September 19, 2022

Three shot dead, decapitated cadaver found

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN It was a bloody weekend in Negros Occidental, where a couple and a woman had been separately killed in cities of Sagay and Escalante, and a headless body was found in Talisay City, police said. Simon

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Capitol turns over P16.5M projects to 55 brgys

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 55 Negros Occidental barangays have received P16.5 million worth of financial assistance from the provincial government, for their respective development projects. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the turnover of P300,000 financial assistance each, to 55

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San Carlos BFP substation activated

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A substation of the Bureau of Fire and Protection in Brgy. 1 poblacion, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, is now operational. This was after it was reactivated on September 16 by BFP regional and provincial officials

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Guihulngan villagers junk NPA

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 62nd Infantry Battalion reported that 565 residents of Brgy. Trinidad, Guihulngan City, recently withdrew their support to the New People’s Army, and also condemned their terror campaign, especially in the hinterlands. This was after

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BIR urges withholding tax compliance

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO In a press release, the Bureau of Internal Revenue reminded all those listed as Top Withholding Agents (TWAs) to correctly withhold and remit the expanded withholding taxes to the government. Income tax payments made by the

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We have to give good example always

“No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light.” (Lk 8,16) These are words of Christ

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Expensive but mediocre?

The latest Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) report of cybersecurity firm Surfshark, the Philippines was found to be among the countries with the “least affordable” internet services, yet consumers are receiving only “mediocre” quality of connectivity. The country’s DQL

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International Coastal Clean-up Day celebrated

One hundred seventy volunteers from DENR PENRO Negros Occidental, CENRO Cadiz, TSPS-Negros Occidental, Escalante City ENRO, Philippine Coast Guard – Escalante Substation, Philippine National Police – Escalante City, maritime group, barangay officials, people’s organizations, and stakeholders joined in the International

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Rotary Club of Bacolod helps 2,040 students

With smiles on their faces and a grateful heart, about 2,040 students of Manuel Yulo Elementary School-Cabadiangan and Aguisan Elementary School in Himamaylan City happily received a new pair of slippers, educational books and biscuits from the Rotary Club of Bacolod

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Victorias opens carabao dairy box, pen

Victorias City is empowering its local carabao dairy production industry with the inauguration of Dairy Box and Carabao Pen at the Bangga Daan Satellite Market and Hda. San Antonio, respectively, on April 18. The Dairy Box located at Barangay I

Bacolod SP pushes ordinance to create waterfront park

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing the Bacolod Waterfront Park, providing for park hours, permissible and prohibited activities, and providing penalties for violations, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Wednesday. The ordinance authored by

Keeping our focus on God always strong

In the gospel of the Mass on Monday of the Third Week of Easter (cfr. Jn 6, 22-29), we are told about how more and more people, after learning about how Christ managed to feed 5 thousand people with a

Investigation demanded into cause of recent brownouts

Power Watch Negros secretary-general Wennie Sancho will file a complaint against CENECO employees who were allegedly involved in nefarious activities that resulted in power outages on March 26 and April 11 in Bacolod City, said a press release from the

Lacson touts coalition formula for local pols

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN While the political coalition of Love Negros and United Negros Alliance (UNegA) is still working in the provincial level, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday encouraged candidates to duplicate their arrangement at the local level. In past

Sen. Zubiri inaugurates P14M Binalbagan campus dorm

Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri led the inauguration and blessing of a two-story dormitory worth P14,850,000 inside the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) Binalbagan campus on April 15, a press release said. The legacy project of Senator Zubiri