• 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,”
In the gospel reading of the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, (Jn 19,25-34) we see how Christ entrusts his mother to St. John. “Woman, behold, your son,” Christ told his mother to St. John who
About four tons of trash were collected along the coastal barangay of Punta Taytay following the coastal cleanup drive initiated by Abomar Equipment Sales Corporation with student volunteers on Friday, May 3. More than 200 volunteers from Sum-ag National High
• 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
Once again, we are made to consider the greatest desire Christ expressed just before his passion, death and resurrection in the gospel reading of the Mass on Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter. (cfr. Jn 17,20-26) His desire was
After a successful launch in Bacolod, Coca-Cola Philippines and partners celebrated Earth Day by collecting 444.85 kilograms of PET bottles and cans between April 16-21 through the Tindahan Extra Mile (TEM) program during the Panaad sa Negros Festival 2024. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The granting of a franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp., to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental, is steadily inching towards approval by the Philippine Senate. The Senate approved on
