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
FEAST DAY. The image of St. Sebastian arrives at the San Sebastian Cathedral after a procession that capped yesterday’s feast day celebrations of the patron saint of the Diocese of Bacolod* Andrew Altarejos photo
The Office of the Civil Defense in the Negros Island Region is strictly imposing the window period within the Kanlaon volcano extended danger zone, Donato Sermeno III, regional director, said on Friday. “All accounted for,” Sermeno said, referring to those
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez lauded President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and his administration for their successful effort in ensuring the safe release of 17 Filipino seafarers held hostage by Houthi rebels in Yemen for more than 429 days, a
Colors, sounds, and crowds will fill the air as the culmination of the 50th Dinagsa Festival kicks off today with a grand opening celebration, according to a press release from the Cadiz City PIO. The festivities will begin with a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) reported that it confiscated about 393 grams of suspected shabu with a market value of P2.67 million in Western Visayas, within 24 hours of anti-drug operations, from 5:59 a.m. of
As the 76th Philippine Airlines (PAL) Interclub approaches next month in Bacolod City, all eyes are on the two powerhouse teams vying for the coveted regular championship—the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club and Eastridge Golf Club. Manila Southwoods, the