September 28, 2022

Additional flights to Bacolod requested for MassKara

Major sponsors of MassKara Festival, including San Miguel Brewery Inc., SM Prime Holdings Inc., Megaworld and Bingo Plus, through their respective representatives, Jeremy Losbanes, George Jardiolin, Jennifer Palmares Fong and Jasper Vicencio (left to right) with Atty. Pinky Mirano Ocampo (center) at the signing of the MOA during a press conference at Scarborough Seafood Restaurant in Bacolod City.* GPB photo

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Cholera outbreak declared in Silay brgy

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A cholera outbreak was declared yesterday by Mayor Joedith Gallego in Brgy. Guinhalaran, Silay City, Negros Occidental, after the recent death of a resident of the barangay, an 88-year-old woman. Gallego disclosed that the woman, who

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3 drug arrests yield P200T in shabu, marijuana

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen have confiscated about P200,000 worth of suspected shabu and dried marijuana leaves in separate buy-bust operations on September 25 and 26, respectively, in Bacolod City. A drug suspect identified as Reymart Esporas was apprehended by

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3 NOCPPO police commissioned officers promoted

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three police commissioned officers assigned at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office have been promoted from the rank of major to police lieutenant colonel, following an oath taking and donning of ranks ceremony on September 26

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Cultivating a proper sense of commitment

Especially these days when there are so many developments that can confuse us and lead us to have a superficial if not erroneous and dangerous sense of commitment, we need to clarify the real meaning of commitment, and why we

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The Pogo quandary

The call to rid the country of the scourge of Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) has been gaining traction in the early days of the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. After turning a blind eye to the staggering social

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La Vie Éphémère

Before you know it, naiwanan ka na ng tren… I first heard this phrase during my year in Imperial Manila when we frequented the disco scene which was super entertaining with Ernest Santiago’s Coco Banana. Well, life’s like that, Dahlink’s.

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Art exhibit to feature Artificial Intelligence

The Bacolod AI Artists Association (BAAA) in partnership with the Christian Artists National Various Arts Society (CANVAS) will open a generative AI art exhibit on October 1 at the 3rd floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City, a press

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Sagay pays tribute to Alvarado on Tourism Day

Sagay City paid tribute to master artist Nunelucio Alvarado as it celebrated World Tourism Day at the Margaha Beach in Brgy. Old Sagay, Negros Occidental yesterday, a press release from the City of Sagay said. In the event titled “Taliambong

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Cockfighting banned in Cauayan on Holy Thursday, Good Friday

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Cockfighting will be prohibited on Holy Thursday and Good Friday in Cauayan, Negros Occidental. In his executive order number 3, Mayor John Rey Tabujara said the police have been tasked to take appropriate action against violators.

Power Watch, all praises for NEPC president

Power Watch Negros, a consumer “watchdog,” commended Roel Castro, president and CEO of Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC or Negros Power) for cleansing the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) of anomalous, illegal and anti-consumer practices, a press release from

24 degrees

The Filipino obsession with the cold is one of our more interesting ticks that we really need to figure out if we, as a people, intend to make a global contribution to fighting climate change by reducing greenhouse emissions through

Fatima, a musical, performed in Bacolod

• AGNES GASTON REYES The world today seems to be tippy toeing toward World War III, God forbid.  Everyday, armaments are unloaded in bombings of one country or the other, unlike the guerrilla warfares of the seventies.  Bombings in countries

Participating in Christ’s Passion

Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday marks the start of Holy Week when we reverently remember the last days of the Lord. Palm Sunday recounts the triumphant entry of Jesus to Jerusalem, as he rides on a colt (traditional royal procession)

Be ready for the worst scenario in our life

The readings of the Mass of Holy Wednesday (cfr. Is 50,4-9 / Mt 26,14025) somehow remind us that while Christ assured us that everything has been taken care of by him, we should not be so naïve as to think