• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Five areas of concerns have been identified by the Commission on Elections in Negros Occidental, for the May 12 elections. The municipalities of Cauayan and Calatrava, as well as Sipalay City, were placed under the orange
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A student, categorized by the police as a High Value Individual drug personality, was arrested during a buy bust operation on Friday at Purok Kawayan 2 in Barangay Handumanan, Bacolod City. The apprehension of a certain
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The P50 million assistance from the Office of the President, given to the Negros Occidental provincial government will be utilized for the food of Kanlaon evacuees, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson disclosed on Friday. As of January
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Preparations are now underway for the 2025 Panaad sa Negros Festival, which is slated for March 24 to 30 this year. Its opening also coincides with the start of the campaign period for local candidates, running
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting the Department of Agriculture to allocate funds to the City of Bacolod, Negros Island Region, in the amount of P750,000,000, for the construction of a City Agri Center with a
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution is urging Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to consider purchasing generator sets for the Metro Bacolod District Jail – MD (BJMP Singcang) and Metro Bacolod District Jail Annex (BJMP Handumanan) facilities, was approved by
Quezon 2nd District Representative and Deputy Speaker David “Jay-jay” Suarez has taken a firm stance in championing the Filipino people’s right to affordable electricity, calling attention to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) alleged violations of its legislative
RENEWALS. The Bacolod Business One-Stop-Shop (BOSS) that is currently ongoing at the Bacolod City Government Center* CGS photo
Words of Mary to the servants at the wedding in Cana. (cfr. Jn 2,1-11) While the festive celebration was going on, the mother of Christ noticed that wine was running out. She approached him to inform him of the problem,
A survey from the Social Weather Stations has showed that the percentage of Filipino families that experienced involuntary hunger last year almost matched the figure at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The survey, conducted from December 12
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine National Police reported the arrest of 111 drug suspects in almost one week of anti-drug operations in Western Visayas, resulting in the confiscation of P11.76 million worth of suspected shabu. In a report, the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Eight houses were destroyed while seven were damaged by a fire that broke out at Manalo Street, Barangay 17, Bacolod City on Valentine’s Day, Friday. The Bacolod City Fire started at about 8:18 p.m. and was
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The grand opening of Luk Foo Palace in Bacolod City during the celebration of Valentine’s Day, Friday, was led by Negros Occidental Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer, Bacolod Representative Greg Gasataya, acting Bacolod Mayor El Cid Familiaran,
That what the crowd said after they witnessed a miraculous healing of a dumb man by Christ. (cfr. Mk 7,31-37) On Valentine’s Day which is popularly known as a day of celebrating love, we should strengthen our conviction that the
In line with its advocacy for electricity consumers, the Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (ACCESS), led by its president Wennie Sancho, lauded the “PaKAPe Program” recently launched by Negros Power in the barangay level. Sancho stressed
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
