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‘Do early Christmas shopping’

            The Department of Trade and Industry is reminding consumers to do their Christmas shopping early to avoid crowding in shopping malls and grocery stores.             Glen Fernando, DTI Antique provincial office trade and industry specialist, said that since most

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Utah Jazz signs Fil-Am Clarkson

            ANKARA – Utah Jazz officially signed Filipino-American Jordan Clarkson.             “The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed guard Jordan Clarkson. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released,” the Jazz said in a statement.

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PH ready as backup SEAG host

            Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino said Tuesday that the Philippines is ready to be a standby host for the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in the future.             Tolentino said during the online Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum that

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Mayor lifts lockdowns in 3 markets

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued Executive Order No. 68 lifting the Sunday lockdown of the three major markets in Bacolod City – Central Market, Burgos Market and Libertad Market.

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Testing, testing …

What steps has our government taken against that entity who reportedly referred to our country as “the Philippines, Province of China”? Susmariosep! Was it a foreign entity, or someone from China itself? Wasn’t that a diplomatic faux pas that should be responded to with the proper legal steps? It might have been an honest mistake, but, considering present world conditions, a correction or apology should be demanded from whoever used that term. I hope it was only some ignoramus who did that, and other Chinese people do not adopt it, too.

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Be ready for the worst scenario in our life

The readings of the Mass of Holy Wednesday (cfr. Is 50,4-9 / Mt 26,14025) somehow remind us that while Christ assured us that everything has been taken care of by him, we should not be so naïve as to think

HerStory exhibit celebrates Int’l Women’s Month

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A group art exhibition, in celebration of International Women’s Month, opened at the ground floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central on March 18 and will run until March 31. Titled “HerStory”, the show was organized by

Two deep well drillers electrocuted, perish

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two deep well drillers died after being electrocuted on Thursday in Sitio Pispis, Brgy. Tapi, Kabankalan City, while two others were killed in separate shooting incidents in cities of Sipalay and Talisay, all in Negros Occidental.

Bemedaled colonel to try luck again in 2025 senate derby

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Retired Marine Col. Ariel Querubin had resigned his commission from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) when he ran for a Senate seat as a member of the Nacionalista Party (NP) during the 2010 elections.

SP to Mayor: Convene Bacolod Film Fest council

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to convene the Bacolod Film Festival Council under City Ordinance No. 1061, or The Bacolod Film Festival Ordinance. The resolution authored by Councilor Em Ang

14 former rebels get P910K financial aid

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 14 former rebels who were once members of the dismantled Central Negros 1 (CN1-D), Komiteng Rehiyon – Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor (KR-NCBS), who voluntarily surrendered to 62nd Infantry (Unifier) Battalion, PNP of Guihulngan