October 7, 2020

1 arrested for drugs

A former drug surrenderer was arrested in a buy-bust operation at City Ville Subdivision in Bacolod City, at about 10:30 p.m. Monday.

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‘Probe Chinese forced laborers’

The Department of Labor and Employment and the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation are being asked to investigate the reported rising number of forced Chinese laborers being sent to the Philippines.

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The vaccines are coming!

It must have happened while I was asleep, but what a wonderful surprise it was to turn on my TV set and hear the news that a vaccine has already been approved and being tested. And not only that, it was also announced that there are now seven types of them, and you can take your pick as to which you will try. Will choosing be a problem? Will you pick the ones from China when the malady came from in the first place? I hadn’t time to check which other countries have produced one, but I don’t think I’d recommended the Chinese one, even the disease actually came from them.

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‘Baciwa joint venture valid’

The Joint Venture Agreement between the Bacolod City Water District and Primewater Infrastructure Corp. is a legal, valid, and binding obligation and is enforceable according to its terms and conditions, BACIWA chairman Lorendo Dilag said.

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Backtrack on BaCTrac

After so much hullabaloo coupled with the threat of sanction, the city government appears to be backtracking on its implementation of the Bacolod City Tracking System (BaCTrac) and now, instead of mandatory, it will be voluntary.

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Mental health in a pandemic

EDITORIAL The World Health Organization warned on October 5 that mental health has been overlooked during the COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to a survey conducted between June and August that revealed severe disruptions to mental health services in 93 countries. WHO

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Bacoleña among world’s most influential in health IT

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Hotel presents Wedding and Debut expo

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P17M infra projects turned over to EB Magalona

Third District Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez turned over three priority infrastructure projects to the Municipality of E. B. Magalona, costing a total of P17 million, in two separate ceremonies on March 17, a press release from E.B. Magalona said.

NIR bill almost finished – DILG chief

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following its approval by the Philippine Senate, the Negros Island Region bill is now almost finished, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. disclosed yesterday. Abalos, who attended the series of activities in Victorias