• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following the detection of the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus last week in Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City, ASF was detected by the Agriculture Department’s Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), in Brgy. Mabini, Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, as
Vice Governor Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria assumes the position of governor of Negros Oriental, taking his oath before Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Gerardo Paguio, in the presence of DILG Negros Oriental Provincial Director Farah Diba Gentuya, his family, and supporters at the Capitol Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall.*
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday formally announced his endorsement of the proposed Joint Venture Agreement between the Central Negros Electric Cooperative and IGNITE Power. After a meeting and a briefing from MORE Power operations
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting the City Veterinary Office to conduct intensified testing and monitoring of live hogs within the jurisdiction of Bacolod City to curtail the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). The resolution
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Classes in all levels in 16 towns and cities of Negros Occidental were suspended yesterday due to heavy rainfall warning issued by state weather PAGASA. Classes were suspended in the cities of Bacolod, Sipalay, Silay, Talisay,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Majority of police stations under Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) now have new commanders. PMaj. Nestor Bacuyag, BCPO spokesperson, is the officer in charge of the Police Station 4. PCapt. Paul Vincent Pendon takes over command
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution enjoining all barangays in the City of Bacolod, in coordination with the Department of Public Services (DPS), to join in the global effort to beat plastic pollution by recovering all recyclable plastic wastes back
That’s what the story of the blind man, Bartimaeus, teaches us. (cfr. Mk 10, 46-52) As the gospel narrates, when he heard that Christ was passing by, he immediately called for Christ. In spite of being told by Christ’s disciples
The country’s basic education students are “not truly learning but merely progressing” through the school system, said a report by the Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), which linked and slammed the country’s “unofficial” policy of mass promotion of students to
A lot of people think that when they rant online against the irregularities in government and other institutions, or misdeeds of those in power, their duties as vigilant citizens of a nation have been performed. It is not enough. Those
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Elizabeth Felicias Gaston-Puey, popularly known as “Christy Love,” celebrated her 80th birthday recently at Nature’s Village, Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Beth started her career as a disc jockey at the Manila Broadcasting Company-Bacolod (DYEZ) in 1980,
MUSE OF THE MEDIA. Zoe Clarisse Limson of the Municipality of Cauayan and Kyla Rose Romarate of Victorias City (L-R) were named Muse of the Media, municipality and city categories, respectively, during the Lin-ay sang Negros Press Presentation and Talent Competition, held at Ayala Malls Capitol Central Activity Center, yesterday.* Capitol PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 58-year-old woman was gunned down, allegedly by a barangay tanod in Victorias City, while a farmer was burned to death in Cadiz City, all in Negros Occidental, on April 16. The woman victim, whose identity
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Local distribution utility MORE Power highlighted the significant relief delivered by the energization of the Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) 230-kilovolt (kV) backbone project to the islands of Panay and Negros. At the simultaneous ceremonial energization of the CNP
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A two-month-old infant died, feared to be a probable case of pertussis, or whooping cough, as the number of cases of the contagious respiratory illness have risen to eight in Negros Occidental, as of April 16,
BEAUTIES. The presentation of Lin-ay sang Negros 2024 candidates during the opening ceremony of the Panaad sa Negros Festival.* Capitol PIO photo
