BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Development Council of Negros Occidental has approved the proposed 32.4-kilometer Iloilo-Guimaras-Negros during its quarterly meeting, September 9, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City. Presided over by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The wearing of face mask outdoors is now optional in Negros Occidental. This was stipulated in an executive order number 22-45, series of 2022, which has been issued by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on September 9.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Commission on Elections 2nd Division has allegedly dismissed the election protest filed by former Bacolod City Mayor Evelio ‘Bing’ Leonardia against incumbent Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez for being “improperly filed” and “insufficient in form
Garbage being unloaded by a dump truck at a private property in Brgy. Palaka Sur, Pulupandan, which has been issued a cease and desist order by Mayor Miguel Antonio Peña.* Pulupandan LGU photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Hundreds of leaflets were airdropped on September 10 over the hinterlands of Calatrava, Negros Occidental, containing the photograph and information of rebel leader Roger Fabillar, who has a bounty of P300,000 for his arrest. Fabillar and
“We Filipinos are saddened by the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” former Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said yesterday on the passing away of the longest reigning monarch of England Friday. “It is not very often in our lives
The official MassKara website and the much-awaited Masskara music-video will be launched today at the Bacolod City Government Center. Councilor Jason Villarosa, chairman of the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Tourism committee, MassKara Festival Chairperson Atty. Pinky Ocampo and City Tourism Department
That gospel episode about a centurion who asked some people to approach Christ for him, and to beg on his behalf for the cure of his sick slave (cfr. Lk 7,1-10) teaches us the lesson that we should have a
The House information and communications technology committee gave the green light to the SIM card registration bill, which would require the registration of all postpaid and prepaid mobile phone subscriber identity module (SIM) cards, and was passed on the final
The Provincial Sports Office of Negros Occidental initiated the Basketball Referees Accreditation and Licensing Seminar at the Bacolod City National High School last September 1 to 4. The seminar listed 357 registered participants from different sports groups and LGU referees,
That’s what we can gather from the readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter. (Acts 8,1-8; Jn 6,35-40) Whatever negative things we can encounter along the way, the good, which is a matter of believing
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 28th edition of Panaad sa Negros Festival kicks off today, with more than 1,100 security forces, including force multipliers, tasked to secure the festival site at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez’s priority is to deliver his commitments of projects to Bacolod made during the last election, before his term ends, and solve the pressing problems currently experienced by all Bacolodnons like the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Filinvest Land opened its Futura Homes Palm Estates model houses for public viewing on April 12, signifying a major stride in the development of this family-oriented community in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. The unveiling of the
With more than 30 power plants either offline or operating at lower capacities, resulting in either red or yellow alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids, Filipinos have been asked to partake in the act of propping their poor old
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Almost P1 million worth of suspected shabu and an unlicensed firearm were seized by the police in separate buy bust operations in four cities of Negros Occidental, also leading to the arrest of four drug suspects.
