• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The New People’s Army Roselyn Jean Pelle Command that the military has claimed as dismantled issued a statement owning responsibility for the summary execution of a civilian that they accused as a military informant on March
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office reported zero major incidents during the 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival, which ran from March 24 to March 30, in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City. PCol. Rainier de Chavez, provincial police
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sales at the weeklong Panaad sa Negros festival this year was pegged at P16,600,630.70, a drop of P2.6 million, equivalent to 13.6 percent, compared to income of P19,250,439.50 in 2024, according to comparative data presented by
The Agri Trade Fair at the Himamaylan Public Plaza which is part of the Himaya 2025 festival, headlined sectoral activities with a ribbon cutting ceremony and a Carabao Parade* Himamaylan City Mayor’s Office photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Forty-four members of the New People’s Army availed of P1,320,000 financial assistance from the Negros Occidental provincial government, part of efforts to help them rejoin mainstream society. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the awarding
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Atty. Rowena “Weng” Lopez Lizares, wife of Mayor Neil Lizares, is aiming to be make history in Talisay City in Negros Occidental, as the first woman mayor of the local government unit, if she is elected
• ANDREW ALTAREJOS The Municipality of Calatrava bagged several awards during the recent staging of the 29th Panaad sa Negros Festival at Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City. Municipal Mayor Marilyn Era, together with Tourism Officer Amirose Lavilla received
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Classes in public and private schools in Negros Oriental were suspended yesterday due to severe weather conditions and significant flooding. This was contained in Executive Order #2 issued by Negros Oriental Governor Manuel Sagarbarria, after state
We should do our best to pursue this ideal. We know that due to our wounded condition here on earth, there is division and conflict between our corporeal and spiritual dimensions of our life. St. Paul articulated this condition well
After the experiment of changing the school year to match the international schedule failed, mostly because the combination of mother nature and climate change can’t be beaten by a public school infrastructure that wasn’t ready to handle the intense heat
Water Watch Advocates – Bacolod is seeking the revocation of the joint venture agreement between Baciwa and Prime Water. In a May 19 letter to Senator Riza Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change,
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival (BCIF) will open with a ceremonial grilling at the Manokan Country at SM City Bacolod on May 21. The BCIF Grill Fest launch and countdown and the Piaya Festival grilling ceremony
BUSTED. Police operatives confiscate 2.5 kilograms of suspected shabu from an arrested drug suspect in Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod City.* BCPO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two siblings, both minors, died, while their grandfather who tried to rescue them was injured early Tuesday morning, when a fire broke out at their house in Purok Lison, Barangay 1 in Bacolod City. The fatalities
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The conduct of the anti-illegal gambling drive in Negros Occidental appears to have been slowing down, as indicated by the fewer operations initiated and arrested suspects this year, compared to 2024. A report presented by the
It’s true! While divine mercy will have the last word, the requirements of justice, including human justice, no matter how imperfect it is, will have to be tackled first. Christ himself submitted to this condition, even if in his case,
