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
RESPONDERS. Volunteer firemen respond to a vehicular fire at Villa San Agustin in Brgy. Villamonte, Bacolod City yesterday.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Stressing that the police force in Western VIsayas is a very professional one, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police director, yesterday said that there is no need to conduct a loyalty check. For us here, I
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration has recently announced that the worst of the El Niño heat may be over, but with the caveat that Filipinos should now brace themselves for an expected La Niña, which could make
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former Silay City Mayor Mark Golez yesterday announced that he is resigning from the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP) Laban, as he confirmed his intention of mounting a comeback in politics in 2025. Golez said that incumbent
The gospel of the feast of St. Matthias on May 14 tells us about how much God loves us, where we can find that love and how that love gives us also the complete joy. (cfr. Jn 15,9-17) “Jesus said
As per monitoring of Power Watch Negros, the application of the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) for a legislative franchise, as embodied in H.B. No. 9805, had already passed the preliminary phase of the complex legislative labyrinth in the
