BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unlike at the Bacolod City Hall where an estimated 3,000 job order workers may lose their jobs by the end of the year, there will be no reduction of Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Pulupandan Mayor Miguel Antonio Peña strongly debunked any knowledge of an agreement that he and San Enrique Mayor Jilson Tubillara, as well as Valladolid Mayor Enrique Miravalles, that they allegedly reached an agreement to solve the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Integrated Water Security Council yesterday approved the Provincial Integrated Water Security Plan 2023-2030 of Negros Occidental, to address water security issues such as increasing investments for water, improving capacities of water service providers, long
Missing fisherman Feb Cayao being assisted by rescuers from his damaged boat in Basay, Negros Oriental.* Daph Reliquias photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former vice mayor of Toboso in Negros Occidental, has posted bail of P72,000, after a warrant of arrest was issued against him by the court, for malversation of public funds or property, presumption of malversation,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The joint operation of the Police Station 5 and City Drug Enforcement Unit yesterday led to the seizure of P1 million worth of suspected shabu from an arrested drug suspect at Purok Cereza in Brgy. 27,
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is urging the office of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to inspect and test the potability of all water refilling stations in Bacolod City and to order the closure of those that are
We really have to be careful in understanding and interpreting the words of Christ in the gospel, since there are instances when our initial reaction would be that of surprise, disbelief and even of scandal. A sample of these words
The Philippines’ economic freedom ranking dropped three places in the Canadian conservative think tank Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom Index for 2020, placing 66th out of 165 economies with a score of 7.09. The country scored 0.25 points lower than its
In a statement, the Vicmico Planters Association (VPA) aired its complaint against Victorias Milling Company for acts of oppression against sugar farmers who simply want to mill their sugarcane in any mill they choose. In a statement issued yesterday by
That’s “Go forth, the Mass is ended” in Latin. With these words, we are reminded that all of us who attend Mass are being sent forth the way Christ sent his apostles to “go into the whole world and proclaim
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution granting Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez authority to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the City of Bacolod and Seymour Sanchez, designating the latter as festival director of
Mobile provider Globe has significantly ramped up its efforts to combat cyber threats by deactivating and blocking an increasing number of SIMs engaged in malicious activities. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, the company blacklisted 36,549 SIMs from other
The readings of the Mass on Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter (cfr. Act 13,26-33; Jn 14,1-6) remind us of our duty to really know who Christ is since he is the very pattern of our humanity, the savior
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sales of vendors at the Panaad sa Negros Festival hit P16,359,940.50 within six days of the event at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City, from April 15 to 20. The LGU Pavilions remained
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday afternoon (United States time) paid a courtesy call to United States Rep. Ami Bera of California’s 6th District at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where the American legislator offered beer and
