• 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
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez committed the full support of the House of Representatives for initiatives meant to promote health education and improved access to dental care for every Filipino, a press release from the House of Representatives said. Romualdez aired
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is leveling up its engagement with the Philippine Government Employees Association (PGEA) in a move to further improve the collaboration of both institutions for the benefit of government employees nationwide. “We are committed to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Stressing that the police force in Western VIsayas is a very professional one, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police director, yesterday said that there is no need to conduct a loyalty check. For us here, I
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general yesterday challenged the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the killing spree of the New People’s Army of innocent civilians, which they have claimed responsibility for. In communicating with Chris Montano of the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the killing spree of innocent civilians carried out and admitted by the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. These acts of violence are not only abhorrent, but also a
Once again, we are made to consider the greatest desire Christ expressed just before his passion, death and resurrection in the gospel reading of the Mass on Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter. (cfr. Jn 17,20-26) His desire was
