Who cares about COVID when Christmas is nearing? Certainly not the early birds who want to get their shopping for gifts and Noche Buena done as early as possible. So despite all the warnings and threats against those breaking the
Hector Locsin Hofileña was born and spent his childhood in Silay. After finishing high school, he took his college studies in Manila, eventually becoming a lawyer. He raised his family here, but never forsook his roots. He made time to
On World AIDS Day 2020 that was celebrated with the theme “Global solidarity, resilient HIV services”, the World Health Organization called on global leaders and citizens to rally for “global solidarity” to overcome the challenges posed by Covid-19 on the
Last week, we laid to rest the last of my father’s generation, his two half sisters with my grandfather Manuel Gonzales Garcia. Lola Manoling married Lucia Tajanglangit shortly after his first wife, Lola Emilia Jayme, died at a young age.
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Curfew in Bacolod is now between 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. following the downgrading of the city’s status to Modified General Community Quarantine until New Year’s eve. In Executive Order No. 73, however, Bacolod Mayor
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Contact tracing is being intensified after 26 employees of the Kabankalan City Hall in Negros Occidental tested positive for coronavirus disease, as of Monday. Jake Charlyne Tugbang, Kabankalan City Hall public information officer, said yesterday that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A P5 million, three-storey police headquarters of the Bacolod City Police Office Station 5, will soon rise in Barangay Granada, Bacolod City. This was after a deed of donation for the 500 square-meter lot was signed
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Army soldiers and reservists donated 15,000 cc of blood to the Provincial Health Office of Negros Oriental, during a bloodletting activity at Camp Leon Kilat in Tanjay City on Monday. The activity was participated in by
Three airlines began flying anew from Cebu to Bacolod and vice versa yesterday, some eight months after commercial flights between the neighboring islands were suspended due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. An advisory of the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Negros
The Fourth Sunday of Easter is often called Good Shepherd Sunday. The gospel reading in each of the three lectionary cycles is taken from Chapter 10 of John wherein Jesus refers to himself as the good shepherd. “I am the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the Baciwa-Primewater to either reduce proportionately the minimum water rate charges to consumers affected by frequent water shortages, or to refrain from collecting minimum water charge on consumers affected by a month of
Archie and Elenita Arigorat accepted a copy of the resolution unanimously passed by the city council congratulating their daughter Ellen Joy Arigorat for being awarded Global Changemaker in Health IT, from Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran during the regular session
I was having a conversation with a couple of close friends from way back the other day, and as usual, the topic turned to how things are changing as we age. This time, instead of talking about our health and
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday afternoon (United States time) sought the expansion of joint military exercises in the Philippines, appealed for an increased United States (US) foreign military financing (FMF), and welcomed the Philippines Enhanced Resilience Act of 2024
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, led by former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, is eyeing the fielding of a gubernatorial bet for Negros Occidental in the 2025 elections, if there is clamor to replace Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson,
