October 5, 2024

281 Negros Occ. candidates file COC in 4 days

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The number of aspirants for local positions, including congressional candidates for the 2025 national elections in Negros Occidental have reached 281 as of October 4, the fourth day of filing of Certificates of Candidacy. For the

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COC filing peaceful so far – PNP

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The first three days of filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for Eleksyon 2025, which started on Tuesday, has been “relatively peaceful” so far in Western Visayas, according to the Philippine National Police (PNP). PBrig. Gen.

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City Council urges increasing senior citizen allowance

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sanggunjang Panglungsod is urging Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to increase the monthly allowance of Senior Citizen Chapter presidents from P500 to P1,000. The resolution authored by Councilor Celia Matea Flor, chair of the SP

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Grand countdown salubong to kick off MassKara

Bacolod City will once again be the center of attraction as the Bacolod Yuhum Foundation prepares to officially launch the MassKara Festival 2024, marking its 45th year, said a press release from Bacolod Yuhum Foundation. The festival will kick off

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900 cops to secure MassKara festival

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN More than 900 police officers will be deployed in Bacolod City to secure the MassKara Festival, on Friday disclosed regional police director, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky. The proposed implementation of a gun ban for the duration

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Bago families get aid through CHMSUyanihan

Some 260 families of Barangays Atipuluan and Sampinit in Bago City, previously hit by floods in September, received food packs, medicines and vitamins, hygiene supplies, and more, through the CHMSUyanihan initiative of Carlos Hilado Memorial State University on October 3,

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Marriage is not our creation

“What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder.” (Mk 10,9) That, in a nutshell, is how God created and designed marriage for us. It’s a lifelong, unbreakable commitment that is founded on God’s love and on our

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Implications of delays

“Try to be like sugarcane, no matter how beaten you are, cut, pressurized or crushed always provide a sweet outcome”    – Rakhi’z The sugarcane milling year 2024-25 has just started and mill gate prices predictably remain stable. It can

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Negros Occidental chicken, egg production up in 2024

The province of Negros Occidental posted an increase in poultry production in 2024, data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Tuesday showed. From January to December last year, chicken production reached 43,652.25 metric tons (MT), 8.18 percent higher

Armed men burn heavy equipment

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unidentified armed men reportedly set heavy equipment on fire on February 8 in Sitio Manghuya, Barangay Aya, in La Libertad, Negros Oriental. Burned were two backhoes, a loader, and a dump truck. The estimated damage of

Spare trees, utility posts from posters – Comelec

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the campaign period for national candidates kicked off on February 11, the Commission on Elections urged candidates and their supporters not to nail campaign materials on trees and utility posts. The appeal was made yesterday

Philsutech farm tour set

The Philippine Sugar Technologists Association Inc. (Philsutech) invites sugar industry stakeholders to the Technology Transfer and Educational Farm Tour 2025 scheduled on February 20-21. Spearheaded by the Agriculture and Farm Engineering Division, the two-day activity kicks off with technology transfer

Bacolod City activates DOST-funded startup incubator

Bacolod City has activated its own startup incubator funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to provide a space for entrepreneurs and students to develop innovative ideas. Located at the Bacolod Express Services Office inside the Ayala Malls