Sen. Go pushes for investments in health care
June 8, 2023
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and Mayor Joedith Gallego lead the groundbreaking rites of a Super Health Center to be built in Brgy. E Lopez, Silay City.* GPB photo
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and Mayor Joedith Gallego lead the groundbreaking rites of a Super Health Center to be built in Brgy. E Lopez, Silay City.* GPB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The City Veterinary Office yesterday announced that it is still “safe to eat pork” in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, despite the detection of nine confirmed cases of African Swine Fever (ASF). In a post on its
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance imposing a Mayor’s Permit fee on electric and/or telecommunication poles/posts owned by public utility companies erected on government/private lots using government streets, roads, highways and/or alleys at the rate of P500 per post per
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Power Watch Negros yesterday issued a statement urging Central Negros Electric Cooperative member-consumers to participate in the referendum on June 24 and 25, as well as July 1 and 2, for the ratification of the Joint
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two more Negros Occidental provincial government employees were slapped with 60-day preventive suspensions after being charged with grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, and malversation of public funds, by the Provincial Legal Office, in connection with missing fertilizers
A leader of a drug syndicate being monitored by the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) was arrested in Compostela town in Cebu province on June 2, police confirmed Wednesday. The suspect, Cader Chisno Magondacan, has been identified as a sub-group
Christ said it very clearly. When asked what the greatest commandment was, he simply said: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.” And
“Agriculture is not farming, it is feeding” – Reday Sol The national leadership, with other major concerns, must make agriculture an equally urgent one. The “growth and development” the country is experiencing must be directly proportional to the agriculture modernization
Farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) pointed out that government should prioritize the competitiveness of local palay farmers amid the flooding of imported grains, as achieving rice self-sufficiency would be short-lived if it lacks profitability for producers. FFF national
The first Ben Lo Memorial Cup kicks off today at the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Po Hang Gym with seven teams participating in the basketball competition. The field is composed of Chiang Kai Shek College, Sacred Heart School-Ateneo De
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN PrimeWater, with joint venture partner Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA), presented their water management initiatives to address the increasing challenges in water supply in Bacolod City, during a recent hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The partnership
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating and commending Hanna Joy Sayam for winning the grand prize in the figurative category of the Sining Filipina Art Competition held at Taguig City last March 22, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Social Welfare and Development reported the distribution of P68,572,529 worth of humanitarian assistance to 325,469 families affected by the El Niño phenomenon in 2,360 barangays in Western Visayas, as of May 7. The
In its commitment to continue delivering quality education and exceptional service, STI West Negros University inaugurated its new School of Basic Education (SBE) building along Hilado Street, Barangay 18, Bacolod City, yesterday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiling of the building
That’s what Christ told Peter after telling him what to expect as the rock on which Christ would build his Church. (cfr. Jn 21,19) “Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and
Negros Occidental has the biggest share of the food packs distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to El Niño-affected families in Western Visayas. Negros Occidental received 37,367 food packs, followed by Antique with 33,054 packs, Iloilo with