• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Seven suspected New People’s Army rebels, including four ranking officials, died in an encounter with Army soldiers on Sunday in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Brig. Gen. Joey Escanillas, 302nd Infantry Brigade commander, identified the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez lauded the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) for approving his request to allocate P205 million for the upgrading of the Bacolod-Silay Airport. The P205 million allocation for the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN More than nine months after it was recovered by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation, the stolen painting of national artist Fernando Amorsolo is now back in a museum in Silay City, Negros Occidental. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An additional financial aid of P204 million has been requested by the Office of Civil Defense from the national government, for local government units affected by the Kanlaon Volcano eruption. Office of the Civil Defense Administrator
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Agrarian Reform – Regional Office VI (DARRO-6) has denied, for “lack of merit,” the instant petition of 15 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) for the issuance of a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) against
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Power ramped up efforts to ensure the uninterrupted and stable power supply for the May 12 national and local elections by undertaking massive rehabilitation and preventive maintenance activities in its distribution network on April 26
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A new residential complex will soon rise in the southern part of Bacolod City through a partnership between Oroland Leisure and Residential Complex with InvestPhil Realty Development Corporation. The inauguration of the Kyla Model Unit along
Many years ago, when I was still studying for my priesthood in Rome, I attended a retreat where I heard a recording of a homily given by Opus Dei Founder, St. Josemaria Escriva. What stunned me in that recorded homily
On Saturday, we had the rare honor and privilege to concelebrate at the funeral Mass of our beloved Pope Francis. A few days ago, I came to Rome together with some of our priests and lay faithful to attend the
The United Nations Children’s Fund and Gavi Vaccine Alliance warned at the start of World Immunization Week that immunization efforts are under growing threat as misinformation, population growth, humanitarian crises, and funding cuts jeopardize progress and leave millions of children,
• 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
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 The Bacolod City Police Office scored another major accomplishment in their anti-illegal drug operations, following the recovery of P1.11 million worth of suspected shabu from an arrested drug suspect on Thursday. In a statement, BCPO said
Acster Marketing/Bacolod Tay Tung High School (BTTHS) successfully defended their crown in the 4th Chairman’s Negros Basketball Tournament finals held last Sunday at the Willy and Nolita Au Court, BTTHS. Acster BTTHS overcame a halftime deficit and pulled away in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Western Visayas on Thursday simultaneously distributed cash assistance worth P9.88 million to families displaced by the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano, through its Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) program. A total of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has sought assistance from the Department of Agriculture, after pest infestations, suspected to have originated from cane points purchased from Luzon by sugar farmers, hit several sugar farms in six areas
