• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod congressional candidate Evelio “Bing” Leonardia sent last Friday to Comelec chairman, George Erwin Garcia, an urgent request for the manual counting and manual tallying at the precinct level of votes for local candidates in Bacolod
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An official of the Commission on Elections disclosed yesterday that the series of encounters in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, will not affect the May 12 elections in those areas. Atty. Lionel Marco Castillano, Comelec
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office reported that it recorded 1,692 dengue cases, with seven deaths, from January 1 to April 19 this year, which is an increase of 341.78 percent compared to 303 cases logged during the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The families of three of the seven New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in a series of armed encounters with Army soldiers in Barangay Tapi, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental have claimed the remains of their kin
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN With no election-related violence incidents logged in Negros Occidental as the May 12 election day nears, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson is hoping that the trend will continue, and even in the days following the polls. Meanwhile,
As part of its preparations for the upcoming May 12 National and Local Elections, the Bacolod City Fire Station, under the leadership of City Fire Marshal F/Supt. Jenny Mae Masip, has completed fire safety inspections in all 50 voting centers,
In commemoration of the Consumers Solidarity Day on May 1, the Alliance of Concerned Consumers in Electricity and Social Services (ACCESS), will hold a forum to reflect the partnership of ACCESS with Negros Power. ACCESS president Wennie Sancho said that
A drone shot of the two three-seater kayaks donated by the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines to the Lapus Lapus Floating Cottages Association located in the Lapus Lapus-Macapagao Local Conservation Area in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.* Sagay City PIO photo
Although we already are born again in Christ especially through the sacrament of baptism—and with that reality continually nourished by the other sacraments and other instrumentalities that Christ through the Church has made available to us—we should see to it
I am one of those “unfortunate” people who started losing hair in their mid-twenties, and by the time I was in my early 30s, I had accepted my fate and decided that my hair style from that point on would
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Secretary Francisco Jose “Kiko” Benitez of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), yesterday expressed his intention to submit his courtesy resignation, heeding the call of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for all Cabinet members to
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,
CONTRABAND. The P12.8 million worth of smuggled cigarettes seized by PNP Maritime Command personnel in Brgy. Tiling, Cauayan, Negros Occidental.*
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An exhibition that features the “elegance and raw power of pen and ink,” opened at Spice Kitchen at Moritz Street, Helvetia Heights, Bacolod City on May 9 and will run through June 9. Titled “No Pen,
• 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
Philippine shares dropped anew on Tuesday as investors opted to scale back their holdings, while the peso moved sideways. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) dropped by 1.85 percent to 6,335.33 while All Shares also fell by 1.20 percent to
