June 3, 2023

Some local pols, bizmen supporting NPA – Army

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that he will check with the Philippine Army, if they have a list of local politicians and businessmen supporting the New People’s Army. If indeed there is already

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No private armies in province – PNP

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN No private armed groups currently exist in Negros Occidental, disclosed a police official yesterday. During a police and military security briefing during the joint 2nd quarter  meeting of the Provincial Peace and Order Council and the

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Drug cleared brgys increase to 408

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency reported yesterday that drug cleared barangays in Negros Occidental have risen to 408 out of the 601 villages in the province, excluding the 61 barangays of highly urbanized Bacolod City. Based

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100% CPA board exam passing rate for USLS

The University of St. La Salle (USLS) showed exceptional performance in the May 2023 Licensure Examination for Certified Public Accountants, achieving an outstanding 100% overall passing rate. According to the university, results from the Professional Regulation Commission revealed that 13

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Kabankalan tornado victims get aid

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Owners of the 14 houses that were either damaged or destroyed by tornado in Brgy. Bantayan, Kabankalan City, on May 17, got financial aid and food packs from the provincial government of Negros Occidental. Board Member

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Feeding program ordinance passed

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance institutionalizing the Bacolod City Feeding Program for undernourished children in barangays, public day care, kindergarten, and elementary schools, to combat hunger and undernutrition, was recently passed by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod. The ordinance authored

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What Trinity Sunday reminds us of

Yes, what it reminds us of is that we need to reflect and channel the very Trinitarian life of God in our own life. That means that just as in God there are three persons who are perpetually engaged in

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Youth as labor force problem

“We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture.” – Alice Walters In 2018, a local sugar summit was facilitated by the provincial government under the late Governor Alfredo Maranon Jr.

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Flag days

On March 6, 1965, Presidential Proclamation No. 374 was issued, declaring May 28 as National Flag Day to commemorate the date the national emblem was first unfurled, after the Philippine Revolutionary Army defeated Spanish forces in the battle at Alapan,

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SP reso warns against open burning

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution requesting all Punong Barangays of Bacolod City to inform and educate their constituents on the prohibition of open burning under R.A. No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act, as a way of

Bacolod included in STI National Youth Convention

Delegates and selected school personnel of all STI colleges and universities will be gathering once more during the 25th National Youth Convention in Bacolod City, a press release from the organizers said. The NYC, which is an annual STI event,

Road safety program launched in Sagay

The Provincial DILG benchmark program dubbed “Negros S.A.F.E.T.Y. First!” was publicly launched in Barangay Fabrica, Sagay City, during the recent 2024 Tinabu-ay sa Taytay celebration, a press release from Project CARES said. During the launch, DILG provincial director Teodora Sumagaysay

WV El Niño crop damage now P761M

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As damage to agricultural crops in Western Visayas has amounted to P761,240,675, as of March 12, there is no declaration of a state of calamity in the region, according to Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)

Isabela artists display work in Bacolod gallery

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An all-male art exhibition featuring the works of four visual artists from Isabela, Negros Occidental, opened at Gallerie G in Bacolod City Saturday, and will run for a month. Titled “Facets of Life”, the exhibit showcases