• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Power Watch Negros yesterday called for solidarity, amidst regular power outages being experienced by member consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO), which it said is “depriving use the quality of life, that we deserve.” Amid
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Visayas Command (VISCOM) is monitoring the unauthorized presence of a China-flagged Research/Survey Vessel named SHEN KUO, that was observed on April 30 in the vicinity of Sulat, Eastern Samar. It was first sighted in Rapu
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday reaffirmed his commitment to fight hoarding, profiteering and smuggling of agricultural products, making it a top priority of the House of Representatives, a press release from the House said. Romualdez reiterated his commitment while
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Grace Poe yesterday endorsed the granting of franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp. to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental The endorsement was made by Poe, who chairs the
The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), the oldest primary NGO in the country, through its Negros and Iloilo Offices, in collaboration with its partner, the Panay-Negros-Guimaras Crab Fishers Alliance (PANEG-CA), have spearheaded the first ever Regional Advocacy Mission in Western
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez and Councilor Derek Palanca, the son of former Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, have both assured the incumbent administration of the Negros Occidental provincial government of their continued support.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN PrimeWater and Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA) are deploying 24 storage tanks to 12 barangays in Bacolod City that were identified with critical levels of water availability, as part of ongoing initiatives to address the challenges
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion extended help to the family of another New People’s Army rebel killed in an encounter on February 21 in Sitio Masulao, Brgy.Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The 79IB, through its spokesman,
Here comes the SUNN. The State University of Northern Negros (SUNN), formerly known as Northern Negros State College of Science and Technology, was officially inaugurated, with Renante Egcas as first university president, in a ceremony at the SUNN Hotel in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Five more drug personalities have been accounted for by the police, following their arrests on April, in Negros Occidental, which yielded about P47,000 worth of illegal drugs The arrest of a junk shop worker on Sunday
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The confirmed cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, has risen further to nine in the highly urbanized city of Bacolod, as of April 20. Of 28 cases, nine are confirmed, 18 yielded negative results,
About 1,000 public utility jeepneys in Bacolod City flooded Araneta Street during the culmination of their 2-day transport strike, seeking extension of the franchise consolidation under the PUV Modernization Program* CGS photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A barangay tanod chief was shot and killed by an unidentified gunman on Friday evening at Purok Mabinuligon in Brgy. Camindangan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Initial investigations of the Sipalay City police indicated that the 37-year-old
Mayor Raymund Tongson brought honor to Himamaylan City as he received the award as Best Oral Presenter in the recently concluded 2nd International Conference for Higher Education Research of the Philippine Association of Institutions for Research Inc., said a press
Marvin Alob, a former janitor at a local bank, has transformed his life from cleaning floors to standing atop the podium as a certified coach and bodybuilding champion. At 46-years-old, he defies age stereotypes and proves that with determination and
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution requesting the Office of Mayor Albee Benitez, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), and all the barangays of the City of Bacolod to strictly implement City Ordinance No. 331, was approved by the Bacolod
