DESECRATED. Some of the religious figures at the San Isidro Labrador Parish Church in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, that were destroyed by a man who went amok while a mass was being celebrated on April 3.* Fr. Jude Mirasol Garciniego photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Oriental has also ordered the suspension of face-to-face classes in all levels of public and private schools in the province, effective April 3, until further notice, due to extreme heat caused
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Damage to crops in Western Visayas, as a result of the drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon, further increased to P770,589,300 as of April 1, according to Office of the Civil Defense 6 head Raul
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is urging the Bacolod City Water District and Prime Water Bacolod to comply with the mandate of the Philippine Constitution and the Local Government Code by remitting to Bacolod City its due
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN After recording 89 cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, including five deaths in Region 6, the Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health and Development, advised the public not to be alarmed, but instead be
There’s an interesting thing that St. Peter told the people who were amazed at his being able to make a lame man walk. After reproaching them for killing the very man who is the “author of life,” referring of course
Conditions affecting the nervous system, such as strokes, migraines, and dementia, have surged past heart disease to become the leading cause of ill health worldwide, according to a study carried out by hundreds of researchers led by US-based Institute for
Mayor Raymund Tongson challenged local producers from its 19 barangays to come up with market-ready products that Himamaylan can be renowned for, a press release from Himamaylan PIO said. “We are looking for this top #PrideProducts that will best represent
The local index dropped on the mid-week trading, trailing behind regional peers, even as the peso closed weak. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) fell below the 6,900-mark closing at 6,863.82, down by 96.61 points (1.39 percent). The broader
An oil price rollback on Tuesday will snap the six straight weeks of increase in gasoline prices. This, as Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil and Shell announced Monday that they will cut gasoline prices by P0.25 per liter and
A total of 134 applicants for student driver’s permit in E.B. Magalona and neighboring cities, finished the two-day Theoretical Driving Course Seminar conducted at the town’s Public Plaza on April 25 and 26. The applicants yesterday received a certificate of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Grace Poe yesterday endorsed the granting of franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp. to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental The endorsement was made by Poe, who chairs the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An 80-year-old widow who succumbed to multiple hack injuries, was found dead on April 22 in Sitio Malusay, Brgy. Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. The lifeless body of the victim, whose identity was withheld by the
The first 11-a-side football pitch equipped with synthetic turf in the Western Visayas Region will soon rise in Victorias National High School in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez and ACT CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo led the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion extended help to the family of another New People’s Army rebel killed in an encounter on February 21 in Sitio Masulao, Brgy.Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The 79IB, through its spokesman,
