OCD prepping to establish tent cities
January 10, 2025
TENTS. More than 1,000 family tents donated by UN World Food Programme being delivered to a bodega in Himamaylan City.* WFP photo
TENTS. More than 1,000 family tents donated by UN World Food Programme being delivered to a bodega in Himamaylan City.* WFP photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has identified 17 areas of concern in Western Visayas, in line with the May 12 elections. Based on Comelec data, there is one area in Region 6 that falls under the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Despite opposition from the Office of Civil Defense, allowing the return of IDPs residing outside of 6 kilometer permanent danger zone, more evacuees from the local government units of La Castellana, cities of La Carlota and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power announced yesterday it will undertake another round of proactive maintenance on the critical Bacolod-Silay 69kV sub-transmission on Sunday, January 12, from 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. to eliminate unscheduled power outages and ensure reliable
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental is eyeing the granting of P7,000 medical allowance to each government employee, by the national government, for payment to premiums of health insurance. This was disclosed yesterday by Governor Eugenio
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution granting the request of acting Bacolod Mayor El Cid Familiaran to extend the Business One Stop Shop (BOSS) deadline for filing business permits and licenses for 2025, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod
House appropriations committee chair and Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co on Tuesday said the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP), a cash assistance conceptualized by the House of Representatives, is kickback-free and is intended for employed Filipinos
About 1,500 Negros Occidental peasants on Wednesday trooped to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Provincial Office in Barangay Montevista, Bacolod City, and staged an indefinite campout to protest against the administration’s deceptions and trickery in the implementation of the
That’s what St. John in his First Letter said. “Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God,” he said. Christ himself said it in a most explicit way, assuring that
Considering how long Bacolod-Silay Airport of supposedly international standards has already been in operation, as evidenced by its current state of dilapidation due to the lack of TLC by the people responsible for it, another of the great mysteries connected
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO ‘Planet of the Pangit’, a solo exhibition by Negrense artist Mel Araneta, opened at Block 17 Artspace at the Art District, Barangay Mandalagan, Bacolod City on February 21 and will run until March 21. ‘Planet of
• ANDREW ALTAREJOS The City of Bayawan City, known as the Agriculture Capital of Negros Oriental, celebrated its annual Tawo-Tawo Festival, with several activities during the highlight of the festivities. This year’s theme is “25 years of Celebrating Life’s Harvests”.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amid the ongoing raging armed conflict between United States-Israel and Iran, some Negrense Overseas Filipino Workers are seeking repatriation from the Middle East, Provincial Administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz disclosed on Wednesday. Seven Negrense OFWs have requested
• THERESA MAE DULMAN Nine individuals were hauled into custody following a joint law enforcement raid that dismantled an illegal mining site in Barangay Bacuyangan, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, on February 26. The suspects, led by a 38-year-old mining manager identified
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Five fisherfolk and farmer associations in Sicogon Island are filing petitions for the revocation of 334-hectare land use conversion from agricultural to commercial/tourism by the Sicogon Development Corporation (SIDECO), which was approved in 2016 by the
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The city government has earmarked P50 million for the construction of its first-ever international-standard football pitch, with the groundbreaking scheduled this March at the Bacolod City National High School oval. Mayor Greg Gasataya announced the major