• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Illegal gambling financiers in Negros Occidental should watch out. Atty. Renoir Baldovino, National Bureau of Investigation Bacolod District office chief, yesterday said they have already identified some illegal gambling financiers in Negros Occidental. Baldovino said that
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A P50 million Water District Rehabilitatiion and Waterline Improvement project is soon to benefit Kabankalan City residents in Negros Occidental, following its groundbreaking on April 15, which was led by Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The drought brought about by El Niño phenomenon continues to wreak havoc on rice and corn crops in Negros Occidental, where as of April 12, the value of the damage has been pegged by the Office
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN United Negros Alliance president, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, yesterday said that they have already made their choice on their vice gubernatorial bet, the running mate of Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, that UNegA will field during the
BEST OF FESTIVALS. The Sidlak Kadalag-an Festival of Victorias City was named champion in the city category of the Panaad sa Negros Best of Festival Dances competition on Monday.*Andrew Altarejos photo
Power Watch Negros secretary-general Wennie Sancho will file a complaint against CENECO employees who were allegedly involved in nefarious activities that resulted in power outages on March 26 and April 11 in Bacolod City, said a press release from the
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday called for a prompt and peaceful resolution to the recent seizure by Iranian authorities of a Portuguese-flagged container ship, which included four Filipino seafarers among its crew, a press release from the House of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) can have a sigh of relief as the raising of the amount for their conditional cash grants is now being pushed in Congress. 4Ps party list Rep. JC
That’s what we can gather from the readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter. (Acts 8,1-8; Jn 6,35-40) Whatever negative things we can encounter along the way, the good, which is a matter of believing
Experts have been warning of a possible epidemic of EVALI, or electronic cigarette or vape-associated lung injury, in the Philippines, where the tobacco industry is targeting less discerning and curious young people. The Global Youth Tobacco Survey in 2019 showed
The Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (ACCESS), led by its president Wennie Sancho, is urging the city and provincial government to activate the Price Monitoring Councils under RA 10623 which mandates the protection to consumers by
Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos went up by 3.5 percent in November 2024, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. Data released by the BSP yesterday showed that personal remittances reached USD3.12 billion from USD3.02 billion in November 2023 due
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported that Kanlaon volcano emitted ash twice on Sunday. The ash emission events generated superheated and grayish plumes that rose 150 meters above the crater, with continuous degassing and
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Speaker Martin G. Romualdez recently led the ceremonial turnover of Yolanda Permanent Housing Program (YPHP) projects in Leyte, proof of the government’s commitment to rebuild communities devastated by Typhoon Yolanda 11 years ago, a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen arrested 10 drug suspects in separate buy bust operations on January 15 in Negros Occidental, leading to the confiscation of P681,360 worth of suspected shabu. Four of the 10 suspects, identified as Sonny Jane Villajera,
The Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) collection reached at least P2.84 trillion in 2024, exceeding its goal for the first time in 20 years. “The BIR has collected at least P2.848 trillion for 2024. All credit belongs to the men
