August 1, 2022

Bacolod, 12 LGUs still Alert Level 1

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Highly-urbanized Bacolod City and 12 Negros Occidental local government units remain under Alert Level 1 status from August 1 to 15, according to the Department of Health. The DOH said Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental shall

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Leonardia mourns passing of FVR

Former Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia expressed his deepest sympathies to the family of former President Fidel V. Ramos, who passed away yesterday. He was 94. President Ramos’ demise is a great loss not only to former First Lady Ming Ramos,

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Farmer shot dead

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Four unidentified armed men shot and killed a 61-year-old farmer on July 29 at Sitio Langoni in Brgy. Inayawan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental. The victim, identified by the Cauayan police as Panfilo Maban succumbed to multiple gunshot

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SP reso targets homelessness

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod approved Wednesday a resolution authored by Councilor Vladimir Gonzalez that aims to address the problems of homelessness and demolitions involving informal settler families in Bacolod City. Gonzalez sponsored a resolution encouraging all

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Buy-busts yield assorted guns, shabu

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Assorted guns and shabu have been recovered by the police in series of law enforcement operations that also resulted to the arrest of 11 suspects, including a businessman, now locked up in jail. The joint buy-bust

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Greed

The gospel story is a familiar one which happens in many funerals. (As a wisecrack has it, “Where there’s a will, there are relatives.”) A man asks Jesus to arbitrate between him and his brother regarding their inheritance. The Lord

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Savings and credit

A survey by global information and insights company TransUnion found that more than half of Filipinos are increasing the money they are allotting for emergency funds as the economy is expected to slow down and the prices of goods continues

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Blind rage

The other day I was in the area of a local mall, having dropped by for a regular errand. It was early, the mall was still closed, and it was relatively peaceful. I noticed a father and son who were

GSIS program supports La Castellana school

As part of GSIS’ corporate social responsibility, in partnership with the Department of Education, GSIS Bacolod Branch Manager Glorietta Dublas turned over a computer package – 4 laptops, 5 50-inch Smart TVs, 3 printers, 4 desktop computers – and other

Rain or shine

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.” – Anonymous The continuing El Niño phenomenon besetting the country, especially on agriculture, has a recorded damage of more than one billion pesos, according

Forest fire breaks out at Mt. Kanlaon

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN About 35 hectares of forest land situated at the Mt.Kanlaon volcano area that borders La Castellana in Negros Occidental and Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, were razed by a fire that started late Thursday afternoon, La Castellana