December 2022

Safety first, New Year’s revelers told

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As Negrenses prepare to welcome 2023, local authorities and officials advised them to put “safety first” in New Year’s eve celebrations. This developed as Negros Occidental provincial government-managed hospitals were placed on “Code White” alert status,

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Diaz won’t renew Bacolod City government consultancy

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN With his consultancy contract with Bacolod City government set to expire December 31 this year, Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz yesterday revealed that he will no longer renew his contract. “Everything they need is already in

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Sugar prices rebound after 3-week slide

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The year 2023 appears to be a good start for the sugar industry as sugar prices have strongly rebounded after a 3-week slide. Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo (5th district, Negros Occidental), who was formerly a board

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Bacoleño yields 1.2M shabu in Iloilo

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alleged drug courier, who is a Bacoleño, has been arrested by authorities on December 28, during a buy bust operation at Sitio Bo-ol in Brgy. Sapao, Dumangas, Iloilo. The apprehension of Abraham Camus, a tricycle

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Bacolod SP condoles with brgy captain’s family

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution expressing sincere and deep sense of sympathy to the passing away of a greatly dedicated public servant and extending heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family of the late Barangay Captain Felipe

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Gift giving at BFP

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bureau of Fire Protection in Bacolod City in partnership with Dewara Cares held a Christmas gift-giving activity at the BFP Central Office in San Juan Street, Bacolod City yesterday which benefitted about 120 children of

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Facing this new year

This is it. We have officially survived 2020, 2021 and 2022, and despite all the setbacks and challenges of the past three years, we are miraculously still sticking around and it looks like we are all primed and ready to

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God never leaves us

That passage from the Book of Isaiah that has become very popular among many people deserves to be indelibly printed in our mind and heart, especially when we are going through some rough times in our life. “Can a woman

Kiko hopeful NIR signed into law by April

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the Negros Island Region bill, which has already been approved by the House of Representatives and Philippine Senate, soon finds it way to Malacañang, Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez said he is

‘Trabaho Para sa Bayan’ IRR signed; focus on high-quality jobs

The country’s labor market is exhibiting signs of steady progress amid domestic and external risks, boosted by a historic low 3.1-percent unemployment rate in December 2023. On Tuesday, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) led the signing of the

CENECO consumers back privatization

Homeowners-consumers, composed of community associations from Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, represented by their chairpersons, have expressed their full support for the granting of a congressional franchise to Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC). In a joint statement, they aired their

Rebel arms cache unearthed in Escalante

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army 79th Infantry Battalion reported yesterday the discovery of firearms, ammunition, and an explosive, believed to have been buried by New People’s Army rebels in Sitio Mocabog, Brgy. Washington, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. In a