withdrawn their support to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army, during a Local Peace Engagement activity held on

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Our laws and God’s laws

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfil.” (Mt 5,17) With these words of Christ, we are reminded that our human laws should channel and

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Smaller option?

As the inclusion of nuclear power into the country’s power mix is becoming a possibility, the government’s nuclear science chief pushed for the adoption of small modular reactors (SMRs) instead of expending efforts to refurbish the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power

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When life is an opera

Glistening, sugared buffet of regional breads and breakfast treats waited the whole day pool side affair as we ended the 3 day festivities for the Litre-Prunskis wedding celebration in Provence, France. Everyone looked fresh after a dip. It was casual

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Road safety program launched in Sagay

The Provincial DILG benchmark program dubbed “Negros S.A.F.E.T.Y. First!” was publicly launched in Barangay Fabrica, Sagay City, during the recent 2024 Tinabu-ay sa Taytay celebration, a press release from Project CARES said. During the launch, DILG provincial director Teodora Sumagaysay

Negros, Capiz encounters yield firearms

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The focused military operations of the Philippine Army against remnants of the New People’s Army in Negros Oriental and Capiz in Panay, led to more encounters on March 15, resulting in the recovery of firearms and

WV El Niño crop damage now P761M

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As damage to agricultural crops in Western Visayas has amounted to P761,240,675, as of March 12, there is no declaration of a state of calamity in the region, according to Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)

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Local chess aficionados play friendly afternoon games against each other to pass away the time and hone their skills at the Bacolod City Public Plaza.* Jade Paul Morin/CCN photo

Negros Occidental dengue cases down 31%

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Dengue cases in Negros Occidental have shown a steady decline in the first two months of 2024, dropping by 31 percent compared to the same period last year. Based on the reports of the Provincial Health