Playing catch up
June 28, 2024
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
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
Victorias City Coliseum hosted business owners and entrepreneurs who gathered for the “DigiCities Masterclass,” a key event under USAID’s SPEED (Strengthening Private Enterprises for the Digital Economy) initiative, coinciding with World MSME Day, on June 27. The global observance, designated
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Health (DOH) and Commission on Elections have designated their respective regional directors for newly created Negros Island Region, taking the lead among other national government agencies. Dr. Razel Nikka Hao disclosed yesterday that
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN While the majority of La Castellana residents affected by the Kanlaon volcano phreatic eruption have gone home, the lack of water supply remains a perennial problem. Dr. Adriano Suba-an, regional director of Department of Health Western
The midnight fire at Barangay 10, Bacolod City, that affected a total of 34 families of mostly informal settlers.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez announced yesterday that the residential rates of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) have significantly decreased an average of P2.40/kWh for the billing month of June. In a statement, Benitez said
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The component cities of Cadiz and Bago in Negros Occidental have emerged as among the top 10 local government units in the country in this year’s Walang Gutom Awards of the Department of Social Welfare and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN About 3,250 police officers assigned at the Police Regional Office 6 in Western Visayas are up for transfer to the Negros Island Region. This is equivalent to 25 percent of the entire strength of the 13,000
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported another significant accomplishment in the campaign against illegal drugs, following the confiscation of almost P1 million worth of suspected shabu from an arrested drug personality. The apprehension of a
Bong Go remains the frontrunner in the highly competitive senatorial race, according to the latest nationwide survey conducted by Arkipelago Analytics. The survey, conducted from April 26 to May 1, 2025, engaged 1,400 registered voters through face-to-face interviews, employing proportional
• 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
The misunderstood word for the week would probably be ‘bollard,’ especially after the tragic incident at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 where two people were killed, one of them a 4-year-old girl who was just sending her dad
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 14 persons were arrested for violating the Comelec gun ban in Bacolod City, from January 12 to May 3 this year. Four of the arrested gun ban violators were nabbed through police responses,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO For awarding the biggest single procurement contract ever entered into by Bacolod City since its founding in 1938, without a timely-approved ordinance or detailed evaluation of the unsolicited Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposal and the qualifications of