• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar industry stakeholders rallied behind proposed amendments to the Sugar Industry Development Act of 2015, pushed by lawmakers in Congress, which advocate additional safeguards to protect the industry. Negros Occidental 3rd District Representative Javier Miguel Benitez
Confiscated illegal cigarettes being destroyed at a sanitary landfill in Talisay City, Negros Occidental.* Talisay City PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) urged the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) not to overlook victims of alleged New People’s Army (NPA) atrocities as it conducts an inquiry into “red-tagging.”
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Provincial Government of Negros Occidental opened the third Renewable Energy Week Expo at the SMX Convention Center in Bacolod City, yesterday. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson welcomed local officials and participants, marking the start of the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has called on the government to strengthen safeguards against rising consumer prices, as headline inflation climbed to 7.2 percent nationwide in April, and reached 4.9 percent in Negros Island. Escudero said Central
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A 79-year-old woman died in a residential fire that broke out in Purok Maanyag 2, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, on the night of May 6. The victim, identified as Rosa Magbanua, reportedly perished after ensuring her
Bacolod City Mayor Greg Gasataya, through the City Engineer’s Office (CEO), has acquired an additional mini amphibious excavator to strengthen clearing and rehabilitation efforts along the Mandalagan River in the city, a press release from the Bacolod City Communications Office
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance standardizing fees for eight essential clinical laboratory tests at the Bacolod City Health Office, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Wednesday. Authored by Councilors Em Ang and Roberto Rojas, the
• THERESA MAE DULMAN A total of 2,065 beneficiaries from the Third District of Negros Occidental convened at the Victorias City Coliseum on May 7, for the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Metro Third Mass Graduation. The event
During the time of the apostles as they started to carry out the mission given to them by Christ, there, of course, were some problems and issues that needed to be resolved. One was when there were disturbances among the
• THERESA MAE DULMAN The Bacolod City Government officially turned over 222 smart televisions to 70 public schools to strengthen digital learning in local classrooms. Funded through a P7.34 million allocation from the Special Education Fund, the project aims to
LAST RESPECTS. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. at the wake of fallen soldier PFC John Rey Brasil at a funeral parlor in Sagay City.* DND photo
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing the Bacolod City Healthy Workplace Program, was recently passed by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod on first reading. The ordinance authored by Councilor Em Ang said the World Health Organization (WHO) defines a healthy
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The conduct of search warrant operations on June 4 across Negros Island Region led to the arrest of two suspects and the recovery of unlicensed firearms and illegal drugs. Police intelligence operatives nabbed a 41-year-old construction
The other day I asked my daughter, who was in the process of getting a student driver’s permit as one of her requirements for Filipino-style adulting, how it was going. She had just taken the exam for the theoretical portion
RUINS. Kids hang out at the remains of the old port of Silay City in Barangay Mambulac, which was once the longest in Asia.* Andrew Altarejos photo
