• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Regulatory Administration issued Sugar Order No. 2 for the voluntary purchase of crop year 2023-2024 locally produced raw sugar, for classification as “reserve sugar,” in order to avail of allocation for a future import
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Marbie Cabardo, the vice president of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) Union of Rational Employees (CURE), clarified that the decision of union president Felix Gepilga to unilaterally file a notice of strike was done without
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, in tandem with its partners and stakeholders, is eyeing to facilitate the declaration of Negros Island as in a state of Stable Internal Peace and Security, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Presidential sister and Senator Imee Marcos on Saturday distributed P6 million worth of financial assistance to 2,000 residents of Calatrava and Escalante City, where the beneficiaries were identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez hailed President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for vigorously promoting national interests by focusing the spotlight on observance of rules-based order and peaceful resolution of disputes during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit amid escalating tension in the West
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A job order worker of a local government unit was among the eight drug suspects nabbed by the police in a series of buy operations on March 8 and 9 in Negros Occidental. It also resulted
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) is calling for nominations for the Order of National Artist (ONA) until June 30. The Order of National Artist,
UNTANGLING. Teams from Talisay City’s public and private sector joined hands on a spaghetti wire untangling mission this weekend, clearing tangled wires along Burgos Street, and covering some areas of Barangay Zones 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.* Talisay PIO photo
Since God takes care of everything, even in our worst conditions, we have no reason to worry for long and every reason to be happy instead. While we cannot avoid pains and sorrows, we also know, if we truly have
Today, the liturgy breaks away from the usual mode of Lenten sobriety and penitence and opens the Mass with an exuberant antiphon, “Rejoice, Jerusalem… be joyful, all you who mourn… exult and be satisfied…” Hence, the 4th Sunday of Lent
The Philippine Statistics Authority – Negros Occidental joined forces with the Bacolod City National High School’s Class of 1999 in a two-day Giving Back Project for students, faculty, and staff of the school starting on April 18, as part of
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is taking proactive steps to protect its pensioners from the dangers of extreme heat following PAGASA’s warning of unprecedented temperatures reaching up to 46 degrees Celsius in 24 areas across the country. Old-Age and
One recent development in Metro Manila, when it comes to how our car-centric transportation system is developing, is the news that the Metro Manila Development Authority is considering the removal of EDSA’s bike lanes. This interesting because the provinces usually
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The arrest of three suspected remnants of the dismantled New People’s Army Northern Negros Front (NNF), including two minors, on April 25 in Sitio Humayan, Brgy. Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, led to the confiscation
• 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
DUSTY. Citicore Renewable Energy Corp. addresses dust complaints of nearby residents at its solar power project site in Silay City, Negros Occidental, by increasing the frequency of watering activities, among other measures.*
