The curious case of flight attendant Christine Dacera, who died after a New Year’s party in a Makati hotel, has captured the nation’s imagination, distracting Filipinos from the uproar caused by the Presidential Security Group vaccination scandal that welcomed the
We are already well into January but the United States is still counting the votes cast in their November elections. Maybe that is inevitable if you have an opponent like Donald Trump who does not know how to admit defeat
The Department of Education directed public and private elementary and high schools to establish and strengthen child protection committees to help address online sexual abuse and exploitation of children, and reports of rampant child pornography online during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia (center) shows a copy of the multi-lateral and confidentiality agreement he signed with AstraZeneca on the availment of vaccines against Covid, as witnessed by Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran and City Administrator Em Ang (seated, l-r); and Drs. Hector Gayares and Edwin Miraflor, City Legal Officer Joselito Bayatan, Councilor Renecito Novero, and Dr. Chris Sorongon (standing, l-r) at the Bacolod City Government Center yesterday*
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Victorias City in Negros Occidental has been also placed under a state of calamity, after this was approved yesterday during the session of its Sangguniang Panlungsod, as recommended by Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca. This was after
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Armed Forces of the Philippines and National Police in Western Visayas are extra vigilant and have already initiated pre-emptive operations against any possible deployment of New People’s Army assassins. While they have not monitored any
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office and the Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade dismissed yesterday as “fake news” the reported presence of members of the Moro National Liberation Front in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, in November
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN & ADRIAN P. NEMES III The total crime volume in Negros Occidental went down by 34 percent last year, compared to 2019, provincial police deputy spokesperson, P/Lt. Abegael Donasco, said yesterday. It reduced from 1,371 in
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III There are no fake travel passes in Bacolod City, the City Police Office spokesperson, P/Lt. Col. Ariel Pico said yesterday amid reports that there are bogus travel passes circulating in some areas. Pico said that,
How did you spend the Christmas holidays? I hope you were surrounded by the people you love or had video calls with them if you weren’t together. I consider myself lucky to have been surrounded by family. We had made
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Filinvest Land opened its Futura Homes Palm Estates model houses for public viewing on April 12, signifying a major stride in the development of this family-oriented community in Talisay City, Negros Occidental. The unveiling of the
• 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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Seven former New People’s Army rebels that surrendered to the 62nd Infantry Battalion and police in December last year, availed of financial assistance under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E CLIP), on April 11 in
We have to learn the art of how to stay on course in our life so that we do not get distracted, confused, entangled and lost. For this, we have to be clear about what the real and ultimate purpose
A fireman trains his hose at the fire that destroyed 16 houses and damaged 3 at Barangay 18, Bacolod City on Saturday.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo
• 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
