Four family members massacred in Bacolod
The decomposing bodies of four family members were found in this house in Gardenville Subdivision, Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, yesterday* Adrian Nemes III photo
The decomposing bodies of four family members were found in this house in Gardenville Subdivision, Barangay Tangub, Bacolod City, yesterday* Adrian Nemes III photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Local government and health officials in Negros Occidental, especially in areas where a surge of Covid-19 cases has been recorded, are running against time to contain the spread of the virus, after another mayor and two
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines is urging the Sugar Regulatory Administration to convert the remaining unshipped “A” sugar intended for the United States to “B” for local consumption. This is because the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Illegal quarrying in the reserve area of the Central Philippine State University in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, caused P5 million worth of destruction to the environment, its president, Dr. Aladino Moraca, said yesterday. Moraca said the
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Occupancy rate of the rooms intended for Covid-19 patients in different hospitals in Bacolod City was at 47.28 percent, as of yesterday. This was confirmed by Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis
The barangays remain to be the main battleground as the city courses its way through the sudden spike of Covid-19 cases in the last two weeks, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said in a virtual meeting with city and barangay officials Tuesday
That’s how we should be with respect to ourselves and to the others. We need to be strict with ourselves but always accommodating with the others. First, because the person we would know best would simply be ourselves, while with
I didn’t realize that April is supposed to be “Earth Month” until I heard it mentioned on TV. So what are the benefits that this month is supposed to hold for the people of Earth these days? May is the
Despite the country having been dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic for more than a year, contact tracing czar Benjamin Magalong admitted in a recent House inquiry that contact tracing has “largely deteriorated” in the past four weeks. The contact tracing
Department of Education Region 6 director Ramir Uytico recently launched the Sum–ag National High School and Alangilan National High School as farm schools during his first official visit to the schools divisions of Negros Occidental, a press release from DepEd
MODERNIZED. The P158-million Sagay City gymnasium that is set to be inaugurated tomorrow* Sagay City PIO photo
The Department of Education (DepEd) Negros Occidental recently held a coordination meeting with the counterpart committee chairs from the provincial government of Negros Occidental, Bacolod City government, and DepEd Division of Bacolod City for the upcoming 2024 Provincial Athletic Association
We have to realize that we need the cross. Whether we like it or not, the cross will be unavoidable in our life due to our wounded human condition. We should, therefore, develop the proper attitude toward it, and that
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A councilor of the municipality of La Castellana in Negros Occidental, who was tagged in a police recruitment scam that reportedly victimized 47 aspiring police officers, has been expelled from the municipal council, Mayor Alme Rhumyla
As a driver of a car in the Philippines, one of the scariest viral videos to see was that of the kamote motorcycle rider crashing head on into a Toyota Innova that was cruising along the Skyway Stage 3 in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez has filed House Bill No. 5593, which aims to create a Department of Economics and Development Planning (DEDP). In a statement, Benitez said the creation of the DEDP