The unveiling of the installation art entitled “Soaring High: The Power of Imagination,” was among the activities held during the MassKara Kick-off Salubong at the Bacolod City Government Center grounds yesterday to officially open the 43rd MassKara Festival in Bacolod
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the three-week MassKara Festival kicks off today, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez yesterday said he expects businesses to earn about P5 billion during the festival that anticipates approximately 200,000 visitors. With the very positive reaction of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Several government employees in Negros Occidental were honored by the Civil Service Commission in Western Visayas on September 28, as part of its 122nd Philippine Civil Service anniversary held in Iloilo City. The Valladolid District Hospital
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Eighteen employees of the provincial government of Negros Occidental are currently in hot water after being issued with show cause orders by the Provincial Legal Office, for non-compliance in the submission of trip tickets and uncalled
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN About 5,000 homes for informal settlers will soon rise at the Yuhum Village in Brgy. Vista Alegre, Bacolod City, in a partnership between the administration of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and the Department of Human Settlements
The E.B. Magalona Municipal Health Office (MHO) reported one case of cholera in the municipality involving a 30-year-old female resident of Sitio Tinapok in the coastal barangay of Batea, a press release from the municipality said. The patient was diagnosed
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has ordered the closure of 61 water refilling stations in Bacolod City for operating without sanitary and business permits. Of the 142 water refilling stations in Bacolod City inspected by the Environmental
Employees of San Miguel Brewery marked the 32nd anniversary of its Bacolod plant with a tree-planting activity in Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City. According to a press release, the activity also coincided with the 132nd anniversary of the plant’s parent company,
WATERSHED. The Bago River is one of the watersheds protected by the local government of Bago, seen snaking down from Mount Kanlaon.* Engr. John Kimwell Laluma photo
We need to realize this truth about ourselves more deeply. Everything is gift in our life. All the good things that we have come from God, freely given to us so we can be what he wants us to be—his
The readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the 4th Week of Easter (cfr. Acts 12,24-13,5; Jn 12,44-50) somehow remind us of the need to spread the word of God, which is another way of saying that we have to
• 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
An octogenarian who lost her house in a fire at Purok 9, Brgy. Aguisan, Himamaylan City on Tuesday, immediately received aid from Mayor Raymund Tongson and the City Social Welfare and Development Office, a press release from Himamaylan PIO said.
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty Negrense artists opened a group art exhibition titled “Catharsis of Creativity” at Gallerie G, Villa Geronca Building, Rosario-Amapola streets, Bacolod City on April 13, which will run for a month. Guest of honor at the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alleged member of the New People’s Army recently surrendered to the Philippine National Police in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Through the combined efforts of police intelligence operatives of the Talisay City and Murcia Police Stations,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The relentless efforts of the Police Regional Office 6 toward a gun-free community led to the recovery of 998 loose firearms and 122 explosives, while 182 suspects were arrested in the first quarter of 2024. Of
