January 4, 2021

Making the New Year a good year

Unfortunately, we are still hearing that this Covid pandemic will still be with us for months and even for years. Let’s hope and pray that this piece of information would be proven wrong as early as possible, and that those

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More for 2021

The New Year has been rung in and while the celebrations across the planet were mostly muted, almost everyone must have been hoping for a better 2021. In countries whose governments have been more proactive than the rest, citizens have

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Army braces for revival of NPA assassin squads

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division is bracing for the revival of the New People’s Army urban hit squads, as announced earlier by Communist Party of the Philippines spokesperson, Marco Valbuena, and called it “illegal and in

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7 killed on New Year’s Day

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Seven deaths were recorded on the first day of 2021 in Negros Occidental, aside from the flashfloods that hit three cities and one town in the 3rd District. Three of the seven victims were killed in

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Bing: Minors, elderly should stay at home

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Minors 15 years old and below, and seniors citizens aged 66 years old and above, should still be required to remain at home despite the Modified General Community Quarantine status of Bacolod City until the

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Five LGUs register zero Covid case

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN There are now five municipalities in Negros Occidental with zero active case of Covid-19, as of Jan. 2, the Provincial Incident Management Team said. The municipalities of EB Magalona and Ilog joined Don Salvador Benedicto, Pulupandan,

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Bacolod ‘Most Improved City’ in Region 6

The City of Bacolod was declared the “Most Improved Highly Urbanized City (HUC)” in Region 6 for 2020 by the Department of Trade and Industry. The award was given to Bacolod City during the 4th Regional Competitiveness Council Recognition Ceremony

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Mayors support vaccination program

The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) has committed to support the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination program of the national government in a bid to ensure vaccine supply for its member-cities. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, national president

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Alvarez is new CA member

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental 6th district Rep. Mercedes Alvarez is now a member of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA). Alvarez took her oath on March 12, before Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, witnessed by fellow Negrense, retired

Negros, Capiz encounters yield firearms

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The focused military operations of the Philippine Army against remnants of the New People’s Army in Negros Oriental and Capiz in Panay, led to more encounters on March 15, resulting in the recovery of firearms and

Bacolod included in STI National Youth Convention

Delegates and selected school personnel of all STI colleges and universities will be gathering once more during the 25th National Youth Convention in Bacolod City, a press release from the organizers said. The NYC, which is an annual STI event,

First Bacolod Watersports Festival 2024 makes splash

WATERSPORTS FEST. Manuel Santos and Valerie Ann Anacan, Almana Procurement Manager and AVP for Finance, respectively, Chief of Staff/Mediabox Admin & Operations Manager Yris Mondia, Bacolod Tourism Operations Officer Ma. Teresa Manalili, Almana Property and Development Corp. CEO and President Ritchie Neil Corpus, former Bacolod councilor Ricardo Tan, and Perla Corpus, Almana Corporate Treasurer (l-r) at the opening of the First Bacolod Watersports Festival 2024 at the Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park Friday*

Rain or shine

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain.” – Anonymous The continuing El Niño phenomenon besetting the country, especially on agriculture, has a recorded damage of more than one billion pesos, according

Road safety program launched in Sagay

The Provincial DILG benchmark program dubbed “Negros S.A.F.E.T.Y. First!” was publicly launched in Barangay Fabrica, Sagay City, during the recent 2024 Tinabu-ay sa Taytay celebration, a press release from Project CARES said. During the launch, DILG provincial director Teodora Sumagaysay