• 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 As damage to agricultural crops and the numbers affected farmers showed signs of further increasing in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, Mayor John Rey Tabujara said they will have to decide whether or not to declare a state
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Remnants of the New People’s Army appear to be on a killing spree, having issued separate statements supposedly claiming responsibility for the death of five civilians they accused as “military informants” in Negros Occidental. The Army’s
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 57-year-old landowner was injured after a gun attack on Saturday in Brgy. Dolis, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Police investigations showed that the victim, whose identity they withheld, was distributing the salaries of their workers at their
We should never take for granted the crucial role of the Holy Spirit in our life. He is God who continues to guide us, to abidingly intervene in our life, prompting us about what to think, say and do. This
This is what we can get from the readings of the Mass on the 6th Sunday of Easter, Year B. (cfr. Acts 10,25-26.34-35.44-48; 1Jn 4,7-10; Jn 15,9-17) The true love that can only come and is a sharing of the
All the readings this Sunday speak of love – God’s love. Each reading is so replete with spiritual richness, that I am overwhelmed and at a loss on how to justly unpack such precious gems. And so, I decided to
Touted as the country’s biggest sugar milling and refinery, and among the largest in Southeast Asia, the Victorias Milling Company celebrated its 105th year anniversary on May 7 by thanking their hard working employees and partners through the years, and
The local bourse extended its losses for the third straight day, while the peso closed the week almost flat yesterday. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) went down by 0.47 percent to 6,615.55, with All Shares also losing 0.18 percent,
A Negrense artist did a live painting of Jarry and Yvette Nombres at their wedding at The Ruins, Talisay City, Negros Occidental on April 16. Kyle Jocson, a contemporary realist artist, sculptor, and a plein air painter created an 18×24
