• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Due to insufficient power supply, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) yesterday placed Visayas, including Negros Island, under Yellow Alert status. In a statement it issued, NGCP said a yellow alert is issued when
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival will again be held in Bacolod City from May 26 to 28, and targets to exceed the longest grill that the city recorded four years ago, which was 300 meters. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Veterinarian Office yesterday maintained that Negros Occidental remains African Swine Fever (ASF) free, stressing that hogs that got sick and died suffered from “hog cholera”, which is triggered by extreme heat. Provincial Veterinary Office
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental nears triple digits, the provincial government has issued guidelines for the voluntary wearing of face masks in the province. In executive order No. 23-15, series of 2023, Gov. Eugenio Jose
A transport strike launched yesterday by jeepney operators and drivers’ groups in Bacolod City, failed to disrupt the operations of business establishments and schools. The protestors, mainly members of the Bacolod Alliance of Commuters, Operators and Drivers (BACOD) Inc., and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Western Visayas will soon have a new regional police director, after PBrig. Gen. Leo Francisco was relieved yesterday as regional police director of Western Visayas. Francisco is up for promotion, as he was designated as officer
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An estimated 20 kilos of chorizo from Cebu, being sold by an online seller, has been confiscated by personnel of the City Veterinary Office, during a buy bust operation in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. City Veterinarian
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson (4th from left), Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. (left) and Pag-IBIG Fund officials, led by Anthony Cesar Arellano (4th from right) lead the lowering of time capsule during the Villa Tiglawigan ground breaking rites in Cadiz City.* GPB photo
It’s important that we understand the kind of peace that Christ gives us. As he said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not
It’s supposed to be peak dry/summer season but the past few days have been uncharacteristically rainy, to the point that classes were cancelled for two days last week, as the heavy rains brought flooding and misery, as usual. Despite the
Property giant Megaworld is ramping up its leasing portfolio until 2030 in order to reach 3,000,000 square meters of gross leasable area (GLA) for both Megaworld Premier Offices and Megaworld Lifestyle Malls. This is 52 percent higher than the company’s
That’s what Christ told Peter after telling him what to expect as the rock on which Christ would build his Church. (cfr. Jn 21,19) “Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twelve former rebels who surrendered to the 62nd Infantry Battalion and police in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, have availed of financial aid, through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation of the Department of Social Welfare
• ANDREW ALTAREJOS About 168 newly registered medical technologists took their oath as professionals, presided by Dr. Marilyn Cabal-Barza, chairman, Professional Regulatory Board of Medical Technology of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), at SMX Convention Center in Bacolod City Monday.
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
Farmers in the 5th district of Negros Occidental have availed of P11.8 million in rice and corn agricultural inputs, from the provincial government headed by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson. Lacson and Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, assisted by Mayor Rogelio Raymund
