BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Neophyte Mayor Benjie Miranda is open for a dialogue with members of the Sangguniang Panglunsod of Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, regarding issues raised on the non-hiring of city residents at the City Hall. Miranda stressed that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental 4th District Rep. Juliet Marie Ferrer was named as chairperson of the House Committee on Justice, a day after the 19th Congress opened on July 25. Ferrer, a lawyer, will also serve as an
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Now it is clear. After weeks of negotiations, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson officially announced yesterday that La Carlota City Councilor Julius Martin Asistio will be the official candidate of Love Negros and the United Negros Alliance
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The numbers of combatants of the two New People’s Army guerilla fronts in central Negros have gone down by 50 percent, revealed yesterday by Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander. Pasaporte, who supervises the
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is urging Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to determine a location for the establishment of a new public cemetery in the northern side of Bacolod City. The resolution authored by Councilor Jude
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson administers the oathtaking of new officers of Negros Association of Chief Executives at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Four personnel of the Bacolod City Police Office received awards and commendations from the Police Regional Office 6 in recognition of their contributions to the over-all accomplishments of the Philippine National Police in Western Visayas. PCapt.
The observance of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons held its culmination Program yesterday at the Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City. The activity was spearheaded by the Provincial Committee on Anti-Trafficking, Child Pornography and Violence Against Women
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they
Agricultural groups welcomed the commitment of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to modernize farms and provide support to farmers through subsidized farm inputs in his first State of the Nation Address. Farm inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, feeds and fuel are
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police chiefs in Negros Occidental have been warned of a “one strike policy and no take policy” in the campaign against illegal gambling, in their respective areas. This was after PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The month long anti-illegal operations in Negros Occidental, including the highly urbanized Bacolod City, has led to the arrest 246 persons, according to reports of the Police Regional Office 6. Among the arrested suspects, a total
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The granting of a franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp., to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental, is steadily inching towards approval by the Philippine Senate. The Senate approved on
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), the largest political party in the country, has forged an alliance with Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) to further promote people’s interests under the Bagong Pilipinas program of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division welcomed the probe to be conducted by the Commission on Human Rights on a series of killings perpetrated and claimed by remnants of the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. We
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating and commending Hanna Joy Sayam for winning the grand prize in the figurative category of the Sining Filipina Art Competition held at Taguig City last March 22, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang
