• 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
Mapúa Malayan Digital College (MMDC), in partnership with the office of Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson, has renewed the Abanse Negrense Business and Information Technology (I.T.) Scholarship for the third year. This year, the scholarship covers full tuition
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia announced last night that he will be running for congressman, representing the Bacolod Lone District in the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, through his spokesman, Atty. Caesar Distrito,
Bacolod City marked Tourism Week Friday with a Barangay Booth Exhibit at The Upper East, Megaworld. The event was spearheaded by the Bacolod City Tourism Development Office, led by Ma. Teresa Manalili, Bacolod Tourism Operations Officer. The celebration kicked off
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Budget and Management has removed a provision in the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Negros Island Region that allows the establishment of satellite offices of government agencies in the new region’s provinces,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN More than 7,000 students in the local government units of Himamaylan City, Binalbagan, and Hinigaran, in the 5th district of Negros Occidental, availed of education financial assistance on September 27, as facilitated by Uswag Ilonggo partylist
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Victorias City vice mayoral aspirant Derek Palanca yesterday slammed the people surrounding his father, former Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, whom he said are “misguiding and merely using him, perhaps ego feeding him, for clout to advance
