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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Task Force Bantay Molasses Spill was organized by Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez to study, monitor, and recommend corrective measures to be implemented by the city government, in connection with the spillage of molasses from a tank
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As hog deaths in Negros Occidental have risen to 5,509 as of May 24, the provincial government, through its Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, is extending livelihood financial assistance to hog raisers and caretakers. Maria
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN United Negros Alliance (UNegA) president, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, yesterday said he sees no problem if some of their members will join the Kilusang ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) which is headed by Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo
Joshua Emmanuel Deita, a 17-year-old Grade 11 student athlete hailing from Colegio San Agustin Bacolod, and a semi-finalist in the 2023 Palarong Pambansa, is gearing up to return and vie in the 2024 edition of the prestigious event set to
OMEN. A solar halo, as seen from the Bacolod public plaza yesterday, which some say is a potential sign of rain that could follow in the next few days.* Andrew Altarejos photo
One of our must-tries during our trip to Rome, now that our kids are already teenagers, is an aperitivo, which is similar to the American happy hour. Generally available between late afternoon and early evening, it is when Italians relax
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Diocese of Dumaguete, which issued an appeal to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to veto Senate Bill 2507 that seeks to create Negros Island Region (NIR), alleges that it violates the 1987 Constitution. The President earlier
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• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the Congress of the Philippines to expedite the passage of legislative measure(s) that will adequately address and cushion the impact of the brewing crisis consequent to the public utility vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program
