BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A united opposition group, called Bunyog-Pagkakaisa, is launching a signature campaign in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental to urge Vice President Leni Robredo to run for president in 2022. Bunyog-Bacolod president Thezz Polanco said yesterday that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of the Interior and Local Government said yesterday that it will vigorously pursue localized peace engagements, rather than support any move to resume the failed peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New
DENR personnel taking water samples near the bioethanol plant in San Carlos City* San Carlos PIO photo
We always have to take some risks in this life. It’s an unavoidable part of our life. And that’s simply because we always have to deal with many unknown variables and even pure mysteries in life, plus the fact that
“Tiger, Tiger, burning bright/ In the forest of the night”. Now I have forgotten the name of the poet who wrote that but I certainly remembered his poem when I saw the news that Tiger Woods, one of the most
Today, we commemorate the climax of the four momentous days in February 1986 when millions of Filipinos, along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue in Metro Manila, and in cities all over the country, showed exemplary courage, stood against, and peacefully overthrew
Malacañang assured the public yesterday that President Rodrigo Duterte will immediately sign into law a measure expediting the purchase and administration of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines and creating a P500-million indemnification fund. This was after the House of Representatives
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano (Abang Lingkod) is pushing for amendments to Republic Act 9165, or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, adding that there is a need to strike out the provision on the presumption
Devotees came to offer flowers at the Pope John Paul II Tower at the Reclamation Area in Bacolod City Saturday in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the pastoral visit of Pope St. John Paul 2 to the city on
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III A laborer was hacked to death by his colleague after a brief altercation at about 12:15 a.m. yesterday in Brgy. Cabug, Bacolod City. The victim was identified by Station 9 commander, P/Lt. Lanie Deriada, as
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Dengue cases in Western Visayas have increased to 2,124, as of April 11, with 294 cases recorded in Negros Occidental and 56 in Bacolod City, according to reports of the Department of Health – Western Visayas
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 58-year-old woman was gunned down, allegedly by a barangay tanod in Victorias City, while a farmer was burned to death in Cadiz City, all in Negros Occidental, on April 16. The woman victim, whose identity
The Abanse Negrense Sports Programs, spearheaded by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, which has been promoting collaborations with different local government units in the province of Negros Occidental, recently held a 3-day Refresher and Orientation Course for Basketball Coaches, referees, officiating
It looks like the happy days of the proverbial wangwang, which has lately been becoming more and more a thing among public officials and other people who see themselves as big shots, have come to a surprising end once more,
That’s what we can gather from what Christ said about himself being the Bread of Life. “I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eats of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the
A fireman trains his hose at the fire that destroyed 16 houses and damaged 3 at Barangay 18, Bacolod City on Saturday.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo
