• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Radio block timer Rey Siason experienced another incident of harassment, as his residence was reportedly strafed by two unidentified suspects on Sunday night at Carmela Valley Homes in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. Siason, a radio block
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Office of Civil Defense has ruled out the return of residents affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption to their respective areas to cast votes during the May 12 elections, Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Ian Lee
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police filed on Monday charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide and serious multiple physical injuries, as well as damage to property against an Indian national, for the death of three persons and injuries to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The damage to high value crops in four barangays of La Carlota City in Negros Occidental, has been placed at P952,196.71, following a minor explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on April 8, disclosed Governor Eugenio Jose
FIRE. Firemen respond to put out a fire at a warehouse in Barangay Cabug, Bacolod City on Sunday.* BFP photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen arrested five suspects in Negros Occidental for having an unlicensed firearm and illegal drugs worth P91,800 in their possession on Sunday. A 41-year-old woman was arrested inside the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility,
Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez yesterday turned over a solar-powered mobile power station to the Victorias City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (VCDRRMO) during the regular flag-raising ceremony at the City Public Plaza. The new mobile power station is equipped
That’s the ideal thing to do whenever we find ourselves in some difficult conflicts, especially in the area of politics. Let’s not make things worse by following the urges of the flesh, the ways of the world, and much less,
There are a few simple traffic rules that should be very easy to enforce but if done consistently, should set the mood to enhance the discipline and order in an entire city or metropolitan area. The first easily enforced traffic
Environmental group EcoWaste Coalition said that many of the country’s pilgrimage sites are still littered with trash at the end of the Holy Week, despite the solutions to the country’s waste problems being already enshrined in our laws, such as
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) is now making preparations to choose the permanent resettlement sites for families in four local government units affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. Donato Sermeno III, OCD regional director
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,
• 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,
“Everybody is sad when their side loses an election, but the day after we have to remember we are all on one side” – Barack Obama The 16-0 slogan of Team Asenso led by Congressman-elect Albee Benitez and Mayor-elect Greg
INASAL FEST. SM regional manager George Anthony Jardiolin, Bacolod Councilor Claudio Puentevella, Manokan Country Vendors Association president Tee Sacro, Councilors Celia Flor and Jude Thaddeus Sayson, SM City Bacolod mall manager Julia Javellana, and Bacolod Tourism Operations Officer Ma. Teresa Manalili (l-r) led the ceremonial grilling to kick off the 5th Bacolod Chicken Inasal Festival at SM City Bacolod yesterday* Andrew Altarejos photo
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,
