• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Energy (DOE) expects the completion of the Cebu-Negros-Panay transmission line upgrade by the end of March, which is expected to strengthen the Panay grid. In an advisory, the National Grid Corporation of the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN More than P1.3 million worth of suspected shabu was seized by the police in separate buy bust operations on March 1 and 2 in Negros Occidental, also resulting in the apprehension of four drug suspects, including
The city government of Bacolod will be tapping private resorts as part of its “emergency action” to address lack of water supply, amid the ongoing El Niño phenomenon. In his radio program “Isugid kay Mayor” on Sunday, Benitez aired his
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 303rd Infantry Brigade reported that 37 New People’s Army died after armed encounters with infantry units under its supervision in Negros Island, starting in 2023 until February 21 this year. Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, 303rd
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Pensioners and Persons with Disabilities who are members of the Social Security System, need not to go to SSS offices in order to process or follow up their claims. Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo announced yesterday said
The Municipality of E. B. Magalona, spearheaded by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), joined the rest of the country in the simultaneous kickoff of the observance of Fire Prevention Month on March 1, according to a press release from
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez bared that senior citizens and persons with disabilities will be able to enjoy the increase to P500 per month in discounts on groceries and other prime commodities before the end of March, a press release from
FIRE PREVENTION MONTH CALL. Firemen respond to a residential fire along Araneta-Magsaysay streets, Barangay Singcang-Airport, yesterday.* Arthur Yap photo
That Bible story about that Syrian general, Naaman, who was a leper, (2 Kings 5,1-15) and the gospel reading about Christ reproaching the people in the synagogue for not believing the prophets (cfr. Lk 4,24-30) remind us that while we
When President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the Tatak Pinoy Act, or Republic Act 11981, which aims to provide financing and incentives to local producers of quality goods, he said the new law “is about investing in Filipino competence and talent,”
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another member of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1991 joined his classmates in their assignments in the Visayas region, as a commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command. In his assumption of the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sales of vendors at the Panaad sa Negros Festival hit P16,359,940.50 within six days of the event at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City, from April 15 to 20. The LGU Pavilions remained
Oil companies are set to adjust petroleum prices today. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil, and Shell said they would increase gasoline prices by P0.55 per liter and slash prices of diesel by P0.95 per liter.
The local stock market continued to rebound on Wednesday, closing near the 6,600 level, while the peso moved sideways. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 65.95 points, closing at 6,572.75, while the broader All Shares also rose 16.56 points
The Cadiz City Pavilion experienced a significant downturn in sales during the weeklong Panaad Sa Negros Festival 2024 held at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. The festival, which ran from April 15 to 21, witnessed
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution granting Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez authority to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the City of Bacolod and Seymour Sanchez, designating the latter as festival director of
