January 2023

84 add’l cops to secure Cadiz Dinagsa Festival

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office sent 84 police personnel to help secure the highlights of the Cadiz City “Dinagsa Festival”, disclosed provincial police spokesperson PCapt. Judesses Catalogo yesterday. Aside from the Negros Occidental Police Provincial

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5 vehicle collision kills motorcycle driver

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A multiple vehicle collision on Wednesday in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, claimed the life of a motorcycle driver and causing injuries to two others, police reported. Motorcycle driver Arlo Galleron was reported by the police to

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Ceneco watchdog: We are not sowing fear

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The secretary general of Power Watch Negros Advocates yesterday stressed that they are not sowing fear among consumer members of Central Negros Electric Cooperative since they are a watchdog and only want to strengthen and build

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COVID-19 cases continue drop in province

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN COVID-19 cases have shown a continuing drop this month, from its peak of 208 to 36, as of January 26, records of the Provincial Incident Management Team showed. However, Negros Occidental logged four COVID-19 related deaths

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SP urges city to gather tourism data

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the City Tourism Office through the Office of the City Mayor to establish a system of gathering data on visitor arrivals and reporting the same regularly to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, was approved by

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Expenditure payments authorized by city council

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution authorizing payment of various expenditures requested by the city mayor amounting to P2.7 million, chargeable against the September to November 2022 Pagcor fund executive share, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday. The

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Photo of the Day

FLUVIAL PARADE. Two of the vessels that participated in the Dinagsa Festival fluvial parade for the feast of Sto. Niño de Cadiz despite the gloomy weather.* Bilis Cadiz Ugyon Cadiznon FB photo

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Learn to look for Christ always

We have to train ourselves to look for Christ always, beginning in the little ordinary things of our daily routine. By so doing, we can find him and start to enter into the dynamic of his love for us, which

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Cost of living crisis

Compared to what feels like a long time but was just actually three years ago, everything is so much more expensive these days. It’s not just the onions which have become the symbol for inflation and government mismanagement in this

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Addressing deaths

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, COVID-19 has dropped out of the top 10 leading causes of death in the country. Based on latest PSA data released earlier this week, COVID-19 with “virus identified” was the 11th leading cause of

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NPA claims woman’s death in Kabankalan

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The New People’s Army Mt. Cansermon Command has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the death of a woman it accused as a military informant, on April 21 in Sitio Dug-anon, Brgy. Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros

Ideologies

I was having a conversation with a couple of close friends from way back the other day, and as usual, the topic turned to how things are changing as we age. This time, instead of talking about our health and

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DROUGHT. As the El Niño phenomenon brings drought to most parts of the province, the lush green vegetation around the Mag-aso Falls in Kabankalan City is drying up* Andrew Altarejos photo

Negros Island athletes, coaches to gather for 1st NIPRISAA

Local athletes, sports standouts, coaches and school heads from twelve private universities and colleges in Negros island will converge at STI West Negros University in Bacolod City, to compete in various sports and cultural events in the 1st Negros Island

2 rebels captured, firearms cache recovered

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two suspected New People’s Army rebels, who are remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front, were captured on Thursday by Army soldiers and police troopers in Brgy. Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. 2Lt. Dan Carlo

PDP Laban members in Victorias resign

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The ongoing consolidation efforts of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino Lakas ng Bayan in Negros Occidental suffered a setback after its members in Victorias City resigned from the political party, following its plans to challenge incumbent Gov. Eugenio