• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division has declared that there are no more active New People’s Army guerilla fronts in Negros Island. Maj. Gen. Michael Samson, 3ID commander, however said the Philippine Army will remain in the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Negros Island Region is soon to institutionalize the issuance of “Bakwit Card” to residents living within the permanent danger zone of Kanlaon Volcano. This follows the approval
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. “After all that I have done for BACIWA, I don’t deserve it.” These were the words uttered by the dismissed Bacolod City Water District General Manager Mona Dia Jardin as she gave her side of
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City government is set to launch a clearing and desilting operation in the Mandalagan River to address the persistent flooding at the north side of the city. The initiative follows a hydrographic survey that
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The distribution of school supplies in Bacolod City has been moved to September, a delay that Councilor Al Victor Espino, committee chair for education, apologized for. In an interview, Espino said that the city will hold
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The removal of a 14-inch diameter pipeline of the Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA)-PrimeWater that crosses the Alit-Bakyas Bridge in Barangay Mansilingan in Bacolod City, considered an eyesore and dangerous, was successfully completed on Thursday. According
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution constituting the entire Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City as committee of the whole and inviting the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), the City Permits and Licenses Office, the City Legal Office, and the Philippine
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. Due to a personal grudge between family members, a man stabbed his elder brother and their father, inside their residence at Sitio Kabayabasan, Barangay Montilla in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Wednesday. The suspect was
• RICHARD T. CABALLERO JR. The La Castellana Municipal Police Station in Negros Occidental nabbed four out of five thieves, including one minor, who were allegedly caught in the act of stealing an electric transformer from a post inside the
Indeed, precious lessons can be learned from the martyrdom of St. John the Baptist whose liturgical memorial is celebrated on August 29. One is that we should expect suffering and possible martyrdom if we truly seek to follow Christ, the
