• 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
Negros Occidental, represented by St. John’s Institute, captured the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Elementary Girls Volleyball title on May 6 at the Montalbo Gym in Bacolod City. In the elimination round the Negros Occidental girls defeated Capiz in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The province of Negros Occidental sustained P13,784,650 million worth of damage to livestock and poultry from the El Niño phenomenon, following deaths of 14,598 chickens and other ruminants, as of May 13. In her report to
BEACH LIFE. People enjoying the summer along the beaches of Barangay Talaban in Himamaylan City, over the weekend.* Andrew Altarejos photo
All eight members of the E. B. Magalona Wrestling Secondary Girls team paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon Thursday, after winning first runner-up in their event at the recent Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet 2024, a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The month long anti-illegal operations in Negros Occidental, including the highly urbanized Bacolod City, has led to the arrest 246 persons, according to reports of the Police Regional Office 6. Among the arrested suspects, a total
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former Silay City Mayor Mark Golez yesterday announced that he is resigning from the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP) Laban, as he confirmed his intention of mounting a comeback in politics in 2025. Golez said that incumbent
