The Social Security System announced in a press release that its online channels including its website (www.sss.gov.ph), SSS Mobile App, and uSSSap Tayo Portal will temporarily be unavailable. SSS’ servers are undergoing testing in preparation for the continuation of operations
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN An excursion among family members and friends yesterday ended in tragedy, after four members of the party drowned at the Kabilang-Bilangan Reef in Brgy. Sicaba, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Two of four victims were Marlyn Aguirre,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division and Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson condemned the recent killing of two barangay captains in Negros Occidental. In a statement, Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, 3ID commander, who condemned the killing of Benjamen
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The apprehension of two siblings, both female, during a buy bust operation in in Sitio Dapdap, Brgy. Lantad, Silay City, Negros Occidental, yesterday yielded an estimated two kilos of suspected shabu. The confiscated shabu has a
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is urging the Bacolod City Police Office through Police director Col. Joseph Thomas Martir, to increase police visibility and crime deterrence in all public and private schools for the safety of students
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 1,687 students in Negros Occidental were reported by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to have received P5,306,000 million in educational assistance during the second pay out on August 27. The distribution
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Almost 2,000 indigent and marginalized residents of the Negros Occidental 3rd District, who are qualified recipients of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), availed of help from the Department of Social Welfare and Development,
FAREWELL. Family members say goodbye during the funeral mass of VISAYAN DAILY STAR Editor-in-chief and president Ninfa R. Leonardia at the Sacred Heart Shrine (Lupit Church) in Bacolod City. (L-R) Fr. Ronaldo Quijano (partially hidden), Fr. Felix Pasquin, Fr. Gigi Gaston, Arch. Prospero Leonardia, Nena Leonardia, Elsa Leonardia, Former Mayor Atty. Evelio Leonardia, and Mellie Leonardia.*
With the memorial of the passion of St. John the Baptist, celebrated liturgically on August 29, we are reminded that we should not be afraid of the cross, of any form of suffering, which the by way, whether we like
The common theme running through today’s readings is clearly that of humility. Once held in high esteem, the virtue of humility is unfortunately less and less valued by our present secularized society. In today’s highly competitive world that estimates self-assurance
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general yesterday challenged the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the killing spree of the New People’s Army of innocent civilians, which they have claimed responsibility for. In communicating with Chris Montano of the
About four tons of trash were collected along the coastal barangay of Punta Taytay following the coastal cleanup drive initiated by Abomar Equipment Sales Corporation with student volunteers on Friday, May 3. More than 200 volunteers from Sum-ag National High
“Behold, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that you shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.” (Jn 16,32) These words
Coast Guard personnel rescuing six fishermen from a capsized boat off the coastline of Silay City in Negros Occidental.* PCG photo
That’s what Christ told Peter after telling him what to expect as the rock on which Christ would build his Church. (cfr. Jn 21,19) “Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and
• 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
