November 19, 2020

To be with God is always feasible

We need to constantly remember that we are nothing without God. God is everything to us. We should never dare to think that we can be on our own, relying simply on our own human powers, no matter how good

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Has China found a cure?

What a misnomer! They named it “IOTA”, but iota was the worst word for the destruction it brought. In the news yesterday was the occurrence of a hurricane which someone who must have a warped sense of humor named “IOTA”,

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Disastrous

A new report from the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent societies (IFRC) on global catastrophes since 1960 pointed out that the world has been hit by more than 100 disasters – many of them climate-related and affecting more

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VMC, DENR sign accord to rehabilitate Sicaba River

The Sicaba River that crosses Manapla and Cadiz City in Negros Occidental is up for rehabilitation of its physical and environmental state, under a collaboration between the Victorias Milling Company and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. A memorandum

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Bacolod eligible to grant performance-based bonus

Bacolod City is among the select local government units (LGUs) eligible to grant the 2019 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for its employees.             The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has informed Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia of this authority

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Virus infects 31 more cops in Region 6

Thirty-one more police personnel in Western Visayas tested positive for COVID-19, the Police Regional Office 6 reported. Police records showed that virus infected WV personnel rose from 126 on Oct. 28 to 157, as of Nov. 12. Of the 157

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Return of Ilog LSIs suspended

The return of locally stranded individuals to Ilog in Negros Occidental will be suspended for two weeks. This was after the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Western Visayas has approved the request of Ilog

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Biz registration campaign in malls

The Bacolod City Business Permits and License Office (BPLO) is holding a mall campaign, called “BPLO On-The-Go” in the nine malls in the city for the processing of their 2021 business permits.             “Our policy is to make it easy

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Capitol employees may get add’l bonus

Capitol employees may have an additional bonus in the form of Collective Negotiation Agreement incentives this Yuletide season.             Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz yesterday said that the Provincial Legal Office favorably endorsed on Nov. 16 the draft of the CNA

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SP to Mayor: Convene Bacolod Film Fest council

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to convene the Bacolod Film Festival Council under City Ordinance No. 1061, or The Bacolod Film Festival Ordinance. The resolution authored by Councilor Em Ang

Two deep well drillers electrocuted, perish

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two deep well drillers died after being electrocuted on Thursday in Sitio Pispis, Brgy. Tapi, Kabankalan City, while two others were killed in separate shooting incidents in cities of Sipalay and Talisay, all in Negros Occidental.

Bemedaled colonel to try luck again in 2025 senate derby

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Retired Marine Col. Ariel Querubin had resigned his commission from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) when he ran for a Senate seat as a member of the Nacionalista Party (NP) during the 2010 elections.

Sugarcane varieties, tech featured in Philsutech farm tour

New sugarcane varieties, productive farm practices and drone technology, among others, were featured during the PHILSUTECH Educational Farm Tour and Technology Updates conducted on March 7-8 in Bacolod City and a cane farm in E. B. Magalona, a press release

We are all capable of betrayal

While this is something that we should try our best to avoid, we cannot deny that in spite of our best efforts, we are still capable of betrayal, treachery and infidelity. In fact, every sin that we commit, no matter