• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that he expects better stability of power supply in Negros, after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued a statement that the national government will be involved in addressing the power outages
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Independent pandemic monitor Octa Research reported that the COVID-19 positivity rate in Negros Occidental further increased from to 14.4 percent as of April 29, a figure which is almost triple the World Health Organization’s ideal threshold
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Saraviahanons are mourning the death of former EB Magalona Mayor Reynaldo P. Depasucat, who joined his Creator on May 1, while the Ugyonan Festival, which he conceptualized and started 34 years ago, was being celebrated. The
In time for the celebration of Labor Day, the Office of the Vice President (OVP), together with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) released a total of P9,307,792 to beneficiaries of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD)
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental is bracing for the effects of dry spell to Negrense farmers, after the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) yesterday raised the possibility of a longer El Niño
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, who is affiliated with Love Negros, yesterday agreed with top officials of the United Negros Alliance that the coalition of two local political groups is getting stronger. Lacson, who was
Labor organizations in Negros Occidental presented a posthumous award on May 1 to the author of the 13th Month Pay Law and of the Social Amelioration Law for the workers in the sugar industry, a press release from the labor
SEAFOOD OVERLOAD. Vendors sell various seashells, such as “binga”, fresh and dried fish, shrimp and fish paste, along the streets of Vito in Sagay City, during the San Vicente Ferrer celebrations.* Sagay City PIO photo
It is Christ who tells us very clearly who we really are. “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (Jn 14,6) Again, if we have to take these
Merely five months after the catastrophic power-related failure shut down the entire Philippine airspace, when a faulty circuit breaker caused two uninterruptible power supply units of the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance / Air Traffic Management System (CNS/ATM) to bog down
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The damage to crops brought about by the El Niño drought in Negros Occidental has further increased to P115,228,510, affecting 3,312 farmers, according to reports of the Office of Provincial Agriculture. In her report to Negros
MUSE OF THE MEDIA. Zoe Clarisse Limson of the Municipality of Cauayan and Kyla Rose Romarate of Victorias City (L-R) were named Muse of the Media, municipality and city categories, respectively, during the Lin-ay sang Negros Press Presentation and Talent Competition, held at Ayala Malls Capitol Central Activity Center, yesterday.* Capitol PIO photo
CHAMPS. San Carlos City welcomed their little champion footballers who won the Silver Phase U12 Category in Madrid, Spain, last month, with a motorcade along the major streets in the city, along with a P300K cash incentive for the team.* San Carlos City LGU FB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Dengue cases in Western Visayas have increased to 2,124, as of April 11, with 294 cases recorded in Negros Occidental and 56 in Bacolod City, according to reports of the Department of Health – Western Visayas
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The owner of the dismembered human body parts left outside the office of the National Bureau of Investigation in March has been identified by the NBI. NBI Bacolod chief Atty. Renoir Baldovino yesterday identified the victim
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental logged its first pertussis related fatality, along with 11 confirmed cases, as of April 15. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed that the fatality is a one-month-old infant who died last week at
