Perfectly webbed pacts
THE CITY of San Juan in Metro Manila forged sisterhood pacts with the Province of Negros Occidental and its 32 cities and municipalities —...
Navigating industrial honesty, integrity
THE 19-month-old Enrique K. Razon Jr. (EKRJ)-led Negros Power recently held a press conference in Bacolod City, announcing the establishment of two state-of-the-art 69-kilovolt...
Not an overnight excellence
ON MARCH 5, Energy Development Corporation (EDC) marked its 50th year — its “golden year” — of harnessing the earth’s geothermal power to (em)power...
Remembering RSB, his coffee legacy
UNKNOWN to many, the coffee industry in Negros had already begun to flourish as early as the 1980s.
Believe it or not, this development was...
Savor Singapore
WHAT makes Singapore’s education system so desirable that many aspire to experience it?
The answer is simple: Singapore’s education system is widely regarded as one...
No big deal, no biggies?
BEFORE the latest tensions erupted over the weekend between Iran and Israel — with the United States backing Israel — one of the hottest...
Green with weighty meaning
BEFORE February comes to a close, I would like to share a story that I believe is worth reading.
It is about the mass wedding...
Meet Negros’ ‘Fortich Jr.’
TODAY, February 25, marks the 40th anniversary of the historic, bloodless revolution — the EDSA People Power of 1986. I was 15 years old...
Why kill Lola Leonora in such a barbaric way?
SHE WAS old and frail at 74.
Yet Lola Leonora Anggit’s age and condition did not spare her from the brutal retaliation of the New...
A ‘NO’ for good
SILAYNONS have finally spoken.
On February 9, the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Silay City unanimously passed a resolution rejecting the request of...