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,
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez committed the full support of the House of Representatives for initiatives meant to promote health education and improved access to dental care for every Filipino, a press release from the House of Representatives said. Romualdez aired
An award-winning filmmaker and longtime educator has been recently appointed by the Bacolod City Government as director of its film festival, set to be held this September in select cinemas in the city. The Bacolod Film Festival Council (BFFC), chaired
With the celebration of Pentecost Sunday, we are reminded that the Holy Spirit is always with us, always intervening and directing our life toward its proper end and its fullness or perfection. He is leading us toward how we should
As per monitoring of Power Watch Negros, the application of the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) for a legislative franchise, as embodied in H.B. No. 9805, had already passed the preliminary phase of the complex legislative labyrinth in the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following the declaration of a state of calamity in Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental, the Department of Trade and Industry has approved its request to implement a price freeze on basic commodities. Mayor Benjie Miranda requested
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The province of Negros Occidental sustained P13,784,650 million worth of damage to livestock and poultry from the El Niño phenomenon, following deaths of 14,598 chickens and other ruminants, as of May 13. In her report to
