January 2025

SRA suspends SO6, pending further consultation

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) chief Pablo Luis Azcona on Thursday announced that the implementation of Sugar Order 6, which sets guidelines for the importation of certain sugars and sugar confectionery, has been suspended, pending further consultations

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Midyear completion for P900M Capitol PAC building

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The construction of the P900 million Provincial Administration Center is targeted to finish by June this year, with its completion currently at 50 percent, Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz II disclosed on Thursday. The 7-storey PAC

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Bacolod has special place in my heart – Sy

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Businessman Hans T. Sy thanked Bacolod Mayor Alfredo “Albee” Benitez, the organizers of the BacoLaodiat Festival, and the vibrant Filipino-Chinese community, for the honor bestowed upon him as Bacolod’s adopted son and honorary mayor, during the

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Evacuees get 659 sacks of rice from OCD

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The supply of rice for evacuees got a boost from the Office of Civil Defense, which released 659 sacks of rice to five local government units that have residents temporarily displaced by the eruption of Kanlaon

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House panel OKs P200 daily wage hike for private sector

The House Committee on Labor and Employment on Thursday passed a measure mandating a P200 daily across-the-board wage increase for private sector workers, moving forward with a proposal that gained momentum after Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez met Tuesday night to

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Mob justice

After a recent social media post where a female student accused a rideshare driver of sexually assaulting her by masturbating while driving after picking her up went viral, the company responded by suspending the driver to launch an investigation into

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BCPO seizes P2.5M in shabu

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two major anti-drug operations of the City Drug Enforcement Unit on February 17 and 18 in Barangays 3 and Taculing, respectively, in Bacolod City, led to the apprehension of four drug suspects and the recovery of

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Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s a payday-Friday-V-Day, and with those challenges in mind, I hope you and your loved ones have a good one this year. May your reservations be honored, the traffic gods have mercy, and the Valentine premiums be

State security forces commit to secure elections

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amid threats of another Kanlaon volcano eruption, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, 303rd Infantry Brigade, and the Philippine Coast Guard gave their commitments to ensure that the May 12 elections in the province will be

San Carlos City prepares 2 sites for Canlaon evacuees

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The San Carlos City government in Negros Occidental is preparing two evacuation sites to accommodate the spillover of evacuees from Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, in case of another Kanlaon Volcano eruption. The city government, under its

How to be trusting and to be trustworthy

God himself tells us how that is going to be. “Cursed be the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the Lord,” he said in the Book of Jeremiah. (17,5) And he

Bacolod bags Founders crown at PAL Interclub

Bacolod Team B failed to make history but consoled itself by winning the Founders division of the just-ended Philippine Airlines Senior Interclub at Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club on Thursday. After leading the first two days, Bacolod wavered in