• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Members of the Anti-Ceneco-JVA Coalition that was launched yesterday in Bacolod City, signed a manifesto opposing the proposed Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between Ceneco and Ignite Power and Energy Holdings, Inc. (MORE Power), for being inimical
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Legal action is being eyed against the Victorias Milling Company (VMC) for the spillage of molasses into a river, which is seen as the cause of a strong foul odor that has for more than two
More personnel have been assigned to this quarantine checkpoint in Brgy. Sangke, Hinobaan, Negros Occidental, as part of the LGU’s effort to prevent the entry of hogs and swine products from Negros Oriental, where ASF cases have been detected.*
The Bacolod City government is distributing about 1,600 chicken inasal (grilled chicken) meals to various charitable institutions and non-government organizations as part of the activities of the Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival from May 26 to 28. Councilor Celia Flor yesterday
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former Isabela municipal treasurer Nenette Escarda has sought the help of Civil Service Commission to review the decision of the provincial government of Negros Occidental on her dismissal from government service. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson ordered
The Ang Banwahanon Awards committee announces this year’s “Ang Banwahanon Awards”, which will be conducted on June 18 in celebration of the Bacolod Charter Anniversary, a press release from City Hall said. Ang Banwahanon Awards will be one of the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6, which supervises six provincial police offices and two highly urbanized city police offices, has a new commander in the person of PBrig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor. Villaflor’s new assignment took effect May
That’s what we are meant to be. That’s what Christ prayed very fervently just before he was arrested and before he completed his redemptive mission through his passion, death and resurrection. It was like his last and final wish for
“Farmers not only produce the food and fiber we need, but they help ensure our national security and economic stability.” – Michelle Grainger The farmers drive the dynamics of economy by way of agriculture. The rigors of farming are propelled
Facing the Senate energy panel, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines admitted early this week that majority of its income for the years of 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019 went to dividends for its shareholders. In 2019, the NGCP
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has issued an executive order creating a task force against vandalism. In his executive order dated April 23, Benitez said that the proliferation of acts of vandalism has been observed in different
Mobile provider Globe has significantly ramped up its efforts to combat cyber threats by deactivating and blocking an increasing number of SIMs engaged in malicious activities. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, the company blacklisted 36,549 SIMs from other
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty Negrense artists opened a group art exhibition titled “Catharsis of Creativity” at Gallerie G, Villa Geronca Building, Rosario-Amapola streets, Bacolod City on April 13, which will run for a month. Guest of honor at the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alleged member of the New People’s Army recently surrendered to the Philippine National Police in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Through the combined efforts of police intelligence operatives of the Talisay City and Murcia Police Stations,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday reiterated that the province is not yet declaring a state of calamity, despite the damage to crops in Negros Occidental reaching P184.7 million, due to the drought, while also
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unidentified armed men shot a farmer dead in front of his wife, on Saturday at Purok 4 in Brgy. Lagaan, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Initial police investigations indicated that the victim, a 54-year-old farmer, whose identity was
