Central Visayas, Philippines News

Friday, October 10, 2008 Chavit to keynote councilors' confab BACOLOD City is playing host to some 1,200 members of the Philippine Councilors League on October 10 at the Pavilion Resort and Garden Royale Hotel.

VICE Governor Jose "Petit" Baldado was unanimously voted as chair of the reactivated Negros Oriental Small Medium Enterprise Development Council .

Friday, October 03, 2008 Paderna one-man exhibit slated in Silay RAFAEL N. Paderna, a multi-awarded artist since 1961 to the present, is scheduled to hold a one-man exhibit of his artworks at the Bernardino ...

3 killed, one hurt in Negros Oriental clash By Judy Flores-Partlow Two Army enlisted personnel and a civilian guide were killed while another soldier was wounded in an encounter between military troops and ...

Audio Archive > Open Source Audio > The Philippines Project Part 2 - Peace Village Adam Larking The Philippines Project Part 2 - Peace Village embed this Listen to Lights For Learning as they install lights ...

Saturday, October 04, 2008 Legaspi: Tribute to a shepherd By Carlos Legaspi Jr. Questions that matter AS THE day of the great diamond jubilee of our diocese is fast approaching, every militant Catholic is also ...

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines - Peasant federation Task Force Mapalad has condemned the filing of "inciting to sedition" charges against five farmers from the Arroyo-owned Hacienda Bacan who were arrested Wednesday ...

Friday, October 03, 2008 Sanchez: The case for Filipino in the Visayas By Benedicto Q Sanchez Nature speaks QUICK.

The provincial police office of Negros Occidental was alarmed by the continuous attack of an unidentified individual or group of suspected serial killers who are victimizing students in Silay and Bago City.

Alto Power Management Corp., a subsidiary of publicly listed Alsons Consolidated Resources Inc., has completed a preliminary feasibility study for a 40-megawatt hydroelectric power complex along Bago River in ...

Friday, September 26, 2008 Rachel 'carried a rifle' IF two witnesses are to be believed, Rachelle Mae Palang identified herself as Hannah to a family in a mountain village of Zamboanguita town, Negros Oriental.

This maestro connects with today's youth via a new DVD on basic art education - " done MTV style! By IVY LISA F. MENDOZA When the artist Juvenal Sanso recently conducted an art interaction session with students ...

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 DA 7 urges LGUs to produce more hybrid seeds for farmers ONLY about 12 percent of the estimated 2,000 hectares of farmlands in Cebu was planted with hybrid seeds, according to a ...

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Coastal cleanup in Silay slated THE Silay City Government, through the Silay City Tourism Office and the College of Education of the University of St.

Three communist rebels were killed in a clash with government troops in the central Philippines, an army spokesman said Friday.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Lady vet as new curator of conversation center DR. JOANNE Justo has been appointed curator of the Biodiversity Conservation Center of the Negros Forest and Ecological Foundation Inc ...

The well-known advocate of Pro-Life Philippines, Dr. Rene Bullecer, has threatened to conduct a mass boycott in paying taxes as the last ditch effort in protesting the passage of the controversial Reproductive ...

Friday, September 12, 2008 Economic growth prompts retail chain to open 3rd store iSTORE, the only Apple premium reseller and gold-level Apple service provider in Cebu, opened its third retail store in the ...

Friday, September 12, 2008 8 deaths, 863 dengue cases noted in Negros Occidental THE City of Bago remains a dengue-prone area in Negros Occidental, topping the list of local government units in the province ...

NPAs burn down tractors of bio-fuels company in Siaton, Negros Oriental Suspected New People's Army rebels burned down late Tuesday evening three tractors belonging to a company engaged in the production of ...