Abang Lingkod Rep. Stephen Joseph Paduano, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, and barangay captains of Bacolod City witnessed the signing of JVA between Ceneco, Primelectric Holdings Inc./Negros Electric and Power Corporation, with signatories, Ceneco president Jojit Yap and acting manager Atty. Arnel Lapore, and Roel Castro, representing MORE Power.* GPB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Left-leaning group Bayan Negros strongly denounced the management and board of CENECO, for their sudden decision to sign a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Primelectric Holdings Inc., which it claims left consumers completely blindsided, by disregarding
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The postponement of synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Negros Oriental, is being strongly considered by the Central Visayas Comelec (Commission on Elections) regional office, according to a statement issued by the AFP Visayas Command.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Mt. Cansermon Command of the New People’s Army issued a statement claiming responsibility for the death of a farmer they accused as a military asset on May 25 in Sitio Colihao, Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A buy-bust operation on June 3 at Purok 1 in Brgy. Aguisan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, led to the arrest of four drug suspects and the recovery of an estimated P204,000 worth of suspected shabu. Nabbed
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three victims of shooting and stabbing incidents in Negros Occidental, all died over the weekend. A stabbing incident victim, identified as Dennis Cornelio, was reported by the police to have been declared dead on arrival at
In the gospel of St. Mark we are told about a parable (Mk 12,1-12) where a man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers. The servants whom he sent to collect his portion of the harvest were treated
They say that Trinity Sunday is every preacher’s nightmare. How can one speak of the most profound mystery of our faith and make sense of it? But it really doesn’t have to be so. After all, no one expects a
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the roadmap of the Masagana Rice Industry Development Program, which seeks to achieve the highest possible rice sufficiency level by implementing various strategies, where his aim is 97.5 percent rice sufficiency in five years.
Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) together with Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) and local organizations Konsyumer Negros, BMP-Sanlakas Negros, and other bike groups in Negros, initiated a series of coordinated bike actions in several cities and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Dengue cases in Western Visayas have increased to 2,124, as of April 11, with 294 cases recorded in Negros Occidental and 56 in Bacolod City, according to reports of the Department of Health – Western Visayas
Philippine shares sustained its shedding on Monday, with the index falling below the 6,600 level, even as the peso depreciated by 0.28 amid the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed 1.46 percent lower,
That’s what we can gather from what Christ said about himself being the Bread of Life. “I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eats of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the
• 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
Today’s gospel gives us Luke’s version of the risen Lord’s appearance to his apostles on Easter night. The apostles and some disciples were gathered in a locked room when Jesus stood in their midst and greeted them Peace. Thinking they
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that they have enough security forces to secure the visitors at the Panaad sa Negros Festival site in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, where the opening ceremony was attended
