• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Almost 50 percent of the targeted 500 family tents have already been established at the evacuation center in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, Donato Sermeno III, Office of the Civil Defense regional director for Negros Island Region
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 7 has deployed an additional 200 police personnel to bolster disaster response efforts, in connection with the ongoing restiveness of Kanlaon volcano, and to ensure smooth operations during the upcoming elections in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Abelardo & Remedios Bantug Memorial Hospital (ARBMH) main building at Bandung Village Phase 1 in Barangay VII, Victorias City, which was inaugurated on February 3, is considered by Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez as a major
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Good news for Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) all over the country. Senate deputy majority leader Senator JV Ejercito announced on Tuesday that the proposed Magna Carta for Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), was approved on its third
Bacolod City is gearing up for a jam-packed schedule of high-profile events and gatherings this February, according to a press release from the Bacolod City Tourism Office. Visitors from across the Philippines and around the world are expected to flock
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the campaign period for candidates seeking national elected positions begins, Army soldiers stationed in Negros and Panay were reminded to strictly adhere to election laws and remain neutral. That was stressed by Brig. Gen. Michael
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) lauds the approval of the P200 across-the-board daily wage hike in the House Committee on Labor and Employment as the committee substitute bill of the mother bill of TUCP Party-list’s House Bill
ARTS MONTH. The Bago City Government kicked off its National Arts Month celebration on Monday, with the 5th Kurit Baylan contest, a celebration of creativity and local talent on ‘banig’.* Bago City PIO photo
That gospel episode about Christ’s townspeople finding it hard to believe that one of their own could speak the way Christ did (cfr. Mk 6,1-6) reminds us of the danger of overfamiliarity and self-satisfaction that would prevent us from recognizing
Citing an “extraordinary increase in rice prices,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel has placed the country under a food security emergency by issuing Department Circular No. 3, based on a resolution of the 10-member National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC). He
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A 26-year-old man was left injured after he was mobbed by angry bystanders following a daylight carnapping incident in Barangay 3, Bacolod City, on Saturday afternoon, January 17. The suspect, identified only by his alias ‘Stephen,’
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. A 26-year-old teacher of La Consolation College died in a motorcycle crash on Sunday evening along the national highway of Barangay Marina, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental. Killed in collision was alias ‘Inday,’ 24, a teacher La
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Separate road crashes in southern Negros Occidental resulted in the death of a motorist in La Carlota, while an elderly pedestrian was critically injured in Isabela on Thursday. In La Carlota City, a 38-year-old motorist,
As opening ceremonies tipped off simultaneously across North, Central, and South Negros on Saturday, January 17, the silence of early morning gyms quickly gave way to squeaking sneakers, roaring benches, and the unmistakable rhythm of grassroots basketball at its finest.
FEAST DAY. Devotees attended a candlelight procession yesterday, during the Solemnity of the feast of St. Sebastian, Patron saint of the Diocese of Bacolod.* Andrew Altarejos photo
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. What was supposed to be a birthday celebration ended in tragedy on Tuesday after eight of the 18 family members on board a Toyota van sustained injuries after their vehicle overshot the national highway in
