Judge Edwin Gomez (center) administers the official oath-taking of elected Sipalay City officials led by Mayor Gina Lizares at the city’s Municipal Trial
Newly-elected officials of Negros Occidental (left to right) Board Members Valentino Miguel Alonso, Samson Mirhan, Anton Occeno, Rommel Debulgado, Araceli Somosa, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Board Members Rita Gatuslao, Manuel Frederick Ko, Andrew Montelibano, Sixto Pal Guanzon, Jeffrey Tubola, Andrew Martin Torres and Jose Benito Alonso.
SHELTER PROJECT. A Kapatiran member-family receives a shelter unit inside the Peace and Development Community in Barangay Locotan, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on June 23, 2022. The turn-over activity was led by co-chairs Veronica Tabara of Kapatiran and Defense Undersecretary Cesar Yano of the Joint Enforcement and Monitoring Committee, together with Mayor Pedro Zayco and 6th District Board Member Jeffrey Tubola.(Photo courtesy of 15th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - At least 20 housing units have been turned over by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) to members of the Peace and Development Community (PDC) of the Kapatiran para sa Progresong Panlipunan (Kapatiran) in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental earlier this week. Situated in Sitio Mambinay, Barangay Locotan, the site is occupied by former rebels under the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas/Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Bongcayao Brigad
Hundreds of NHA emergency assistance beneficiaries wait for the release of P5,000 in cash aid at the Cauayan Arts Center, where Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the ceremonial distribution. GPB photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN An amount of P15.9 million in financial assistance was distributed yesterday by the provincial government of Negros Occidental to