• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Local business group leader Frank Carbon expressed alarm over the dumping of human bodies and mutilated body parts in Bacolod City, stressing “this is very bad for business.” Carbon, the chief executive officer of Metro Bacolod
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Militant organization BAYAN Negros yesterday issued a statement condemning the call of NTF-ELCAC spokesman Jeffrey Celis, whom they described as a serial red tagger, to arrest the leaders of the upcoming transport strike in Bacolod City.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN More than 60 families displaced by a gun battle between government troops and New People’s Army rebels on Wednesday in Sitio Ulo-Tuburan, Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, have returned to their respective homes, a day
Board Member Jeffrey Tubola and Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz turn over a copy of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan resolution to the family of the late Board Member Reynaldo Depasucat, expressing the condolences of the Negros Occidental provincial councill.* Capitol PIO photo
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO / GILBERT P. BAYORAN Heavy rain brought on by the low pressure area embedded along the Intertropical Convergence Zone yesterday triggered flooding in some areas of Bacolod City. After the non-stop rains late afternoon yesterday, heavy
The Bacolod City government, in tandem with private garbage hauler IPM-Construction and Development Corp. (IPM-CDC), will soon launch the use of a mobile application that will allow households and business establishments to book garbage pick-ups. City Administrator Pacifico Maghari III
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (BCESU) recorded a total of 129 dengue cases in Bacolod City, with two reported deaths, as of April 22. The fatalities are 9-year-old girl from Brgy. Villamonte, and a 6-year-old
Yes, we can! Christ said it clearly. “Amen, amen I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do.” (Jn 14,12) Incredible, indeed! But that’s
The HIV/AIDS Registry of the Philippines report, according to the Department of Health, said 2,078 new human immunodeficiency virus cases were logged in March alone, with 57 deaths. It added that the number of people diagnosed with HIV per day
Headline inflation further decelerated to 6.6 percent in April from 7.6 percent in March, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said yesterday. The inflation rate settled within the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ 6.3 to 7.1 percent forecast range for the period.
GOVERNORS. Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson and Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria at a meeting yesterday at the Negros Oriental Provincial Capitol in Dumaguete City.* NegOcc Capitol PIO photo
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
• 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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Social Welfare and Development reported the distribution of P68,572,529 worth of humanitarian assistance to 325,469 families affected by the El Niño phenomenon in 2,360 barangays in Western Visayas, as of May 7. The
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Italianni’s Restaurant recently opened its 33rd branch in the country at the ground floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City. The popular restaurant chain, known for its great American-Italian food, is the second Italianni’s
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
