• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three people died while 16 others were hurt after a speeding Toyota Innova vehicle, driven by an Indian national, triggered a road crash involving multiple vehicles, also injuring several Catholic devotees who were participating in a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power consumers may expect an increase in residential rates by P0.87 this April, after the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) prices doubled this month from P3.5383/kWh to P6.6865/kWh. The increase in generation charge has a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A vendor was reported by the police to have drowned on Good Friday in Sipalay City, while two others died in separate shooting and stabbing incidents on Black Saturday in Talisay City and Binalbagan, respectively, in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) reported the confiscation of more than P1.5 million worth of suspected shabu from five arrested drug suspects in anti-drug operations during the Holy Week. The anti-drug operation conducted on Maundy
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The six mayors of the Negros Occidental 5th district have been given a free hand by the United Negros Alliance (UNegA) to choose their candidates in the district congressional race. The mayors are “free to choose
Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez recently led the groundbreaking ceremony for three new projects in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, namely the New Victorias Motorpool Facility and two new Child Development Centers The New Victorias City Motorpool Facility will rise at Hda.
The “Encuentro” or “Salubong” is the pre-dawn meeting of the images of Jesus Christ and His mother, Mary, a Filipino Easter tradition that was held at the San Sebastian Cathedral in Bacolod City early yesterday morning.* Andrew Altarejos photo
Consider the great and overwhelming joy Mary Magdalene and the other Mary felt when they discovered the resurrection of Christ. (cfr. Mt 28,8) They ran, very eager to spill the Good News to Christ’s disciples. Let’s hope that we too
More than five years since the COVID-19 pandemic that killed millions of people and devastated economies began, countries are hoping to end more than three years of negotiations on battling future pandemics, as an accord has become even more crucial
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An all-female art exhibition featuring the works of Bellas Artes de Negros artists, using recycled materials, opened at the North Block of SM City Bacolod yesterday and will run until April 30. Titled “Bin to Beauty”
The convenor of Water Watch Advocates requested Baciwa-PrimeWater general manager Mina Dia Jardin for a copy of the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) and Prime Water Infrastructure Corp. In his letter to Jardin dated May
May is always a special time of the year to celebrate flowers and nature’s beauty. And the Negros Occidental Garden Club did just that at its recent general assembly held at the Acacia Hotel in Bacolod City. Appropriately, the club’s
In a thrilling finish at the Msgr. John Liu Activity Center, John Carl Lamonte sank a buzzer-beating jumper from the free-throw line to lift the University of St. La Salle (USLS) to a dramatic 53-51 victory over the Talisay Sharks,
One of the things most tourists in Japan have a problem with is the lack of public trash bins, which forces us to hold on to pieces of waste until we can find a trash can, which is usually either
• 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,
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,
