Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel (2nd from left) led the launch of the national government’s “Bente Bigas Mo” program at the Burgos public market in Bacolod City, also attended by Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez and Engr. Jose Albert Barrogo, DA regional director for Negros Island Region.* GPB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel yesterday said that the P10 million budget requested by the Sugar Regulatory Administration to address the infestations of Red Striped Soft Scale Insects (RSSI) in Negros and Panay, has already been
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amid the continuing unrest of Kanlaon Volcano, the Department of Education in Negros Island Region vowed to do its best to continue learning engagements with students displaced by the eruption. Ramir Uytico, DepEd regional director for
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez took his oath office as the elected Representative of the Negros Occidental Third Legislative District on June 5, before Silay Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Dyna Doll Chiongson-Trocio. The oath
The Senate’s decision to defer the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte is an act of sheer cowardice and a betrayal of public trust, a press release from Bayan Negros said. Instead of fulfilling their constitutional duty, the senators
Some 680 Bacolod residents received free medical and dental care during a recently held outreach mission at SM City Bacolod, spearheaded by the SM Foundation in partnership with the Bacolod City Health Office (CHO), a press release from SM City
That’s how the cookie crumbles. If we choose to follow Christ as consistently as possible, we should expect suffering along the way and at the end. In fact, suffering would be an abiding companion in our life. We can draw
I used to dislike having coins. They’re heavy and loud, and if you constantly have a lot of them on you, you’d need a coin purse to keep them semi-organized. Every time I get home, I put my coins in
It has already been more than a year since the Kanlaon Volcano erupted, prompting evacuations in affected areas, and up to now, many of those internally displaced persons are still staying in public schools that have been turned into evacuation
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A book “The Hunter and His Flock” authored by Pastor Allan Castigador of Fortune Towne Baptist Church, Barangay Estefania, Bacolod City was officially launched on May 23 at Apollo Restaurant, Hilado Street, Bacolod City. The book
