BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police have filed murder charges against seven suspected members of the New People’s Army for the August 26 killing of Lalong barangay captain Benjamen Javoc, disclosed provincial police spokesman PLt. Judesses Catalogo yesterday. Catalogo said that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer is optimistic that the proposed Iloilo-Guimaras-Negros bridge will push through under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Ferrer, the personal adviser for Western Visayas of President Marcos Jr., also
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN One of the Philippine Navy newly-acquired fast-attack interdiction craft-missile (FAIC-Ms) ships from Israel, was named after a Negrense hero, the late Marine 1Lt. Lolinato To-ong, of Brgy. Cabacungan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. The BRP Lolinato To-ong
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN In anticipation of the thousands of visitors expected to attend the upcoming Bacolod MassKara Festival, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ernell Tumimbang disclosed that they will further strengthen border protocols in Negros Occidental. While there will be
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Dengue-related deaths in Negros Occidental have risen to 27, and cases are now up by 1,008 percent, compared to 357 logged from January to August 27, 2021, to the current 3,956 cases, over the same period
DPWH 6 Regional Director Nerie Bueno fast-tracking the on-going construction of Magsungay Bridge along Section 2, Package B of Bacolod Negros Occidental Economic Highway* I.G. Tantiado/DPWH6 photo
A total of 231 Sagaynon women availed of the free OB-Gyne services during the community service and surgical mission of the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS) Negros Occidental chapter, in partnership with Second District Congressional Office and Sagay City
About 200 participants from different groups from the community of Brgy. Busay, Bago City came to participate in the annual bloodletting activity on September 2, at the covered court of ML Araneta Elementary School, a press release from the organizers
Have you ever regarded the beatitudes, as proclaimed by Christ, (cfr. Lk 6,20-26) a confusing doctrine, if not a crazy idea, impossible to be lived, and an exaggeration? Don’t worry so much about it. We can be sure that Christ
National Teachers’ Month kicked off Monday with progressive groups trooping to the House of Representatives to call for salary upgrades and the doubling of the 2023 education budget, along with pressing for additional compensation for work outside regular duties, provision
Farmers in the 5th district of Negros Occidental have availed of P11.8 million in rice and corn agricultural inputs, from the provincial government headed by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson. Lacson and Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, assisted by Mayor Rogelio Raymund
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO “A mother is the heartbeat of her home, the pulse of her family’s existence.” In honor of all mothers, a group art exhibit titled “Handog kay Nanay” opened at the second level of Robinson’s Place Bacolod
• 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.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The havoc created by the ongoing drought on Negros Occidental continues, as the value of the damage to agricultural crops has been reported at more than P502 million, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration and Office
The gospel of the feast of St. Matthias on May 14 tells us about how much God loves us, where we can find that love and how that love gives us also the complete joy. (cfr. Jn 15,9-17) “Jesus said
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration has recently announced that the worst of the El Niño heat may be over, but with the caveat that Filipinos should now brace themselves for an expected La Niña, which could make
