• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The confirmed cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has risen further to nine in the highly urbanized city of Bacolod, as of April 20. Of 28 cases, nine are confirmed, 18 yielded negative results,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Diocese of Dumaguete, which issued an appeal to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to veto Senate Bill 2507 that seeks to create Negros Island Region (NIR), alleges that it violates the 1987 Constitution. The President earlier
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Stressing that they have enough funds to help their drought affected residents, Mayor John Rey Tabujara announced yesterday that they will not declare a state of calamity, amid reports from the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The United Negros Alliance (UNegA) is set to hold its general assembly this month, as the political party gears up for the elections on May next year. Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr., the UNegA secretary
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Incumbent Mayor John Rey Tabujara appears to be unfazed by reports that he will be challenged in the Cauayan mayoralty race in the elections next year. Tabujara confirmed that he will be seeking his third and
The leadership of the House of Representatives will take its cue from the Senate, which will now take the lead on the proposal to amend the restrictive economic provisions of the 37-year-old Constitution, a press release from the House of
Mayor Raymund Tongson brought honor to Himamaylan City as he received the award as Best Oral Presenter in the recently concluded 2nd International Conference for Higher Education Research of the Philippine Association of Institutions for Research Inc., said a press
These words of Christ were addressed to Philip, the apostle, who asked Christ to show him the Father after Christ said that he was “the way, the truth and the life” and that no one can go to the Father
Whose duty is it to modernize the country’s public transportation system? Should it have been the traditional jeepney operators and drivers, who were basically, by default, somehow left in charge of a cultural icon and the undisputed “king of the
A recent Social Weather Stations survey indicates that more Filipinos experienced involuntary hunger in the first quarter of the year, the highest since 20221, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the survey conducted on March 21 to 25 showed
BURIAL. Army soldiers provide a decent burial to a NPA remnant killed in a gun battle on May 1 in Brgy. Humay Humay, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental.* PA photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez slammed accusations posted in the social media, linking him and his father, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, to a violent election day incident in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN It’s all systems go for the synchronized national and local elections in Negros Island today, amidst claims incidents of harassment in the cities of Silay and Talisay. The Commission on Elections in Negros Island Region is
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A visual artist and former educator has converted her home in Talisay City, Negros Occidental into an art gallery where she is currently holding her third solo art exhibition. Pablita Nava said she opened an art
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Moises Padilla Vice Mayor Adrian Villaflor has filed a complaint on May 6 against a teacher, before the Commission on Elections, allegedly for engaging in partisan political activities, which is a violation of the Omnibus Election
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspect was intercepted and arrested at a checkpoint on Saturday in Barangay Lutao, Bacong, Negros Oriental, for alleged vote buying. Romnick Viola Adalim, 36, who was driving a black XRM Honda motorcycle, when flagged down
