August 5, 2022

NegOcc logs more dengue deaths

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN More dengue related deaths were logged in Negros Occidental and highly urbanized Bacolod City, as cases also increased further, records of the Department of Health Western Visayas show. Of the nine additional dengue related fatalities in

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Bacolod lawyer appointed DICT Usec

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A Bacoleña lawyer has been designated by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as Undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. She is Atty. Jocelle Batapa Sigue, also a former councilor of Bacolod City. In a

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Solar power plant in Calatrava ok’d

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has given the go signal for the establishment of a solar power plant in Calatrava, Negros Occidental. “The solar farm is a go, it’s not a controversial issue, they were here with

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Solon, mayor attend 2022 World Cities Summit

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two Negros Occidental officials joined the 8th World Cities Summit in Singapore for intensive discussions on how to help global cities remain liveable, sustainable and more resilient through prolonged and predictable disruptions, amid COVID-19 pandemic and

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SP asks mayor to convene arts and culture council

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to convene the Bacolod Arts and Culture Council. The resolution authored by Councilor Em Ang, SP chairman of the Committee on History, Arts and Culture,

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The paradoxes of Christian life

“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. What profit would

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Back to school

I don’t know how other families are doing these days, but mine is still not ready to go back to face-to-face school which supposedly reopens in a few days. First of all, we were told that it is going to

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Regaining lost ground

The Department of Foreign Affairs recently said that the Philippines will assert the 2016 arbitral ruling on the South China Sea issue at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. At the meeting, the foreign ministers will be

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Sipalay barangays receive cleaning tools

Sipalay City government handed a total of 102 cleaning tools for the City’s Lakbayon and Lakbayan Project granted to 11 barangays of the city at the New Government Center on August 2. The recipients were Barangays 1, 2, 3, 4,

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Team Greats eyes repeat over Team Stalwarts

Will Team Greats make it back-to-back against Team Stalwarts? Top pick Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser and the rest of the team are certainly hard-pressed to repeat the act come the PBA All-Star weekend set March 23-24 here in Bacolod City. Last year

Drought damage in province sizzles to P87.4M

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The value of the damage to rice and corn crops, brought about by the drought due to the El Niño weather phenomenon in Negros Occidental, has further increased to P87,477,548.33, as of March 13, with 1,951.80

Rebel arms cache unearthed in Escalante

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army 79th Infantry Battalion reported yesterday the discovery of firearms, ammunition, and an explosive, believed to have been buried by New People’s Army rebels in Sitio Mocabog, Brgy. Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. In a

Victorias included in USAID governance project

Victorias City is among the seven cities in the Philippines that will be part of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cities for Enhanced Governance and Engagement (CHANGE) Project. On March 12, Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez signed the

Troops sustain onslaught vs. CPP-NPA

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command reported that government troops sustained their onslaught against the New People’s Army in the Visayas region. During the Visayas Joint Peace and Security Coordination Center (VJPSCC) meeting held

Consumers Federation register opposition to NEPC franchise bill

The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) member-consumer-owners (MCO) Federation registered their opposition to House Bill No. 9805, which seeks to grant a franchise to Negros Electric and Power Company (NEPC) through a joint-venture agreement between Prime Electric and CENECO, through