October 3, 2020

Covid tests in markets postponed

The surveillance testing in the three major markets of Bacolod City scheduled today has been moved to October 10 due to the change of schedule of the team of experts from the Department of Health Region 7, Bacolod City Administrator Em Ang said yesterday.

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His memory lives on

We woke up to sad news yesterday that Governor Freddie Marañon had passed on to the next life, just before midnight Thursday.

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He wouldn’t wear a mask

As soon as I turned on the TV yesterday, the headline struck me: “President Trump tests positive for coronavirus”! What? The President of the United States had no immunity against the most fearsome virus to ever hit the world? Alas, this one has no respect for rank or material possessions. Remember it had , as one of its earliest victims, the head of the United Kingdom who, luckily, survived it. Now we have to wait and see how President Trump and his medical specialist will deal with this.

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UNegA vows to continue legacy, work

“We grieve the passing of our founder but our loss motivates us to continue the legacy and values that he left,” the United Negros Alliance officials and members yesterday said following the death of former Negros Occidental governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. Thursday night.

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GSIS program supports La Castellana school

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Truth, justice, mercy always prevail in the end

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