May 15, 2023

Consumer group touts Ceneco JVA

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The recent endorsement of support  for the proposed Joint Venture Agreement between Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and IGNITE Power by top provincial and city officials of Negros Occidental are welcome developments and strong indicators that

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Lacson lauds TOPCOPs training in Negros

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has lauded the Philippine National Police for the training of its members in tourism promotion of Negros Occidental. Personnel of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office and Bacolod City Police Office have

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NPA suffers more Visayas setbacks

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following the recovery of 15 firearms from New People’s Army rebels in northern Samar, the Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command reported that the communist terrorist group in the region suffered another series of setbacks

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SP urges telcos to continue SIM registration assistance

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution reiterating the indispensable cooperation of all telecommunications network companies to establish their respective Sim Card Assistance Booths at the Bacolod City Government Center for the purpose of sim card registration, was approved by the

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34 nabbed in campaign vs. illegal drugs, gambling

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Four suspected drug personalities and 30 violators of illegal gambling were separately nabbed in simultaneous police operations against illegal activities in Negros Occidental, on May 13. The alleged drug personalities nabbed by the police were identified

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P3.4M destroyed by Bacolod fires

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO About P3.4 million worth of properties were destroyed by fire in two separate incidents in Bacolod City, Saturday. Three houses were razed by fire and another was damaged in Zone 12, Brgy. Handumanan, Bacolod City, Saturday.

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The basis of our hope

When Christ told his disciples that he would send the Holy Spirit to them (cfr. Jn 15,16-16,4) after he shall have died, resurrected and ascended into heaven, he was reassuring them—and us—that despite whatever we experience in this world, we

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Affordable but effective ways

An international team of researchers say that more than a million babies could be prevented from being stillborn or dying as newborns in developing countries every year, through simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women, such as offering aspirin.

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Fatima, a musical, performed in Bacolod

• AGNES GASTON REYES The world today seems to be tippy toeing toward World War III, God forbid.  Everyday, armaments are unloaded in bombings of one country or the other, unlike the guerrilla warfares of the seventies.  Bombings in countries