January 9, 2023

WV police colonels tender courtesy resignations

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Other top police officials in Western Visayas also submitted their courtesy resignations to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., as a show of support for an initiative of Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamen Abalos to rid the

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Albee to CENECO: Clarify PCPC purchased power rates

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez sought an explanation from the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) on the different contract power prices it purchased from power generator – Palm Concepcion Power Corporation (PCPC). Benitez, in his

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Notice to vacate for 2 Manokan Country stalls

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO For failure to comply with the compromise agreement they had entered into with the City Treasurer’s Office of Bacolod City, two stall owners of the Manokan Country at the Reclamation Area in Bacolod City are expected

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4 COVID-19 deaths already in 2023

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental logged four COVID-19 related deaths within the first eight days of the year. However, cases dropped to 136, as of January 8, from its peak of 313 in December last year, according to a

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Christ’s baptism: End and beginning

The Feast of the Baptism of the Jesus Christ marks the end of the Christmas Season and opens the beginning of the Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar. There are a few things we need to consider to savor the

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Epiphany

The feast of the Epiphany is associated with gift giving for the obvious reason that it recalls to us the story of the wise men who came from the east to pay homage and present their gifts to the newborn

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Mindful building

A discussion paper of the state-run Philippine Institute of Development Studies found that the Philippines still lags behind most of its peers in Southeast Asia in overall infrastructure, particularly suffering from inadequate and poor quality road and rail transport infrastructure.

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Tree of Hope collects P35K for beneficiaries

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The management of L’Fisher Hotel in Bacolod City turned over on Friday to the Kalipay Negrense Foundation, Inc., proceeds of its Tree of Hope 2022 project amounting to P35,000 in cash. Kalipay Negrense Foundation Inc., is

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House panel votes to terminate SMNI franchise

The committee on legislative franchises of the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to terminate the broadcasting privilege granted to Swara Sug Media Corp., also known as Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), according to a press release from the House

BSP: National ID tops list of valid IDs

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has directed banks and other BSP-supervised financial institutions (BSFIs) to place the Philippine identification card (PhilID) at the top of the list of acceptable valid IDs. In a statement yesterday, the BSP said all

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

Mission training held in Murcia

Eleven participants graduated in the recently held Global Filipino Dream and ACCESS Mission Training conducted at Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Murcia, Negros Occidental, a press release from the organizers said. The training was led by  International Teams Philippines (ITP)

Troops sustain onslaught vs. CPP-NPA

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command reported that government troops sustained their onslaught against the New People’s Army in the Visayas region. During the Visayas Joint Peace and Security Coordination Center (VJPSCC) meeting held

Negros, Capiz encounters yield firearms

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The focused military operations of the Philippine Army against remnants of the New People’s Army in Negros Oriental and Capiz in Panay, led to more encounters on March 15, resulting in the recovery of firearms and