The Social Security System (SSS) is optimistic that new member registration could reach 4 million to 5 million this year. In a statement on Thursday, the SSS said its new member registration has already reached 2.4 million as of end-July,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sulfuric odors emanating from the restive Kanlaon volcano have affected five local government units, leading to the suspension of classes in some areas, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Officer Irene Bel Ploteña disclosed on Wednesday. Schools
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP) deputy secretary general for Visayas, Atty. Jesus ‘Jayvee’ Hinlo disclosed on Wednesday that he is 99 percent sure that former Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca will run against incumbent Governor Eugenio
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday filed rape charges before the Bacolod City Prosecutor’s Office against the stepfather of 15-year-old Pearl Joy Galve, who was found dead on August 13, inside a sugarcane plantation Hacienda
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Will Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Representative Greg Gasataya be switching posts? The question surfaced after Gasataya, currently on his third term as congressman of Bacolod, posted a cryptic statement on his Facebook account
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Nine more former members of the New People’s Army in northern Negros applied for amnesty on Wednesday, before the National Amnesty Commission (NAC), through the Local Amnesty Board (LAB)-Bacolod. The nine former rebels were assisted by
The Himamaylan City reinforces its medical services as two new patient transport vehicles (PTVs) arrive this month, a press release from Himamaylan PIO said. One PTV worth P5 million that arrived earlier this month was acquired under the Disaster Risk
BONDING SPOT. A Family Boulevard at the Cadiz City Finger Port of the city’s Barangay Zone 3 has become a popular spot for locals to hang out.* Andrew Altarejos photo
This happens when we allow ourselves not to be guided by faith. No matter how intelligent and smart we are, if we are not guided by our Christian faith, it would just be a matter of time before we become
The Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers was finally signed into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., twenty years after the bill was first filed in 2004, seeking to promote the welfare of more than half a million domestic and overseas
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A police officer reportedly shot himself after killing his live-in partner on Thursday night in Barangay Saguabanwa, Valladolid, Negros Occidental. The policeman, a certain Larry, with a rank of police master sergeant, and his partner, a
This is what we can gather from that gospel parable about a certain man who planted a fig tree in his vineyard and who after 3 years sought for a fruit but did not find one. (cfr. Lk 13,6-9) Frustrated,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson emphasized the crucial role of the media as agents of information and truth during the Negros Press Club’s 89th induction ceremony at the Sugarland Hotel, Bacolod City Saturday. “To our
BASE-AO DEL JAENA, composed of Barangays Bato, Sewahon, Taba-ao, Plaridel, and Lopez Jaena, was declared champion in the Sinigay sa Sagay Saot para sa Dunang Manggad 2025 in Sagay City, Negros Occidental on March 19* Andrew Altarejos photo
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A group art exhibition opened at Ayala Malls Capitol Central in celebration of Women’s Month last March 12, with Negros Occidental Provincial Council for Women chair Andrea Lizares-Si as guest of honor. “Her Story” is the
The Philippine Statistics Authority Negros Occidental has partnered with the Division of Bacolod City and holds its first ever school activation of the year at Handumanan National High School on March 18. The School Activation is one of the several
