• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The proposed plan of the Department of Agriculture to import at least 200,000 metric tons of refined sugar in September this year, garnered opposing views from various groups of sugarcane farmers. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel being welcomed by Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya, among other local officials, at the UNO-R parade grounds in Bacolod City.* GPB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Forty-three more barangays in Negros Occidental, have been declared as insurgency free, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson disclosed yesterday. Lacson said each insurgency-free barangay is proposed to receive P10 million worth of infrastructure projects under the Support
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The two new Army battalion commanders in Negros Occidental were ordered to sustain the stability of internal peace and security in Negros Island, following its declaration of a status of Stable Internal Peace and Security. In
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The cases of dengue in Bacolod City are trending lower, compared to cases recorded during the month of June last year. Records from the City Health Office, covering the period of January 1 to June 15,
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez inaugurated on Tuesday another legacy project of the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., a cancer center in the City of Manila named after the Speaker’s father, a press release from the House of Representatives
Nothing is lost if we dare to ask God for some miracles or some special and extraordinary favors. If God sees that it would really be for own good, he will surely grant it. If not—and he can only be
Is this what it feels like to be desperately trying to catch up after being left so far behind and/or held back for so long? It has become clear by now that because of the priorities and the competencies (or
The Department of Agriculture is streamlining regulatory processes as part of efforts to reduce food costs and create a policy environment that would attract investors to the sector, hopefully by next year. Agriculture Undersecretary Asis Perez said that complicated regulatory
The national government’s budget deficit widened to P174.9 billion in May this year from P122.2 billion in the same month last year, reflecting a 43.10-percent increase as government expenditure outpaced revenue collections. In a news release yesterday, the Bureau of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 500-hectare area inside the Central Philippines State University in Barangay Tagukon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, is still available as a site for the regional offices of the newly created Negros Island Region, according to Mayor
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Central Negros Electric Cooperative has lauded the Negros Power for the help extended to them in the repair and rehabilitation of its two substations yesterday in Bacolod City. We have successfully rehabilitated the Reclamation and
DRILL. Personnel of the municipal government of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental participate in the 2nd Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill at the municipal hall yesterday.*
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is arriving today in Negros Occidental, to distribute P83 million financial aid to more than 8,000 farmers and fisherfolk, who were severely affected by the El Niño phenomenon in the province. Each of the 8,315 beneficiaries,
If your heart is a volcano how shall you expect flowers to bloom? – Khalil Gibran The June 4 explosion of Mt. Kanlaon left certain damage to island of Negros agriculture, especially those localities surrounding the volcano in the 2
The Office of the Barangay 33 Council in Bacolod City recently held its Katipunan ng Kabataan (KK) Assembly, a press release from Barangay 33 said. Invocation of the assembly was led by Agape Family Center Pastor Miriam Bayles followed by
