PUV crackdown in Bacolod suspended
November 9, 2022
Commuters, such as these in in Brgy. Mandalagan, experienced difficulties getting rides due to less PUVs plying their usual routes in Bacolod City.* GPB photo
Commuters, such as these in in Brgy. Mandalagan, experienced difficulties getting rides due to less PUVs plying their usual routes in Bacolod City.* GPB photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Confirmed cholera cases in Negros Occidental have risen to 28, with Talisay City recording the most number of cases at 13, as of November 7, a report of the Provincial Health Office said. Silay City logged
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The city government of Bacolod has reinforced the manpower of the Provincial Anti-African Swine Flu Task Force, currently guarding the BREDCO and Banago Ports, as they further tightened security against the entry of port and its
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Based on reports of the Bacolod City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (BCESU) as of October 29, the number of dengue-related deaths in Bacolod City has risen to 13. Reports released by Dr. Grace Tan, City Health
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The police yesterday seized about 1.3 million worth of suspected shabu from two drug suspects, including a barangay kagawad, arrested in a buy-bust operation in Brgy. Alijis, Bacolod City. Nabbed during the buy bust operation conducted
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN An exhausted member of the New People’s Army militiaman, who has been fleeing from Army soldiers, was apprehended in joint military and police operations on November 6 in Sitio Mabato, Brgy. Talaon, La Libertad in Negros
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Women and Children Protection Desk (WCPD) of the EB Magalona Municipal Police Station was awarded “Best WCPD- Municipal Police Station Level” in Negros Occidental for having the highest number of cases filed against violators from
Yanah Grace Trangco, a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering freshman from the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, topped the 26th Philippine Statistics Quiz provincial elimination held at the UNO-R President’s Hall on November 4. The Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) returned
We are reminded of this character of the Church on the Feast of the Dedication of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome on November 9. This basilica is honored as the episcopal seat of the Pope as Bishop
As close to 100 heads of state and government meet in Egypt for the COP27 summit, facing calls to deepen emission cuts and financially back developing countries already devastated by the effects of rising temperatures, United Nations Secretary General Antonio
The Cadiz City Pavilion experienced a significant downturn in sales during the weeklong Panaad Sa Negros Festival 2024 held at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. The festival, which ran from April 15 to 21, witnessed
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN League of Cities of the Philippines national chairman, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez on Friday called on Vice President Sara Duterte to consider stepping down from her Cabinet post. The call of Benitez came after
A graduate of the Technological University of the Philippines – Visayas (TUP-V) in Talisay City topped the April 2024 Electronics Engineering Licensure Examinations (ECELE) held April 11-12, given by the Board of Electronics Engineering. As TUPVian Niele Shem Bañas topped
• 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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (NOCCI) reiterated its support for the creation of the Negros Island Region, expressing also gratefulness to the announcement of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., that he will sign
The secretary general of Power Watch Negros said that the granting of the Negros Electric Power Corp. (NEPC) franchise could provide relief to the sufferings of the consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) brought about by frequent power outages.