ARIMA. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo led the “Arima,” the ceremonial ringing of the bell to usher in the 38th Negros Trade Fair, also attended by Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, Reps. Mercedes Alvarez, Gerardo Valmayor, Alfredo Maranon Jr., and Jocelyn Limkaichong, and Makati Mayor Abbie Binay, yesterday at the Glorietta 2 Activity Center in Makati.* GPB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The municipality of San Enrique in Negros Occidental has been placed under a state of calamity, Mayor Jilson Tubillara disclosed yesterday. The declaration of a state of calamity was recommended by the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar farmers and industry workers have expressed alarm over the unregulated entry and use of artificial sweeteners in the country, as they worry the sugar substitutes displace a substantial volume of sugar in the domestic market.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A lineman of the Negros Power, who on September 15 fell from a tree while engaged in clearing vegetation to prevent power outages, amid inclement weather, passed away at about 9 p.m. Tuesday, at the Intensive
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez delivered a stern warning to public officials on Monday, declaring that the House of Representatives will not tolerate hypocrisy, evasion, or the misuse of public funds, a press release from the House of Representatives said. In
Some 1,512 senior citizens of Himamaylan City received their National Social Pension despite the heavy monsoon rains on Monday, according to a press release from Himamaylan PIO. Each senior received P3,000 in the payouts held at the city hall and
Acting EB Magalona Mayor Eric Matulac extended the suspension of face-to-face (F2F) classes, and directed a shift to modular modality of learning, in all levels, both in public and private schools, in the Municipality of E.B. Magalona today, due to
In the face of tragedy, the Bacolod City firefighters, led by FSupt. Jenny Mae Masip, Bacolod City Fire Marshal, together with Shift A personnel under the supervision of FO3 Jed Antoni Cartagena, and the 74 Class Banaag 2024-01 OJTs, have
Given the fact that we are not meant to remain only in the natural level, relying simply on our human powers, but rather are meant to enter and share the supernatural life of God since we are his image and
Researchers called for action against drug-resistant superbugs, which a global analysis projects will kill nearly 40 million people over the next 25 years. Superbugs are strains of bacteria or pathogens that have become resistant to antibiotics, making them much harder
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO “In art, imagination does not stay still. A child may have no riches, no power, no crown, only his art and limitless imagination that runs untamed.” Sagay-based visual artist Christopher Fernandez of Topiko’s Art opened his
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Joedith Gallego yesterday said that a fact-finding committee has been created to establish the facts behind the road crash on June 27 in Barangay Guimbalaon, Silay City, which resulted in the deaths of seven persons
MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has inked a new power supply agreement that will add 6.6 megawatts (MW) of clean energy to its renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requirement. The agreement was signed between MORE Power president and chief
To be sure, true friendship is not just a matter of enjoying each other’s company, sharing things in common or just having a good time. All of these are presumed in friendship. But a friend through and through would go
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Commission on Human Rights – Negros Island Region (CHR-NIR) will start a probe on a series of killings that have claimed the lives of seven civilians, perpetrated and claimed by the New People’s Army in
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Manila-based abstract artist Samantha Ty, known for her fluid, nature inspired paintings, opened her first solo art exhibition at Charlie’s Art Gallery at Italia Restaurant, Paseo Verde, Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod City on June 18. Titled “Waves
