• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 37th edition of the Negros Trade Fair opened last night at the Glorietta Activity Center in Makati, as the provincial government of Negros Occidental aims to replicate or surpass its successful comeback in 2022. With
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria yesterday confirmed that the Commission on Elections has issued a show cause against a candidate in Bacolod City, for an explanation on the issue of premature campaigning, while two
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The municipality of Calatrava topped the 32 local government units in Negros Occidental in terms of the most areas of concern, in line with the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections scheduled for October 30. Calatrava
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division yesterday welcomed the independent probe of the Commission on Human Rights into the recent deaths of six alleged New People’s Army rebels, as a result of an encounter in Brgy. Tabugon,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The reported hijacking of 1,000 bags of sugar loaded in two cargo trucks, as alleged by the two drivers, turned out to be a “hijack me”, as described by PCol. Leo Pamittan, provincial police director, yesterday,
Bureau of Fire Protection personnel extinguishing a fire that destroyed three houses and damaged two others in Fuentebella Subd., Barangay Taculing, Bacolod City yesterday* BFP-Bacolod photo
Our Christian faith tells us that we are meant to share the same life and nature of God in whose image and likeness we have been created. That is why we are all called to be holy as God is
The Asian Development Bank recently trimmed regional growth expectations, as it sees Developing Asia facing “intensified” risks from China’s troubled property sector and high interest rates around the world. Developing Asia refers to the multilateral lender’s 46 emerging member economies,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty-three candidates will be vying for the Mr. and Ms. Teen MassKara 2023 title during the pageant night scheduled on October 15 at the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos, Bacolod City at 7 p.m. The candidates, composed
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod visual artist Rolando Inso is holding an ongoing solo art exhibition at the Negros Press Club building along San Juan Street, Bacolod City, which is scheduled to run until October. Inso said he started his
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental and eight of the province’s local government units were named national awardees for the 23rd Gawad KALASAG Seal and Special Awards for Excellence in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Humanitarian Assistance, as adjudged
CARAVAN. Traditional jeepney drivers and operators held a caravan in Bacolod City yesterday as they protested against the PUV modernization program of the government.*
Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Sunday hailed the recent apprehension of a suspected large-scale onion smuggler as a “crucial milestone” in the government’s ongoing battle against the smuggling and hoarding of agricultural products, a press release from the House
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental has extended P1 million in educational assistance to 200 grantees, who are family members and relatives of former combatants of the defunct Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Mangagawa-Pilipinas – Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Social workers were deployed yesterday to three private hospitals to assist beneficiaries of the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program. According to a statement issued by the Bacolod City Public Information Office, social workers were fielded in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The surprise drug testing of 94 workers assigned at the San Carlos Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office in Negros Occidental, yielded negative results for the use of illegal drugs, disclosed its head, Joe Rocalex Alingasa.
