BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The much anticipated Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge is finally moving towards realization. Public Works and Highways Undersecretary Emil Kiram Sadain yesterday revealed that the procurement for the detailed design of the 32-kilometer Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge will start by December
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez appears non-confrontational in his response to the remarks of Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas in response to his recent statements. Benitez said he and Treñas have been long-time friends and
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Rep. Greg Gasataya and nine others who were among the party of Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez during a recent trip in Japan, also tested positive for COVID-19 upon their return to Negros Occidental. Gasataya,
ICAE chief executive officer Sean Mahoney, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Consul General Januario Rivas (seated) present the signed MOA, as Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz looks on.*Capitol PIO photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The search is now on for the incoming commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command (VISCOM). This is due to VISCOM commander Lt. Gen. Robert Dauz retirement from the military service on November
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting the City Treasurer’s Office through the Office of the Mayor to strengthen implementation regarding the inspection, testing, calibration and sealing of all fuel pumps in all gas stations in Bacolod
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating and commending lawyer Raymundo Torres Pandan for winning the grand prize in the Novel Category of the 2022 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for his novel, Bittersweetland, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod
We are reminded of this very important duty to train ourselves to have a proper focus in life in that gospel episode where Christ warned about people who were just immersed in their earthly affairs without giving any thought about
How time flies. The realization that my boy is graduating from Senior High School at the end of this schoolyear suddenly makes me feel old and terrified with the thought of having to deal with the urge to getting myself
The Philippine Statistics Authority reported that the country’s farm production made a rebound in the third quarter of the year, after contracting in the previous two quarters. According to the report, the country’s agricultural output grew by 1.8 percent compared
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An 80-year-old widow who succumbed to multiple hack injuries, was found dead on April 22 in Sitio Malusay, Brgy. Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. The lifeless body of the victim, whose identity was withheld by the
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
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO McDonald’s Philippines launched its Crave & Claim campaign in Bacolod City, featuring exclusive deals and discounts that customers could avail of exclusively on the McDonald’s App until April 30. The campaign was launched by McDonald’s Philippines
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 Two unidentified gunmen shot a businessman dead on April 18 at Sofia Gonzaga Street in Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod City. The victim, who was identified by the police as Elson Casalan Cepeda, of East Home 2, Brgy.
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