• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The weeklong celebration of the 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival ended a “resounding success,” Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson declared. Lacson, who led the festival closing ceremony last night at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Charges are now being prepared against two Malaysian nationals who were arrested in a rented house in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City Thursday, for alleged human trafficking. Eight Filipinos, aged 25 to 30, were rescued from an
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 58-year-old woman died, while seven others, including four police officers, were injured in a vehicular crash on March 29, in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. Police investigations indicated the victims were on their way to
Lin-ay sang Negros 2025 Jada Biaxyl Celeste of Victorias City (center) flanked by Julianah Cassandra Makilan of Manapla – second runner-up (left), and Maxine Louise Martin of Ilog – first runner-up (right)* Andrew Altarejos photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The apprehension of four suspects, including a businesswoman on March 29 and 30, in a series of buy bust operations in Negros Occidental, led to the recovery of three firearms and suspected shabu worth P737,800. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB) unit was activated by the Philippine National Police, following the activation last week of the Police Regional Office – Negros Island Region (PRO-NIR). It is composed of 684 police personnel,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As Alert Level 3 remains hoisted over Kanlaon Volcano, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) recorded another ash emission event that lasted 86 minutes, as of midnight of March 29. In an advisory issued
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sales at the Panaad sa Negros made in six days of the festival was pegged at P11,749,876, according to data provided by the organizers. The most sales were recorded on its 5th day (March 29), at
Someone sent me a podcast about how one should speak so that people listen and not get turned off. Among the mistakes that should be avoided in this regard are the following: neglecting to prepare, using filler words, talking too
Sunday’s gospel further develops last Sunday’s message wherein Jesus warns: Repent or perish. To repent means to return to God and failure to do so means to perish. Biblical scholars have an interesting way of explaining this with today’s gospel.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Cadiz City in Negros Occidental is set to have another solar farm soon. Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. disclosed that Aboitiz Power has already acquired property in Barangay Luna and an expansion area in Brgy. Mabini, Cadiz
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Team Asenso Bacolod, led by Congressman-elect Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, Mayor-elect Greg Gasataya, and Vice Mayor-elect Claudio Puentevella, called for unity, cooperation and reconciliation towards a more progressive Bacolod. “We are deeply honored and grateful for the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Pollution Adjudication Board has affirmed the issuance of interim Cease and Desist Order (CDO) by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 6 to the Binalbagan-Isabela Sugar Company (BISCOM) in Negros Occidental, in connection with last month’s
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office Negros Island Region has conferred P/Maj. Eugene Tolentino with the PNP Heroism Medal during the traditional flag raising ceremony held at Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City, on May 19. Tolentino,
If we believe in the words of Christ, we certainly would know where to find the true peace, one that will always be effective whatever the situations and conditions of our life are. It’s a peace that comes to us
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sugar produced during this crop year is expected to end almost five percent higher at 1.837 million metric tons, from the initial estimate of 1.782 million MT, Sugar Regulatory Administrator Pablo Luis Azcona disclosed. Despite
