BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Acting Sugar Regulatory Administration chief David John Thaddeus Alba yesterday welcomed the increased budget of SRA to P1 billion next year, an increase of 41 percent, compared to this year’s budget of P712.2 million. Alba said
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A follow up operation of the police on Sunday night, in Brgy. 2, Silay City, Negros Occidental, led to the confiscation of more than a kilo of suspected shabu with an estimated market value of P7.5
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Kabilang-bilangan Reef in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, was temporarily closed to the public by Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr., following a drowning incident on Sunday that claimed the lives of four persons, including two minors. On
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A minor was found dead while her mother remains missing, after both were carried away by a strong current at a river in Purok Crossing Libertad, Brgy. Ma-ao, Bago City, Negros Occidental. The 11-year-old child was
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Troopers of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 6 and mobile force companies of provincial police offices in Western Visayas will soon have brand new firearms and equipment, for use in internal security operations and anti-criminality campaigns.
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to implement City Ordinance No. 08-15-756, series of 2015 or “An Ordinance Ensuring the Observance of Food Safety Standards in the City of Bacolod”. The resolution
A leaning 3-phase primary pole at Bangga Crusher, Lopez Jaena, Murcia caused a power interruption affecting Murcia and Don Salvador Benedicto yesterday.* CENECO FB photo
We have to keep in mind this reassuring truth of our faith. Especially these days, when cases of demonic possession seem to be on the rise, we should always remember that before God the devil simply cannot do anything. This
This is a transcript, at parts roughly translated, of the eulogy I gave for a legend, VISAYAN DAILY STAR editor-in-chief and president, my boss and my tita, Ninfa R. Leonardia, during her funeral mass at the Sacred Heart Shrine on
Under the P5.268 trillion proposed national budget for 2023 submitted to Congress last week, it was a shock for many to see that the University of the Philippines will receive P2.5 billion less than its current P25.6 billion budget, while
Following an intense 2-day competition, Delimondo’s Gelimae Villanueva and Bianca Lizares ruled the 1st Governor Bong Lacson Beach Volleyball Tournament (Women’s Open Category) held at the resthouse of Jose G. Montalbo in Spur 14 Purok Langka, Brgy. Bunga, Don Salvador
A total of 134 applicants for student driver’s permit in E.B. Magalona and neighboring cities, finished the two-day Theoretical Driving Course Seminar conducted at the town’s Public Plaza on April 25 and 26. The applicants yesterday received a certificate of
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday afternoon (United States time) paid a courtesy call to United States Rep. Ami Bera of California’s 6th District at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where the American legislator offered beer and
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty Negrense artists opened a group art exhibition titled “Catharsis of Creativity” at Gallerie G, Villa Geronca Building, Rosario-Amapola streets, Bacolod City on April 13, which will run for a month. Guest of honor at the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO “Transcendence,” an art exhibit that invites its viewers on a journey of spiritual awakening and inner transformation through the timeless symbolism of the lotus flower, opened at the FGS Yuan Thong Temple in Burgos Extension, Bacolod
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The ongoing consolidation efforts of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan in Negros Occidental suffered a setback after its members in Victorias City resigned from the political party, following its plans to challenge incumbent Gov. Eugenio
