BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A show-cause order has been issued against Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino by the Provincial Legal Office for the alleged delay in the payment for catering services by the Office of the Provincial Agriculture, amounting to P1
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Renewed armed skirmishes on May 26 between patrolling Army soldiers and a group of New People’s Army rebels in Sitio Bugo, Brgy Buenavista, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, claimed the life of an alleged Red fighter. Lt.
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The granting of the Pandemic Emergency Relief Allowance, especially for workers affected by Covid-19 in Western Visayas, is still in limbo, Wennie Sancho, who is the labor representative to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity
FOOD HUB. The Negros Occidental Food Terminal Market, located across the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City, is all set for inauguration on May 29* Capitol PIO photo
So my eldest kid turned 16 this week and now I feel so old. He will be in senior high this school year, giving us just two more years with him before he goes off to a university which will
Have you noticed that nobody, especially the media, talks about “rules” anymore? The favorite word now is “protocol”. I wonder what today’s students think of that. Anyway, our officials and media people hardly ever use the old word, anymore, so
On May 1, Beijing implemented its annual fishing moratorium over the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and waters north to 12 degrees north latitude of the South China Sea. This unilateral fishing ban covers areas where
Malacañang raised yesterday the possibility that the quarantine classifications in the country might be relaxed in June. “Everything else being considered, there is likelihood that the quarantine classification will be eased,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in an online press
The Bago City Government, led by Mayor Nicholas Yulo, turned over logistical equipment and supplies, worth more than P.7 million, to capacitate the Bago City Police Station and assure the safety of people against criminals. Acting Bago police chief, Lieutenant
The San Carlos City government turned over two projects, worth P6 million, at the Don Carlos Ledesma National High School in Barangay Buluangan, to the Department of Education yesterday. Mayor Renato Gustilo, Congressman Gerardo Valmayor Jr. of the 1st District
The local stock market continued to rebound on Wednesday, closing near the 6,600 level, while the peso moved sideways. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 65.95 points, closing at 6,572.75, while the broader All Shares also rose 16.56 points
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sales of vendors at the Panaad sa Negros Festival hit P16,359,940.50 within six days of the event at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City, from April 15 to 20. The LGU Pavilions remained
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.
Local athletes, sports standouts, coaches and school heads from twelve private universities and colleges in Negros island will converge at STI West Negros University in Bacolod City, to compete in various sports and cultural events in the 1st Negros Island
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Negros Museum in Bacolod City is hosting an all-women Korean art exhibition from April 19 to 22. Bacolod Councilor Em Ang, chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on History, Culture and Arts, was guest of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday reiterated that the province is not yet declaring a state of calamity, despite the damage to crops in Negros Occidental reaching P184.7 million, due to the drought, while also
