BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ernell Tumimbang yesterday recommended the declaration of a cholera outbreak in three more Negros Occidental barangays, as the number of its victims rose to five, including one fatality. Tumimbang, however stressed that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Himamaylan Regional Trial Court Judge Walter Zorilla has issued an arrest warrant against Hermenegildo Serafica, former head of the Sugar Regulatory Administration, whom he found guilty of indirect contempt. Judge Zorilla, in his 11-page decision, sentenced
The famous Carbin Reef in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.*
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine National Police yesterday assured members of the judiciary of their safety and security against threats, intimidation and crimes, including those perpetrated through the internet and social media platforms. In a statement, PBrig. Gen. Roderick
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN As everything is set for the launching of the 3-week long MassKara Festival, which will commence with the MassKara Kick-off Salubong on September 30 at the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC), its organizers and the Provincial
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez requested the Sangguniang Panlungsod for a special session to be held today for the ratification of the memorandum of agreement between the city and the Bacolod Yuhum Foundation, Inc., and other
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another wave of reshuffling of police commissioned officers assigned at the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office was implemented on September 27, as ordered by provincial police director PCol. Leo Pamittan, in compliance with the directives of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A salesman and two of his companions were robbed at gunpoint on September 28 in Sitio Buta, Brgy, Caliling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental. Initial investigations of the Cauayan police showed that Arque Cuison, a sales representative of
As what the famous line from the movie Spiderman says, “With great power, comes great responsibility.” This was shared by Assistant Regional Director for Management Services Andres Untal during his message at the turn-over ceremony of incoming CENR officer of
We might wonder why on the Feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, celebrated on September 29, the gospel reading used is about the vocation of Nathanael as one of Christ’s apostles. (cfr. Jn 1,47-51) As that gospel narrates,
We have to continually listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit who always intervenes in our life. And that’s because it is actually the Holy Spirit, more than us, who shapes and directs our life, who deepens, widens, if
• 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
To be truly Christian, we should really have the very heart of Christ. We should have his attitude toward all possible conditions our life can find itself in, irrespective of whether these conditions are favorable to us or not. This
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Manhunt operations of Police Regional Office 6 against fugitives in Western Visayas have led to the arrest of 1,501 wanted persons in the first quarter of 2024, of which more than 50 percent were collared in
ASSISTANCE. A member of the Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade helps deliver water, using water tankers and fire hoses, to the community at Purok Masagana, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City.*
• 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
