BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Floods spawned by heavy rains due to Tropical Storm Paeng affected 82,929 individuals in different local government units of Negros Occidental, according to a report of the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office. Flashfloods hit 141
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Armed clashes erupted anew between government soldiers and suspected New People’s Army rebels on October 29 in the hinterlands of Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, while typhoon Paeng lashed Negros Island. The two encounters in Sitio Mambog,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros farmers are seeking the intervention of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to raise the suggested retail price (SRP) of sugar from its present P70 per kilo to at least P85-P90, due to the devastation brought about
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Soldiers of the 15th Infantry Battalion are returning to southern Negros, following the completion of their two-month Battalion of Excellence (BOE) Training Program of the 3rd Infantry Division on October 28 at Camp Macario Peralta in
INSPECTION. A landslide at the old Maricalum Mining Company site in Brgy. San Jose, Sipalay City, on Oct. 30, being inspected by personnel of the City Disaster Risk Management Office.* Dionilo Bogtae photo
Christ somehow makes us to understand that we have to learn to give ourselves to others without expecting any return by telling a host who invited him to invite those who would be unable to return the invitation. (cfr. Lk
Health authorities appealed for caution amid the eagerness of the business and transportation sectors to relax the rules on social distancing and the government’s move to further ease the mask mandate in the country. Dr. Anna Ong-Lim, a specialist in
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Christian Artists National Various Arts Society (CANVAS), in partnership with the Bacolod AI Artists Association and the Bacolod City Public Library held an art exhibit for a cause that opened on Saturday at the ground
Bacolod City’s John Ordoñez, accomplished another major milestone in his busy sporting life by successfully competing in the Ironman World Championships held recently in Hawaii. The 58 year-old Bacoleño triathlete, son of local doctor Ed Ordoñez, was among 5,200 top
Landslide closed the road at Purok Adelfa in Brgy. San Benito, Calatrava.* PJ Palma photo
The Municipality of E. B. Magalona hosted a coastal cleanup drive, spearheaded by the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO), to mark this year’s Earth Day celebration on Monday, a press release from E.B. Magalona PIO said. More than 200 participants
• 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
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO “Transcendence,” an art exhibit that invites its viewers on a journey of spiritual awakening and inner transformation through the timeless symbolism of the lotus flower, opened at the FGS Yuan Thong Temple in Burgos Extension, Bacolod
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
“The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear” – The Beatles The genuine agrarian reform advocates, rural development workers, and small producers lost one of its prime movers. Arnel Ligahon, “Tibo,” as he is casually
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
