Mike Tyson’s return to boxing at age 54 ended in a draw with 51-year-old Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday in an eight-round exhibition battle of former heavyweight champions. Fifteen years after retiring with a 2005 loss to journeyman
Andres Bonifacio was born on November 30, 1863 in Tondo, Manila. He lost both parents to TB by the time he was 19 years old and had to forego his dreams of a college education as he had to
A 30-man special unit of the Philippine National Police Maritime Command has been activated and deployed in Hinobaan, Negros Occidental. Col. Simeon Gane, PNP Maritime Command regional director for Western Visayas, led the activation and deployment of the
Eighteen Negrense women, who are returning overseas Filipino workers, received P10,000 in financial assistance each from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO). The recipients, who are beneficiaries of the Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay
The requested de-escalation status of Bacolod City from General Community Quarantine to Modified General Community Quarantine effective Dec. 1 got the support and endorsement of the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases.
A “police asset” is now in hot water for the death of a policeman last week in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. Lt. Col. Robert Mansueto, Cadiz City police chief, said yesterday that Beverly Latosa, who admitted to be
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Policemen will apprehend individuals caught not wearing face shields in Bacolod City effective today. This is in strict compliance with City Ordinance 944, or the mandatory use of face shields in certain areas,
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Bacolod City is pursuing its plans for economic recovery, one of which is in line with the World Bank’s Green and Resilient Development Program. The “City of Smiles” was chosen as one of only
Water remained the main carrier of commodities traded within the country during the third quarter of the year. Domestically traded commodities transported through water totaled 2,293,409 tons valued at PHP91.185 billion, preliminary data released by the Philippine Statistics
Four enlisted personnel of the 11th Infantry Battalion were awarded with Gold Cross Medals for gallantry in action Thursday, in connection with the campaign against the New People’s Army in Negros Oriental. Negrense Lt. Gen. Roberto Ancan, commanding
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Western Visayas is now under blue alert status, in the wake of havoc created by the effects of the El Niño phenomenon in the region. In an
With more than 30 power plants either offline or operating at lower capacities, resulting in either red or yellow alerts in the Luzon and Visayas grids, Filipinos have been asked to partake in the act of propping their poor old
That’s “Go forth, the Mass is ended” in Latin. With these words, we are reminded that all of us who attend Mass are being sent forth the way Christ sent his apostles to “go into the whole world and proclaim
An octogenarian who lost her house in a fire at Purok 9, Brgy. Aguisan, Himamaylan City on Tuesday, immediately received aid from Mayor Raymund Tongson and the City Social Welfare and Development Office, a press release from Himamaylan PIO said.
To be truly Christian, we should really have the very heart of Christ. We should have his attitude toward all possible conditions our life can find itself in, irrespective of whether these conditions are favorable to us or not. This
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Art Association of Bacolod-Negros is holding simultaneous group art exhibitions, at The Bacolod City Pavilion and the Balay Kalamay at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City, for the duration of the Panaad sa
