• GILBERT P. BAYORAN From El Niño to La Niña. While still going through a drought that has wreaked havoc on agricultural crops, with the damage valued at more than P214 million, as of May 3, the provincial government is
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that incumbent elected officials of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino in Negros Occidental are supporting his reelection bid for his third and final term as governor of the province. “I know for
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the Congress of the Philippines to expedite the passage of legislative measure(s) that will adequately address and cushion the impact of the brewing crisis consequent to the public utility vehicle (PUV) Modernization Program
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen have seized about P100,000 worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes on Monday night at a checkpoint in Brgy. 1 Poblacion, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. The confiscation was triggered after the police flagged down a black
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers have seized high powered guns and explosives, following two encounters with New People’s Army rebel remnants on May 6 in Sitio Tagok, Brgy. Carol-an, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental Lt. Col. J-Jay Javines, 3rd Infantry
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez announced recently that the House of Representatives and the Department of Agriculture (DA) are committed to working together to achieve the ambitious goal of reducing the price of rice to below P30 per kilo in certain
OMEN. A solar halo, as seen from the Bacolod public plaza yesterday, which some say is a potential sign of rain that could follow in the next few days.* Andrew Altarejos photo
It’s amazing how St. Paul and his companions weathered all kinds of trials and challenges just to proclaim the Good News about Christ and our salvation. Even when he was mocked by non-believers, he just persisted in preaching, trying his
According to the 2022 Countryside Bank Survey (CBS) report released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas last week, vulnerabilities to natural calamities and harvesting uncertainties remain the most common problems that banks face when extending credit to agriculture, which hampers
Marvin Alob, a former janitor at a local bank, has transformed his life from cleaning floors to standing atop the podium as a certified coach and bodybuilding champion. At 46-years-old, he defies age stereotypes and proves that with determination and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) claims that accusations of “red tagging” are only meant to deflect underground organizations’ “terrorist-grooming” efforts where select individual victims are systematically recruited and radicalized through
Forty Child Development Workers (formerly called Day Care Workers) from all the 23 barangays of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental, attended yesterday a one-day workshop on reading literacy at the Municipal Building. This was the second leg and expanded training
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The granting of a franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp., to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental, is steadily inching towards approval by the Philippine Senate. The Senate approved on
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), the largest political party in the country, has forged an alliance with Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) to further promote people’s interests under the Bagong Pilipinas program of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A marijuana plantation was discovered and raided on Tuesday by the police in Sitio Bedio, Brgy. Codcod, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Seized at the plantation were 132 fully grown marijuana plants, estimated at 20 kilos.
GOVERNORS. Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson and Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria at a meeting yesterday at the Negros Oriental Provincial Capitol in Dumaguete City.* NegOcc Capitol PIO photo
