The latest report of global management consulting firm Kearney, titled “2023 Global Retail Development Index), said the local retail industry, which was worth $203 billion in 2022, is projected to grown by 5 percent annually, becoming a $286-billion market by
The VMA Sturgeons High School Beach Volleyball Team emerged triumphant after a display of skill and sportsmanship during the NOPSSCEA Season 43 Beach Volleyball Competition at USLS Bacolod on February 24 to 25. In a fiercely contested final, the Sturgeons
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A Christian visual artist from Manila opened her first solo art exhibition at Abstract Gallery, Door 120, Northpoint Atrium Bldg, B.S. Aquino Drive, Bacolod City on Thursday, which will run until the end of March. The
The Philippines is among the 123 World Trade Organization (WTO) members, or three-fourths of the membership, that will adopt the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement that was finalized on the sidelines of the 13th WTO Ministerial Meeting in Abu
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday ordered a total ban on the entry into Negros Occidental, all live pigs, pork and their byproducts from Bacolod City, along with other African Swine Fever (ASF) red zones, as classified
Employees of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) conducting maintenance activities during a recent scheduled power interruption. These workers have been asked by the Negros Electric Power Corporation to submit their applications if they wish to continue employment in the industry* CENECO file photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Several days after the successive encounters between government forces and remnants of the New People’s Army, about 100 individuals have preferred to stay at the evacuation center in Brgy. Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental, disclosed yesterday
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, who earlier confirmed his intention to seek reelection in the upcoming 2025 elections, yesterday said that he welcomes anybody who may want to run against him in the gubernatorial race.
Residents of Barangay San Isidro in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental availed of livelihood, food, and other assistance from the municipal government on February 22. The Office of Mayor Marvin Malacon, Municipal Agriculture Office, Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO),
In an era where the slogan “self-care” is often overemphasized and misunderstood, there is a need to teach young people the importance of having advocacies. They should not get too focused on the slogans “YOLO” (You Only Live Once) and
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution requesting the Office of Mayor Albee Benitez, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), and all the barangays of the City of Bacolod to strictly implement City Ordinance No. 331, was approved by the Bacolod
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the Congress of the Philippines to expedite the passage of legislative measure(s) that will adequately address and cushion the impact of the brewing crisis consequent to the public utility vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program
Finance Secretary Ralph Recto said the government is sticking to its revenue collection target for now, adding that he is hopeful that the double-digit growth in the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) collections will be sustained until the end of
This is what we can get from the readings of the Mass on the 6th Sunday of Easter, Year B. (cfr. Acts 10,25-26.34-35.44-48; 1Jn 4,7-10; Jn 15,9-17) The true love that can only come and is a sharing of the
Whose duty is it to modernize the country’s public transportation system? Should it have been the traditional jeepney operators and drivers, who were basically, by default, somehow left in charge of a cultural icon and the undisputed “king of the
The leadership of the House of Representatives will take its cue from the Senate, which will now take the lead on the proposal to amend the restrictive economic provisions of the 37-year-old Constitution, a press release from the House of
