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Program on Cebuano language, culture launched by FH-CUH

World market, forex cause hike in residential electricity rates for July-Aug bills

Visayan Electric power rates up

Visayan Electric helps restore power in Bohol towns hit by ‘Odette’

BACOLOD CITY -Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez here said on Monday the establishment of the expanded Negros Island Region (NIR) through an executive order (EO) is expected to be realized within the year. "I had the chance to talk to (Department of Interior and Local Government) Secretary (Benjamin) Abalos Jr. for the resumption of the NIR plus, it has been expanded in what we have proposed," he said in a press briefing. Benitez, the prime mover of the Visayan bloc, said lawmakers from th...

BY WAYNE A. BIGSAT “The New World Order”, the main piece of the exhibit; right, Wayne Bigsat and Reodel Geraldo with "Heat is on" in the background* “My

Gloria Sevilla (Solar Pictures) For her immeasurable contribution to Visayan movies and the Philippine film industry in general, the late actress, Gloria Sevilla, will be honored by the local government of her home province, Cebu, on July 31. The Queen of Visayan Movies in the 1960s passed qui

STUDENT MENTEES. Twelve Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Western Visayas sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Trade and Industry in a virtual ceremony for the implementation of the five-module Youth Entrepreneurship Program: In-School Entrepreneurs Academy (YEP:iSEA) on July 1, 2022. The program aims to gradually change the mindset of students to engage in business rather than look for employment after finishing school.(Photo courtesy of DTI VI) ILOILO CITY - The Depa...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The attempt to unify two Negros Island provinces into one region took another step after House Bill 330, authored by Negros

Balamban cityhood, legalizing church annulment among PJs 10 priority bills