Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pangandaman on Friday emphasized the importance of active citizen participation in attaining the government’s agenda for prosperity. During the District Conference of the Rotary International District 3800 in Mandaluyong City, Pangandaman said
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As result of the drought, a potable water shortage has taken its toll on 5,283 families, composed of 20,223 individuals, in 11 of the 19 barangays in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Joeful Sombilon, head of the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN You can run, but you cannot hide. This was the reaction of Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on the arrest of former Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo “Arnie”Teves Jr in Timor Leste, which was welcomed by
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson with OCD 6 DRRM division chief Aletha Nogra and representatives of 8 other LGUs, conferred with GAWAD KALASAG Seal of Excellence 2023 at the Negros Residences in Bacolod City.*
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. visited the municipality of E. B. Magalona on March 21, as a sideline to his visit to Victorias City for the opening day of the 26th Kadalag-an Festival. Mayor Marvin Malacon, Sangguniang Bayan Members Reylan
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two deep well drillers died after being electrocuted on Thursday in Sitio Pispis, Brgy. Tapi, Kabankalan City, while two others were killed in separate shooting incidents in cities of Sipalay and Talisay, all in Negros Occidental.
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go is set to visit Himamaylan City today, to inspect the ongoing construction of the Super Health Center and join the orientation of over 500 DOLE Tupad beneficiaries, a press release from Himamaylan PIO said. Senator Go
Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez led the inauguration on March 21, the long-awaited Veterans World War II Memorial Square at the Victorias City Public Plaza. Amid the celebration of its 26th Charter Anniversary, Victorias opened the first-ever Veterans monument in the
Power Watch Negros, a consumer “watchdog,” commended Roel Castro, president and CEO of Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC or Negros Power) for cleansing the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) of anomalous, illegal and anti-consumer practices, a press release from
With the celebration of Palm Sunday which opens the Holy Week, we will be having a liturgy that is understandably quite long and heavy. We will go through some dark moments that will eventually end in a very glorious way.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general has reiterated that the 3rd Infantry Division does not engage in “red tagging,” which he stressed is not a government policy. Maj. Gen. Marion Sison, 3ID commander, disclosed that the information presented to
An award-winning filmmaker and longtime educator has been recently appointed by the Bacolod City Government as director of its film festival, set to be held this September in select cinemas in the city. The Bacolod Film Festival Council (BFFC), chaired
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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the number of suspected pertussis cases rise in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Health Office is targeting 20,000 more children for vaccination. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed that some towns and cities in Negros
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN There is no stopping from the provincial government of Negros Occidental as it pursues its bulk water project, amid opposition from members of the Silay City Sangguniang Panlungsod and sugar planters, as confirmed by Mayor Joedith
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division yesterday enjoined local government units (LGUs), businesses, landowners, small and medium enterprises, as well as the local populace to refrain from, desist, resist, and avoid by any means necessary the giving
