• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Regulatory Administration said it has increased import clearance fees for High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) to P30 per equivalent bag of sugar, in a bid to curb the use of the artificial sweeteners. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Damage to the agriculture sector, including livestock and fisheries, caused by southwest monsoon (habagat) enhanced by tropical storms Ferdie and Helen, as well tropical depression Gener, have amounted toP149,738,745 million in Negros Occidental, based on the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The guessing game is now over, as Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel “Javi” Benitez accepted yesterday the call for him to run as congressman of the 3rd district of Negros Occidental, following the footsteps of his
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A senior citizen and his 19-year-old grandson died of electrocution at Hacienda Carugiat in Barangay 13, Victorias City, Negros Occidental on Thursday. Initial police investigation indicated that a live wire fell on a ‘carabao metal sheet,’
The Bacolod Yuhum Foundation (BYF) reported a significant increase in sponsorship for this year’s MassKara Festival, as more than 80 companies have pledged their support to bring a grander celebration, according to a press release from the BYF. President and
Bayan Negros will hold a march-protest commemorating the Escalante Massacre and the 52nd anniversary of Martial Law, today in Bacolod City. The march- protest will start at 2 p.m. from Rizal Park and end with a program at the Halandumon
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing a slow food accreditation system for restaurants and other food establishments in Bacolod City, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panglungsod Wednesday on first reading. Authored by Councilor Jason Villarosa, the ordinance said
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The National University (NU) Bacolod is finalizing a scholarship program with the City of Bacolod and hopes to enroll a hundred scholars, NU president and CEO Renato Carlos Ermita said, during the inauguration and blessing of
BACOLOD DAY. MassKara dancers provide entertainment for the crowd during the Bacolod Day at the 38th Negros Trade Fair at the Glorietta activity center in Makati City.* Bacolod PIO photo
That Christ already talked about his coming passion, death and resurrection should reassure us that there is no need for us to be overly worried about any suffering we can encounter in this life. (cfr. Mk 9,30-37) As long as
A missionary priest was once commissioned by the bishop to prepare a catechism book for an indigenous tribe. After the priest submitted his work for approval, the bishop found out that there was no mention of the Holy Trinity in
The 38-year-old Cadiz City Public Library (CCPL) has been renovated and innovated anew, going for relevance amid digitalization, according to a press release from the Cadiz City PIO. Following its recent facelift from a one to three-storey glass-covered building, the
Money sent home by overseas Filipinos reached USD2.66 billion in April this year, up by 4 percent from the USD2.56 billion in April last year, data released by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed. The growth in cash remittances
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office- Negros Island Region will soon implementing the proactive policing agenda of newly-installed PNP chief General Nicolas Torre III, including the 5-minute response time strategy, optimized deployment plans, and the deactivation of Police
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Transportation is eyeing the privatization operations of the Bacolod Silay Airport, along with nine other regional airports by 2028, to improve connectivity across the archipelago. During the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines
This is the clear lesson we can draw from the Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity. If we are God’s image and likeness, meant to share in his life and nature, then we have to realize that just like the
