• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The government is streamlining the system to fast track the completion of energy infrastructure projects in the country to catch up with the rising demand and boost development, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., disclosed Monday. We’re doing
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gets a hug from agrarian reform beneficiary, as Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer and Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson look on, during the distribution of farm equipment to ARBs in Bago City, Negros Occidental.* PCO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The creation of the Negros Island Region is now almost reality. This is after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday aired his commitment to sign the Negros Island Region bill, which the House of Representatives is
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Due to extreme drought that has affected about 6,000 households, the municipality of San Enrique in Negros Occidental has been placed under a state of calamity. In a special session, the Sangguniang Bayan of San Enrique
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The long wait finally is over. S&R Membership Shopping yesterday opened to shoppers, following the inauguration ceremony led by its president, Anthony Sy, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, BREDCO officials led John Alonte and Director
Looking at alarming statistics of learning poverty and low literacy rates in the country, Negros Occidental Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez, Commissioner of the 2nd Congressional Commission for Education (EDCOM 2), brought reading specialists from the United States to provide
Water distribution and rationing was held in Puroks Fortaleza and Guanzon, Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City yesterday due to lack of access to water in recent weeks. The two puroks were identified by the Barangay Mansilingan Disaster Risk Reduction Management Committee,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating Ralph Jason Tulmo for placing 3rd in the March 2024 Medical Technologist Licensure Examination, was recently approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod. The resolution authored by Councilor Em Ang said Ralph Jason Tulmo,
The readings of Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter (Act 4,32-37 / Jn 3,7-15) somehow reminds us of two things: we need to live Christian poverty which demands all from us, and for that to take place, we need
In the recently released World Bank report “East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) Economic Update,” the Washington-based lender said top companies in the region have been “falling behind productivity” against the best firms in richer economies since the 2000s, especially
We have to be clear about the intimate relation between the virtues of humility, magnanimity and magnificence. Often these virtues are understood as somehow opposed to each other. Humility is often understood as projecting a low profile, hidden, passive and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The relentless efforts of the Police Regional Office 6 toward a gun-free community led to the recovery of 998 loose firearms and 122 explosives, while 182 suspects were arrested in the first quarter of 2024. Of
DROUGHT. As the El Niño phenomenon brings drought to most parts of the province, the lush green vegetation around the Mag-aso Falls in Kabankalan City is drying up* Andrew Altarejos photo
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty Negrense artists opened a group art exhibition titled “Catharsis of Creativity” at Gallerie G, Villa Geronca Building, Rosario-Amapola streets, Bacolod City on April 13, which will run for a month. Guest of honor at the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Agrarian reform beneficiaries in the 5th district of Negros Occidental, who are engaged in planting sugarcane, have banded together to protect their industry, which is the source of their livelihood. Calling themselves the 5th District 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,
