• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Federation of Sugarcane Planters has urged the Sugar Regulatory Administration to explain why sugar prices continue to drop despite its “no importation” declaration. While sugarcane farmers were initially happy that no additional imported sugar
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental, in tandem with the Department of Energy and the University of St La Salle – Bacolod, will officially present its SecuRE Negros Roadmap (Energy Sector Development Strategy and Action Plan)
SUSTAINABLE. Organic produce being sold at the Provincial Capitol Grounds in Bacolod City, in line with the 17th Negros Island Organic Farmers Festival and 2nd Terra Madre Visayas, which will run until Nov. 23.* GPB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The agricultural damage and losses due to the phreatic eruption of Kanlaon volcano on June, in La Castellana, Negros Occidental, has reached P194 million, affecting thousands of farmers relying their sourced of livelihood on farming, Mayor
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson needs guidelines from the Department of Budget and Management for releasing the 2022 and 2023 Performance Based Bonuses (PBB) to provincial government employees. Until such time that DBM will come up with
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF), the country’s largest service and convergence caravan, is set to visit 13 provinces in the first quarter of 2025, bringing essential government services directly to communities across the nation, a
This is what we can draw from that parable about a nobleman who had to make a journey to obtain his kingship and called his 10 servants, giving them 10 gold coins, telling them to engage in trade till he
The Second Congressional Commission on Education has found that some 10,000 schools have no policies on bullying, even with the existence of the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013 of Republic Act 10627, that mandates them to implement such policies. The Commission
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Robinson’s Place Bacolod, in partnership with the Bureau of Jail Mangement and Penology (BJMP), launched the 15th Suga sg Paskua, a parol-making contest involving all 21 BJMP facilities in Negros Occidental, at the second floor of
The University of St. La Salle (USLS) is set to inaugurate the Center for Aerogel Technology for Energy and Environment (CATEE), that will be established in the University, with funding from the DOST Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) logged two more ash emissions from the Kanlaon volcano summit crater, between 5:41 a.m. to 5:46 a.m. and 7:46 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. on Monday, December 2, as
The distribution of land titles led by PENRO Negros Occidental and CENRO Bago was held under the Handog Titulo Program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. According to a press release, the program is a flagship initiative aimed
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN In preparation for the May 12, 2025 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is set to conduct a voter education roadshow in Negros Occidental today, December 2. Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Ian Lee
It was drizzling when I stepped onto the paved walkway of what is dubbed the oldest botanical garden in Southeast Asia: the Bogor Botanical Garden or Kebun Raya Bogor. “Kebun raya” means botanical garden in English. This natural treasure is
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Distancing himself from the feud between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte, Senator Juan Victor ‘JV’ Ejercito commented on Monday, that the conflict does not give a good signal abroad, especially to investors.
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