Various labor groups under the United Labor Alliance Negros (ULAN) gathered yesterday in Bacolod City to unite their calls for workers’ rights, including a P750 national wage increase, addressing privatization of public utilities, consumer rights, and the Marcos administration’s negligence of workers’ demands amid the economic crisis.*
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines blamed a “system disturbance” that caused rotational power interruptions and voltage fluctuations at all power distributors in the islands of Negros, Panay and Guimaras. NGCP was asked to explain
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported yesterday of a sudden increase of gas emissions from the summit crater of Kanlaon volcano. In an advisory, Phivolcs disclosed that the sulfur dioxide (SO2) gas emission
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twenty labor groups under the umbrella organization of General Alliance of Workers Association (GAWA) yesterday signed a resolution in support of the Joint Venture Agreement between the Central Negros Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CENECO) and MORE Electric
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unjustifiable refusal of the amnesty proposal being offered by the government to communist rebels is tantamount to signing a death warrant, a spokesman of the Regional Task Force 6 – ELCAC (Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict)
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A fire broke out about past 12 midnight yesterday, causing damage to a bank along Araneta Street, Barangay 13, Bacolod City. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Bacolod estimated the damage caused by the fire to Metropolitan Bank
In the gospel, there is an episode where Christ told some unbelieving Jews the reason they could not know who Christ really was. “How long are you going to keep us in suspense?” they asked. “If you are the Christ,
We don’t have a lot of public parks here in the Philippines, but there is the iconic Capitol Lagoon in Bacolod City which has been getting a bit more attention from the provincial government over the past few years. With
A report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) found that the perception of the importance of childhood vaccines declined by a quarter in the Philippines and by more than a third in the Republic of Korea, Papua New Guinea,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod visual artist Dorothy “Dolly” Ramos-Gatuslao was given a surprise birthday party by her family at Maria Kucina-Familia in Bacolod City recently, an event that her classmates and artist friends attended. Bacolod blind singer Carl Malone
LAZY AFTERNOONS. People are still staying indoors up from midmorning to late afternoons as they try to avoid the high temperatures these days, as shown by the almost empty bandstand area of the Bacolod City Public Plaza.* Emma Leonardia photo
Last night I felt like I entered the Twilight Zone when it rained properly, but it was for only about 10 minutes. It felt strange during those few minutes, when the raindrops made that familiar deafening sound on my roof,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 2,158 indigent senior citizens from all 23 barangays of E. B. Magalona have received their social pension from the DSWD this year, amounting to P6,000 each, during simultaneous payouts in various venues on
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating Antonio Alexi Gayares for placing 9th in the May 2024 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. Authored by Councilor Em Ang, the resolution said the Professional Regulation
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
BEACH LIFE. People enjoying the summer along the beaches of Barangay Talaban in Himamaylan City, over the weekend.* Andrew Altarejos photo
