• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar prices have been plummeting for three consecutive weeks, despite the announcement of the Department of Agriculture and Sugar Regulatory Administration that there is no immediate need for additional import, the Sugar Council and the National
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported logging 13 ash emission episodes during the weekend, with produced plumes that rose to as high as 600 meters above the summit of Kanlaon volcano. The ashing events
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN More than P1 million worth of suspected shabu was recovered by the police in three buy bust operations during the weekend in highly urbanized Bacolod City, and the component city of Silay in Negros Occidental. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Good news for both regular and contractual employees of Victorias City government in Negros Occidental. Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez yesterday announced that regular employees of Victorias City government will receive more than P50,000 in bonuses in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) and the local government unit of Victorias City in Negros Occidental, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote “Responsableng Panonood (Responsible Viewership)”, which is aimed
Following a series of weather disturbances, including Super Typhoon Pepito, a relief caravan comprising 24 truckloads of goods is set to leave for the Bicol region President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., in close coordination with Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the
Cadiz, dubbed as the “City of Whales” and “Home of Dinagsa Festival”, is among the 12 cities, or a total of 18 local government units in Negros Occidental named national awardees for this year’s coveted SGLG Awards, a press release
“In our quest for reliable energy, we are uncovering the hidden treasures of the underground cable projects, one of which, is the Underground Distribution System (UDS) initiated by the Negros Power with the launching of the one-kilometer UDS Project along
It’s a new word I just learned recently. It refers to “the practice of ignoring one’s companion or companions in order to pay attention to one’s phone or other mobile device.” I suppose the word is an acronym for “phone”
Talks between World Health Organization member states on a landmark global accord on handling future pandemics will take until 2025 after it was found that there were still too many gaps to seal a deal this year. Although the emergence
BONIFACIO DAY. Silay City officials, led by Mayor Joedith Gallego (6th from left) commemorate the 161st Birth Anniversary of Andres Bonifacio on November 30, with wreaths at a marker at the public plaza.* Silay City PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The police is currently conducting an investigation into the death of former Silay City mayor Carlo Gamban on Monday, at his residence in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental. Gamban, 85, who was suffering from a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) announced on Wednesday that they will neither implement power disconnections nor impose penalties, due to delays in sending bills to its consumers. Rocella Ann Marie Fernandez, Head of the Revenue
Everyone should be encouraged to be as creative and innovative as he can be. To be creative and innovative is an expression of our freedom that should be used as fully as possible. To be creative and innovative enables us
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental, through its Provincial Health Office, yesterday recognized and honored top performing Barangay Health Worker associations in the province, in a ceremony held at Negros Residences in Bacolod City. Clayte Elizario,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The ball is now in the hands of the Department of Budget and Management. That was the reaction of Health Undersecretary Mary Ann Maestral on the still to be released P202.8 million health emergency allowances (HEA),
