COVID notwithstanding, people still wished friends, kin and even strangers, a Merry Christmas last Friday! Traditions die hard, and even if it may not have been the merriest Christmas for everyone, everywhere, still the spirit of the season prevailed and
BY ADRIAN P NEMES III A Covid-19 vaccination council was created by the Bacolod City government to oversee and ensure the expeditious and orderly acquisition and distribution of the vaccine in the city. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, who chairs the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental has remained on top of the list among the six provinces and two highly urbanized cities in Western Visayas with the most number of confirmed and actives Covid cases, as of Saturday. The Department
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Inter Agency Task Force reported that 21 persons deprived of liberty in Negros Oriental were infected by coronavirus disease 2019. Dr. Liland Estacion, PIATF chief, said during a virtual briefing on Dec. 26 that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Apolinario Gatmaitan Command of the New People’s Army in Negros Island marked the 52nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Dec. 26, by honoring its former comrades, who offered their lives
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The focused military and police operations and the absence of a yuletide truce led to an encounter that claimed the lives of two suspected New People’s Army rebels and the arrest of a ranking NPA leader
4 DAYS TO 2021. Photographer Terence Philip Nemenzo Talorete captioned this picture “Warp Speed” that he took Dec. 23 in front of the Talisay City Hall in Negros Occidental*
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas distributed P148,236,000 in social pension to 49,412 indigent senior citizens from Negros Occidental and Bacolod City for the second semester. Of the amount, P140,097,000 was
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN An estimated P144,000 worth of suspected shabu and assorted paraphernalia were recovered from five drug suspects, including a senior citizen, who were arrested on Christmas day and on Saturday in Negros Occidental. The apprehension of Hilbert
The Department of Health and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) will discuss travel restrictions following reports of detection of United Kingdom’s new variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in more
As part of the continuous efforts of the Abanse Negrense Sports Programs to collaborate with local government units and sports organizations in the Province of Negros Occidental, the Provincial Sports Office, together with the Negros Federation Volleyball Enthusiasts Inc. (NEFVEI),
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The sales of the weeklong Panaad sa Negros Festival this year, which ran from April 15 to April 21, dropped by 20 percent compared to 2023, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson reported yesterday. Sales reduced from P23,663,642.86
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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has recommended the declaration of a state of calamity in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, due to the prevailing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon, Mayor Benjie
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two more local government units in Negros Island have placed their respective areas under a state of calamity, due to the prevailing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon. During its regular session on Thursday, the
The Philippine Statistics Authority – Negros Occidental joined forces with the Bacolod City National High School’s Class of 1999 in a two-day Giving Back Project for students, faculty, and staff of the school starting on April 18, as part of
