Christmas season brings family get-togethers to the fore. One which was quite amusing was the annual gathering of the Lacsons from Talisay that woke me up for lunch at Nature’s Village. I was quite frightened when I saw the cars
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Admitting that Covid-19 was a “challenge” for him and all other local government executives, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that it did not stop him from implementing his development agenda for 2020 in Negros Occidental.
The Christmas holidays are still in full swing and with another ultra-long weekend coming up in this country where government gives away holidays like candy, we have been given another opportunity to maximize the potential of super spreader events all
Now that Christmas is over, and we are giving thanks for having a peaceful and joyful one despite all the problems that the world is dealing with now, let us look forward to a truly happy and prosperous New Year.
Without salient changes in emission standards, emissions of sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide from coal-fired power plants in the Philippines and four other countries are projected to triple by 2030, leading to an estimated 70,000 deaths in the region, a
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III With the spread of the new coronavirus strain reported in various countries, the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center is beefing up efforts to contain the possible entry of the variant into the city. However, Dr. Chris
To ensure early access of cities to the Covid-19 vaccines, League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) national president Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia created the LCP Committee on Vaccine Availment recently. “We need to strategize our efforts to ensure that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental is now consolidating its savings for the purchase of Covid vaccines, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday. By the first week of February, Diaz said they may be able to
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Ten locally stranded individuals, who recently returned home to Negros Occidental, tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, Provincial Incident Management Team head Zeaphard Gerhart Caelian said. Caelian said the 10 LSIs, who are now isolated
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Negros Occidental African Swine Fever Task Force has seized some 32,641 tons of meat products, valued at P5.5 million, from different seaports, checkpoints, and at the Bacolod-Silay Airport since it started operations in January
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Illegal gambling financiers in Negros Occidental should watch out. Atty. Renoir Baldovino, National Bureau of Investigation Bacolod District office chief, yesterday said they have already identified some illegal gambling financiers in Negros Occidental. Baldovino said that
That’s what we can gather from what Christ said about himself being the Bread of Life. “I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eats of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the
It looks like the happy days of the proverbial wangwang, which has lately been becoming more and more a thing among public officials and other people who see themselves as big shots, have come to a surprising end once more,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The complaint filed against the Prime Electric Holdings Incorporated (PEH), Negros Electric Power Corporation (NEPC), and the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) has been dismissed by Negros Occidental Regional Trial Court Branch 79 presiding Judge Ferdinand
• 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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that they have enough security forces to secure the visitors at the Panaad sa Negros Festival site in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, where the opening ceremony was attended
