Photo of the Day
March 7, 2024
ANTI-DENGUE. San Carlos City Health Office personnel conducting mosquito fogging in public schools on March 5 to 6, followed a dengue awareness and clean-up drive in.* San Carlos City LGU photo
ANTI-DENGUE. San Carlos City Health Office personnel conducting mosquito fogging in public schools on March 5 to 6, followed a dengue awareness and clean-up drive in.* San Carlos City LGU photo
MISSION. Medical volunteers performed surgical operations, as well as dental procedures at the Aloha Medical Mission, recently held at Valladolid District Hospital in the Municipality of Valladolid and Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Coliseum and Cultural Center in Bago City.* Capitol PIO photo
FIRE PREVENTION MONTH. Entries to the Bureau of Fire Protection – San Carlos art contest for primary and secondary schools that was held yesterday at the San Carlos City Fire Station.* San Carlos PIO photo
FIRE PREVENTION MONTH CALL. Firemen respond to a residential fire along Araneta-Magsaysay streets, Barangay Singcang-Airport, yesterday.* Arthur Yap photo
OATHTAKING. Officers of the Negros Press Club headed by its president, Erwin Ambo Delilan of Panay News take their oaths of office before Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Provincial Capitol in Bacolod City, on March 1. Other officers are Nida Buenafe of Negros Now Daily, vice president; Lourd John Diaz of DYEZ Aksyon Radyo, secretary; Nanette Guadalquiver of the Philippine News Agency, treasurer; Nona Magbanua also of DYEZ Aksyon Radyo, auditor; and directors Mae Singuay of Panay News, Yves Montecillo of RMN DYHB Bacolod, Rey Siason of DYRL, and Dolly Yasa of the Daily Guardian.* Capitol PIO photo
Assorted high powered firearms recovered by 61st Infantry Battalion soldiers, from a group of NPA rebels believed to be among those responsible also for the death of a Negrense soldiers during an encounter in Tubongan, Iloilo on Jan. 17.* 301IB photo
FLOOD CONTROL. Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya, with Department of Public Work and Highways District Engr. Abraham Villarael, Assistant District Engr. Leah Jamero, and Engr. Jerold Tipawan, checking the work in progress on a major project in the city – Diversion Channel, a flood control project designed to convey excess flood waters and reduce the risk of flooding in Bacolod City particularly in Brgy. 12 and in the nearby areas. Together with Gasataya and DPWH officials are Almana Construction and Development Corporation (ACDC) CEO and President Ritchie Neil Corpus and team.*
CLAMPING. An enforcer of the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office attempting to install tire clamps on a vehicle in an operation against illegal parking in the city.* Bacolod City PIO FB photo
Employees of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) conducting maintenance activities during a recent scheduled power interruption. These workers have been asked by the Negros Electric Power Corporation to submit their applications if they wish to continue employment in the industry* CENECO file photo
PINK IN BLOOM. The pink trumpet tree at Sitio Molobolo in Barangay Himaya, Hinigaran, Negros Occidental, still in bloom, attracting visitors.* Andrew Altarejos photo
I was having a conversation with a couple of close friends from way back the other day, and as usual, the topic turned to how things are changing as we age. This time, instead of talking about our health and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Unidentified armed men shot a farmer dead in front of his wife, on Saturday at Purok 4 in Brgy. Lagaan, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Initial police investigations indicated that the victim, a 54-year-old farmer, whose identity was
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The relentless efforts of the Police Regional Office 6 toward a gun-free community led to the recovery of 998 loose firearms and 122 explosives, while 182 suspects were arrested in the first quarter of 2024. Of
Silliman University, through the Culture and Arts Council (CAC), is set to host a national music and culture summit that aims to convene music leaders and practitioners from various fields of music in the Philippines on May 15-17. With the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amidst the high heat index in Negros Occidental, the Department of Education – Division of Himamaylan City is finalizing plans to shorten class hours in the different schools under its jurisdiction, Mayor Rogelio Raymund Tongson disclosed.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A ranking official of the Partido Demokratiko ng Pilipinas yesterday described the reaction of its 10 party members in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, of resigning from PDP, as “uncalled for.” Atty. Jesus Villanueva Hinlo, deputy secretary