• GILBERT P. BAYORAN BISCOM (Binalbagan Isabela Sugar Company) yesterday said that it is collaborating with concerned government agencies and the municipal government of Binalbagan to minimize the environmental impact of the molasses spill from its storage tanks. In a
ASSISTANCE. Internally displaced persons in Brgy. Cabagnaan in La Castellana assist in hauling the 1,364 sacks of rice from the Office of the Vice President Sara Duterte during her visit to evacuation sites yesterday.* La Castellana LGU photo
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Vice President Sara Duterte endorsed 10 senatorial candidates, but has not yet endorsed any local candidate, during a press conference in La Castellana, Negros Occidental yesterday, where she distributed rice and other relief assistance to Kanlaon
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Ray Ruiz yesterday said that Candoni remains peaceful despite the encounter between government forces and New People’s Army rebels in November last year, which he dismissed as an “isolated incident.” The Commission on Elections has
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Lakas CMD headed by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez appears to be “flexing its muscles” in Negros politics, as it aired support for the candidacies of six mayoral candidates and the reelection of Fifth District Representative
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen arrested on Tuesday three more suspected drug peddlers in three buy bust operations in Negros Occidental, yielding about P78,200 worth of suspected shabu. The apprehension of alias Otep, a 50-year-old tricycle driver, at Sitio Bingig
• ANDREW ALTAREJOS Independent senatorial candidate Angelo De Alban bared his legislative agenda that is focused on protecting the rights and advancing the welfare of children with special needs, during a press conference in Bacolod City yesterday. De Alban is
The Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (ACCESS) blamed generation companies for the increase in electricity rates. According to a press release, electricity consumers were recently confronted by higher generation rates from power producers that was exacerbated
That’s how our attitude should be toward the cross, in whatever form it may come to us. It may be in matters of health, finances, family and business concerns, etc., we should just welcome the cross knowing that if we
The Securities and Exchange Commission is adopting a fully online and paperless company registration process to make setting up a business in the country easier and faster. Following its issuance of Memorandum Circular 3, Series of 2024, requiring the use
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The volume of crime incidents in Negros Occidental from January to May 15 this year, was reported by the police to have reduced by 23.53 percent, compared to the same period in 2024. A report presented
Rockwell Land Corporation, in collaboration with the City Government of Bacolod, is set to hold a groundbreaking ceremony on June 9 for the new emergency facilities to be built along Buri Road in Barangay Mandalagan, within the Rockwell development, a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power announced on Thursday that its average residential electricity rates dropped by P0.66 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for the month of May. The rate drop was triggered by the significant reduction of Wholesale Electricity Spot
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three laborers died during a vehicular crash on Saturday evening at Crossing Cabanyohan in Barangay Tampalon, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, police said. Initial investigations of the Kabankalan City police indicated that the motorcycle driven by Rico
I have a very busy wife who is always out on work so a lot of the time, mostly weekdays, I sleep alone. It is something I have gotten used to and don’t really mind, and falling asleep isn’t a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Admitting that the Capitol’s One Hospital Command (OHC) is not a perfect system, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said it only needs some refinements, amid criticisms by some former politicians. OHC facilitates medical transport and patient
