• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspected New People’s Army yesterday died in an encounter with Army soldiers in Canlaon City, Negros Oriental. Initial military reports disclosed that 62nd Infantry Battalion soldiers were on combat operations when they encountered a group
In his effort to convey very important truths of faith about us, Christ used literary devices, figures and images that we can easily identify and relate. It’s something that we should also do in our effort to carry out our
The country’s schools are now having to grapple with the reality of how the extreme heat of the dry season can make it comfortable, and even dangerous for young learners who are still in crowded classrooms during these hot summer
The Fil-Sino Athletic Club started its 2nd Conference Monday night, April 24, at the Luis T. Ong Sports Pavilion with a double header from Class B Category. Kim Dimaranan scored 20 points to lead Basecom against AACI Transport 93-88 in the prelude
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN “Young athletes should do it for their school, family and not to be motivated financially,” disclosed Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday. “There should be pride in representing Negros Occidental,” Lacson said. The governor’s statement
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Labor groups expressed their vehement opposition and called for the rejection of direct sugar importation, as proposed by the food and beverage industry. Wennie Sancho, secretary general of the General Alliance of Workers Association, said they
The Social Security System (SSS) today conducts simultaneous Run After Contribution Evaders (RACE) operations in 108 selected areas around the country to call on non-compliant employers to settle their contribution delinquencies. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, representing the City of Bacolod, and Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) chief executive officer Michael de Jesus, representing DBP, led the ceremonial signing of the P4.4 billion loan agreement between
Amlig-Kuryente convenor Wilson Gamboa, Jr., in a forum last April 22 at the Apollo Restaurant, Capitol Shopping Center, Bacolod City, unwaveringly proposed real solutions to the “bleeding” and “ICU-tic” condition of Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CENECO) particularly on consequent
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An unscheduled power interruption yesterday completely blacked the islands of Negros, Panay, Guimaras. In a statement, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said it monitored a system disturbance affecting the Visayas grid. NGCP implemented Manual
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 44-year-old police officer was allegedly shot dead by his own son, a minor, on April 27 inside their home, at Purok Eba in Brgy. Andres Bonifacio, Sagay City, Negros Occidental. The victim, identified as PSSg
A hundred political prisoners in Negros island will hold another 24-hour fast on Friday to call on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) National Office to press on with its initial efforts for a thorough and impartial investigation on the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Power Watch Negros yesterday called for solidarity, amidst regular power outages being experienced by member consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO), which it said is “depriving use the quality of life, that we deserve.” Amid
We have to be clear about the intimate relation between the virtues of humility, magnanimity and magnificence. Often these virtues are understood as somehow opposed to each other. Humility is often understood as projecting a low profile, hidden, passive and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez and Councilor Derek Palanca, the son of former Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, have both assured the incumbent administration of the Negros Occidental provincial government of their continued support.
The Provincial Sports Office has teamed up with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, Inc. (SBP) to conduct a basketball elite camp for young Negrense hoopers in the Province of Negros Occidental this June, an initiative of the Abanse Negrense Sports
