November 2020

Quarantine meandering

          One of the saddest scenes I have seen on TV lately was that of a newly built cemetery said to have been set up especially for victims of COVID. The place was very green, very fresh  and seemed to

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Comelec offers online facility for registrants

            The Commission on Elections said voter applicants can use its online registration facility to help them register for the May 2022 national and local elections.             According to the poll body, applicants may register by accomplishing forms thru iRehistro

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Rice sector to get biggest chunk of DA’s budget

            The rice sector will remain the priority of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) modernization and industrialization programs next year.             This, after the Senate voted 22-0 to approve the proposed P4.5 trillion national budget for 2021 on successive second

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Tyson prepares for Roy Jones Jr bout

            Boxing great Mike Tyson says he has learned to protect that “kid always in me” as he prepares to return to the ring for an exhibition bout with Roy Jones Jr. on Saturday.             The 54-year-old former world heavyweight

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Chooks 3×3 stars to enter PBA Draft

            The four biggest names in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 are set to go to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).             Joshua Munzon, Alvin Pasaol, Troy Rike, and Santi Santillan are confirmed to be declaring for the top tier 5-on-5

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ASEAN club competition moved to 2022

            Southeast Asian football officials have delayed the launch of a new flagship regional club competition until 2022, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) said on Thursday, with the prospect of a congested calendar next year prompting the decision.             The

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Peso ends sideways, PSEi slips

            The peso again ended the trade to its over four-year high against the US dollar but the main stocks index slipped for the fourth consecutive day partly due to Morgan Stanley Capital International (MCSI) rebalancing.             The local currency

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Texts to 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center for free

            Subscribers of both Smart and Sun networks can now submit their complaints or grievances to the government for free by texting the Citizens’ Complaint Center (CCC) at 8888.             In a statement Thursday, PLDT, together with its mobile subsidiary

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41 ARBs receive land titles, installed in south Negros

            Some 41 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) received land titles and were installed in two separate landholdings in the southern part of Negros Occidental this week.             The distribution and installation rites were facilitated by the Department of Agrarian Reform-Negros

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Tiamzon couple’s conviction a victory for victims of NPA

            Military and police officials said yesterday the conviction of ranking Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) officials Benito and Wilma Tiamzon on charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention is a victory for the victims of the

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Negros Island athletes, coaches to gather for 1st NIPRISAA

Local athletes, sports standouts, coaches and school heads from twelve private universities and colleges in Negros island will converge at STI West Negros University in Bacolod City, to compete in various sports and cultural events in the 1st Negros Island

Cops nab 1,501 wanted persons in Region 6

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Manhunt operations of Police Regional Office 6 against fugitives in Western Visayas have led to the arrest of 1,501 wanted persons in the first quarter of 2024, of which more than 50 percent were collared in

Housing project for Isabela PAG-IBIG members

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Residents of Isabela in Negros Occidental that are PAG-IBIG members may soon avail of housing through a project facilitated by the municipal government, Mayor Irene Montilla disclosed yesterday. Montilla, her son, Vice Mayor Juan Miguel Montilla,

Silver Dragon, JSY win their Fil-Sino Class B games

The Silver Dragon Transport defeated AACI Transport, 83-71 in a game that started out competitive, as the Dragons held a three-point lead after one quarter 22-19. They then turned up their play in the second and outscored AACI Transport by

2 rebels captured, firearms cache recovered

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two suspected New People’s Army rebels, who are remnants of the dismantled Northern Negros Front, were captured on Thursday by Army soldiers and police troopers in Brgy. Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. 2Lt. Dan Carlo

‘Ite, missa est’

That’s “Go forth, the Mass is ended” in Latin. With these words, we are reminded that all of us who attend Mass are being sent forth the way Christ sent his apostles to “go into the whole world and proclaim