• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Bacolod City logged two positive cases of African swine fever (ASF) yesterday after being free from the highly contagious hog disease more than three years since its outbreak was reported in the country. Mayor Alfredo Abelardo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alliance of multi sectoral groups in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental have openly declared their support to the proposed Joint Venture Agreement between Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) and Ignite Power and Energy Holdings, Inc.
The world-renowned MassKara Festival dancers of Bacolod City will perform in New York City for the first time, during the 125th Philippine Independence Anniversary Commemoration Parade on June 4. The performers will be comprised of 22 dancers from the multi-awarded
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following the losses suffered by the New People’s Army in central Negros, nine more self-confessed rebels have surrendered to the 94th Infantry Battalion. The nine NPA rebels, members of the Central Negros 2 under the Komiteng
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement with various schools and universities in the province, for the Student Internship Program with the Negros Occidental provincial government. The partner schools who joined the ceremonial signing were University of
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Members of the Negros Occidental Federation of Small Fisherfolk Associations (NOFSFA) will be celebrating the National Fisherfolk Day at the Provincial Capitol grounds on May 29 to call on the government to address several issues affecting
FESTIVAL OPENING. The three-day Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival opened last night, with the North Capitol Road in Bacolod City among its sites.* GPB photo
Pentecost Sunday ends the Easter Season and leads us back to what we call as Ordinary Time in our liturgical calendar, the timepiece that enables us to live sacramentally with Christ as he continues with his redemptive work through the
State think tank Philippine Institute for Developmental Studies (PIDS) said huge investments are required to fix the causes of power interruptions, which it estimates to cost the local economy P556 million per five-hour outage. It reported the causes of electricity
To enhance the promotion of local culture and attract more visitors and investors, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has issued Executive Order No. 021-A, Series of 2024, expanding the membership of the Inasal Festival Special Committee. The move comes
• 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 Manhunt operations of Police Regional Office 6 against fugitives in Western Visayas have led to the arrest of 1,501 wanted persons in the first quarter of 2024, of which more than 50 percent were collared in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Electrification Administration (NEA) ordered the dismissal and forfeiture of benefits of two former general managers and 12 members of the board of directors of the Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO), due to improper fund
The Fourth Sunday of Easter is often called Good Shepherd Sunday. The gospel reading in each of the three lectionary cycles is taken from Chapter 10 of John wherein Jesus refers to himself as the good shepherd. “I am the
An octogenarian who lost her house in a fire at Purok 9, Brgy. Aguisan, Himamaylan City on Tuesday, immediately received aid from Mayor Raymund Tongson and the City Social Welfare and Development Office, a press release from Himamaylan PIO said.
