BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Four former officials of the Department of Agriculture and Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) are in hot water, after the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee recommended the filing of charges before the Ombudsman, for their alleged involvement in
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN After Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez, who offered his services “free of charge” while serving as the economic affairs consultant of the provincial government of Negros Occidental, for more than two years, three Capitol executives
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The consumer groups are not the ones trying to pave the way for the privatization of Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Christian Weber, member-convenor of Amlig Kuriente and Ceneco Consumers Forum yesterday said. This claims issued by
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 26-year-old woman was found dead yesterday at Purok Progreso in Brgy. Alijis, Bacolod City. The victim, whose identity was withheld by the police, succumbed to head injuries and had hematoma around her neck. However, the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspected leader of the New People’s Army was killed in another gun battle with Army soldiers on September 7 in Sitio Manlibod, Brgy. Trinidad, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez issued Executive Order No. 029 constituting the Bacolod City Disposal Committee Tuesday. The Disposal Committee will be composed of the mayor as chairman, City Administrator Pacifico Maghari – vice chairman, and
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Separate buy bust operations on September 7 in Negros Occidental led to the seizure of guns with ammunition and suspected shabu from four arrested suspects, police said. Nabbed during a buy bust operation at Purok Roadside,
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Fire damaged a house and destroyed two others in Greensville 3, Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City, yesterday morning. The Bureau of Fire Protection estimated the total damage caused by the fire at about P180,000. Records showed that
TRAINING. Neophyte Army soldiers assigned at the 11th Infantry Battalion participated in the Air to Ground Operations seminar and practical exercises, using an Air Force helicopter, through the effort of the Tactical Operations Group (TOG) 6 under Lt.Col. Rodel Pacordo, in Siaton, Negros Oriental, on Sept. 6.* PA photo
How can we see the truth amid our unavoidable biases and other conditionings that affect how we see, judge and react to things? The simple answer is to be like Christ who himself said that he is “the way, the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Italianni’s Restaurant recently opened its 33rd branch in the country at the ground floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City. The popular restaurant chain, known for its great American-Italian food, is the second Italianni’s
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former head of the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorism Division is now leading the NBI Bacolod District Office. Manuel Fayre Jr. replaced Atty. Renoir Baldovino, who had been assigned in Bacolod City for more than
Kabataan Partylist-Negros vehemently condemned the intimidation, psychological harassment, and constant illegal surveillance by the state forces to Florence Guzon, KPL-Negros’ Secretary General, a press release from the group said. Last April 25, state elements went to Guzon’s residence in Talisay
• 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
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson called on athletes of the province who will be part of the delegation of Western Visayas to the Palarong Pambansa in Cebu on July to “contribute medals” to the cause of the region. Lacson
Oil companies will slash petroleum prices as much as P2 per liter today. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Seaoil, and Shell said they will roll back gasoline prices by P2 per liter and will also cut diesel prices by
