• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The month long anti-illegal operations in Negros Occidental, including the highly urbanized Bacolod City, has led to the arrest 246 persons, according to reports of the Police Regional Office 6. Among the arrested suspects, a total
• 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
Kabataan Partylist-Negros vehemently condemned the intimidation, psychological harassment, and constant illegal surveillance by the state forces to Florence Guzon, KPL-Negros’ Secretary General, a press release from the group said. Last April 25, state elements went to Guzon’s residence in Talisay
The Barangay Council of Singcang-Airport has informed the Philippine National Police Regional Office and Bacolod City Police Office that they are willing to donate a 500 square meter property for the new and permanent location of Police Station 8. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 reported that it arrested 29 drug suspects and recovered P5.1 million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas, during 24-hour police operations on May 10. Of the 29 arrested suspects, seven
Negros Occidental has the biggest share of the food packs distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to El Niño-affected families in Western Visayas. Negros Occidental received 37,367 food packs, followed by Antique with 33,054 packs, Iloilo with
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the killing spree of innocent civilians carried out and admitted by the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. These acts of violence are not only abhorrent, but also a
BEACH LIFE. People enjoying the summer along the beaches of Barangay Talaban in Himamaylan City, over the weekend.* Andrew Altarejos photo
The gospel of the feast of St. Matthias on May 14 tells us about how much God loves us, where we can find that love and how that love gives us also the complete joy. (cfr. Jn 15,9-17) “Jesus said
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration has recently announced that the worst of the El Niño heat may be over, but with the caveat that Filipinos should now brace themselves for an expected La Niña, which could make
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspected New People’s Army rebel reportedly died in an encounter with Army soldiers on Friday in Sitio Cambugi-ot, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Brig. Gen. Joey Escanillas, 302nd Infantry Brigade commander, said that soldiers
The city of Talisay under the leadership of Mayor Neil Lizares formalized its partnership with the Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas (TUP-V) through a Memorandum of Understanding signing with Assistant City Administrator and concurrent CTEIPO head Ismale Penado, representing the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Flooding due to heavy rains triggered by thunderstorms and the shearline yesterday led to the temporary evacuation of 261 families, composed of 784 persons, in seven barangays of Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. The affected barangays were
ABLAZE. Volunteer firemen responding to the residential fire at Barangay Singcang-Airport in Bacolod City on January 7.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Office of Civil Defense estimates that about 124,000 people within a 10-kilometer radius of Kanlaon volcano will be affected, if it erupts again, revealed Task Force Kanlaon chief Raul Fernandez on Wednesday. In a press
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez yesterday described the decrease in unemployment reported by the authorities as a positive development and a piece of good news, a press release from the House of Representatives said. He made the statement in reaction to
