• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson disclosed yesterday that he is “inspired” by the statement issued by Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante, that the United Negros Alliance (UNegA) will continue to support his administration. Escalante, the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A minor who was injured in a shooting incident, and was expected by the police to help in the identification of suspects behind the attack that claimed the lives of his mother and elder brother in
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The March 22 letter of five industrial manufacturers in the food and beverage industry requesting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to directly import sugar for their needs, is an economic disaster for the sugar industry, Save the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN With the suspension for 60 days of Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves for misconduct, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has assumed post of Negros Oriental legislative caretaker, effective March 23 until May 22 this year. The House
Negrense labor leader Roland de la Cruz, the national president of the National Congress of Unions in the Sugar Industry of the Philippines (NACUSIP), was re-appointed as labor sector representative to the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council of the Department
Participants of simultaneous indignation rallies in Negros Island burning a replica of a CPP-NPA flag.* 303IB photo
March 30 marked the 4th year commemoration of the bloody 2019 Synchronized Enhanced Military – Police Operation (SEMPO), also known as Oplan Sauron 2, of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) forces. That day,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Brig. Gen. Leonardo Peña, commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade in Negros Oriental, has been designated as the new assistant division commander of Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. However, the successor of Peña at the 302nd Infantry
That’s what Christ told those Jews who could not believe that he was the Son of God. “We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy,” those Jews said. “You, a man, are making yourself God.” (Jn
One driving habit that surprises me whenever I’m in Metro Manila is how the people there are so dependent on the navigation app Waze. It doesn’t matter if they are going somewhere for the first time, or if they are
• ROGER D. BELTRAN Victorias City’s bet, Kyla Rose Romarate, 22, was crowned Lin-ay sang Negros 2024, besting 28 other candidates during the pageant night held at the jam-packed Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City Friday, April
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office VI and the City Government of Himamaylan partnered to bring aid to families affected by the ongoing drought in the southern Negros Occidental City, said a press release from Himamaylan PIO.
Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz (right), in behalf of the provincial government of Negros Occidental, receives a plaque of appreciation from PCol. Rainerio de Chavez, during deactivation and recognition rites held at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
With more than 30 power plants either offline or operating at lower capacities, resulting in either red or yellow alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids, Filipinos have been asked to partake in the act of propping their poor old
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday afternoon (United States time) sought the expansion of joint military exercises in the Philippines, appealed for an increased United States (US) foreign military financing (FMF), and welcomed the Philippines Enhanced Resilience Act of 2024
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing the Bacolod Waterfront Park, providing for park hours, permissible and prohibited activities, and providing penalties for violations, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Wednesday. The ordinance authored by
