BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Ten of the 1,100 City hall employees of Victorias City, Negros Occidental tested positive for illegal drug use, following an unannounced drug testing on August 30 at the Don Alejandro Acuña Yap Quiña Arts and Cultural
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday expressed his support to the road development traversing the Silay-Patag-Cadiz-Calatrava areas, stressing that it will spur development, especially the countryside. For as long as we do not break any environmental laws,
Power Watch Negros secretary general Wennie Sancho (center) engaged in a confrontation with Ceneco director Eugenio Velasco (inset) during an open forum at the Ceneco press conference in Bacolod City yesterday.*
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting Farah Jenny Monteclaro, branch manager of Baciwa-Primewater through Mona Dia Jardin, general manager of Baciwa-Primewater Infrastructure Corporation, to provide the SP a written explanation as to its poor water services
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The eight focus crimes, composed of murder, homicide, physical injuries, rape, robbery, theft, carnapping and motorcycle thefts, in Negros Occidental have risen by 50 incidents in the past eight months of the year, compared to the
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Councilor Vladimir Gonzalez said the mock-up model unit of the Yuhum Village at the Bacolod City Government Center will be formally opened to the public on Saturday with the arrival of the Secretary of the
We are somehow reminded of this need of ours to adapt all the way to all kinds of persons and situations in life in that gospel episode where Christ was asked why the disciples of John the Baptist fast, while
It is a new term for a mindset that has recently come up in social media. Despite the misleading name, quiet quitting apparently has nothing to do with quitting your job. Instead, it means doing only what your job demands
Many Filipinos have been surprised that the latest text message scam being sent to their mobile phones now contain their names, which means data providers have either leaked or sold our information and the security breach poses a cybersecurity threat
The 3rd Provincial Management Conference of DENR-PENRO Negros Occidental was spearheaded by OIC-PENRO Joan Nathaniel Gerangaya. Josephine Maguad from the Provincial Environment Management Unit (PEMU) presented updates regarding solid waste management and EMB related concerns in Negros Occidental. Updates and
• 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 Department of Social Welfare and Development reported the distribution of P68,572,529 worth of humanitarian assistance to 325,469 families affected by the El Niño phenomenon in 2,360 barangays in Western Visayas, as of May 7. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN There is no stopping from the provincial government of Negros Occidental as it pursues its bulk water project, amid opposition from members of the Silay City Sangguniang Panlungsod and sugar planters, as confirmed by Mayor Joedith
• 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
Philippine Foremost Milling Corp. (PFMC), one of the country’s biggest flour companies, is one step closer to securing an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) for the construction of its modern flour milling facility in Barangay Ingore, Iloilo City, a press release
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
