BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Negros Bacolod Transport Coalition is requesting the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Transportation to conduct a dialog to tackle the alarming and controversial status of the transport industry in the city. Diego Malacad, United Drivers
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday lauded the conduct of drug testing among the 1,100 government employees of Victorias City, Negros Occidental, describing it as a “good idea.” The drug testing in Victorias City led by Mayor
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office has condemned the killing of a police force multiplier on Thursday night by a gunman, claiming to be a member of the New People’s Army, at Purok 2 in Brgy.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A bill that seeks to create agricultural trading centers to be called “Bagsakan ng Bayan Markets,” in every province, was filed on August 31 at the House of Representatives by Negros Occidental 3rd district Rep. Jose
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A Philippine Army general yesterday dismissed as “fake news,” claims of the New People’s Army that at least two Army soldiers died after they harassed a military outpost in Sitio Casingan, Brgy. Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Month-long anti-drug operations of the police in Bacolod City led to the neutralization of 46 drug personalities, through their arrests, that yielded more than P7 million worth of illegal drugs. PLt. Col. Sherlock Gabana, spokesperson of
The Sacred Heart Seminary-Bacolod celebrated their Araw ng Wika 2022 on August 29. Sem. Christian John Yanson Perlin, academic life servant leader, officially opened the celebration with the theme, “Filipino at mga Katutubong Wika: Kasangkapan sa Pagtuklas at Paglikha”. As
To be consistent to our Christian identity and vocation, we need to live a certain type of detachment that involves a certain self-emptying that would fill us completely with the spirit of Christ. That’s because in the end what truly
Malnutrition needs to be addressed in the country with more investments in programs and active participation from the private sector, the World Bank urged in a recent webinar. Yoonyoung Cho, senior economist at the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice
LAZY AFTERNOONS. People are still staying indoors up from midmorning to late afternoons as they try to avoid the high temperatures these days, as shown by the almost empty bandstand area of the Bacolod City Public Plaza.* Emma Leonardia photo
• ANDREW ALTAREJOS About 168 newly registered medical technologists took their oath as professionals, presided by Dr. Marilyn Cabal-Barza, chairman, Professional Regulatory Board of Medical Technology of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), at SMX Convention Center in Bacolod City Monday.
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 Police Regional Office 6 reported that it arrested 29 drug suspects and recovered P5.1 million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas, during 24-hour police operations on May 10. Of the 29 arrested suspects, seven
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
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
