Transcom was ordered closed for disinfection after 41 employees tested positive for Covid, and issued a notice of violation for not using the city’s BaCTrak system* APN photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson aired his concern yesterday over the news that 41 Transcom employees tested positive for Covid-19, adding that since eight of them are from outside Bacolod, they may have returned to
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Six policemen assigned at the Bacolod City Police Office and the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office were among the awardees yesterday during the 30th PNP Foundation Day celebration at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City. Napolcom
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A laborer, 56, has been arrested in Brgy. Cabagnaan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Sunday, for the death of his son, the police said. The suspect, identified as Romulo Roto Sr., was reported by the La
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Businessman Leo Rey Yanson was re-elected chairman of the board and president of the Goldstar Bus Transit Inc. and Ceres Transport Inc. during a virtual stockholders meeting yesterday, a press statement from their camp said. GBTI
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Meat prices in Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, continue to increase by P2 to P21, as of yesterday. Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena, in his report to Governor Eugenio Lacson, said carabao meat is now sold
Almost six years after my DIY hybrid off grid PV system was installed in my home, I will have repaired or replaced almost all of the components. Only the photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on my roof have survived the years
Remember that old saying we inherited from the Americans? It sounded so beautiful: “United we stand, Divided we fall”. I heard that as an elementary school pupil, and never forgot it. I was told it was coined by the people
The report entitled, “The inequality virus”, released by anti-poverty group Oxfam warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is aggravating inequality with the richest quickly getting richer while it will likely take years for the world’s poorest to recover. Oxfam warned that
An additional P2.04 million has been set aside by the Bacolod City Government as cash assistance to 408 vendors displaced by the ongoing road-clearing operations in the city. The first 78 of the 408 vendors received their cash assistance of
The San Carlos Bioenergy Inc. temporarily stopped operations due to environmental violations* San Carlos PIO photo
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Only about 10 percent of the more than half-a-million population of Bacolod City signified willingness to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, who chairs the local Inter-Agency Task Force, said.
An executive order is currently being drafted to institutionalize the 2021-2022 National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS) to bring back jobs in the labor market and enhance the skills of the local workforce, a Palace official said yesterday. In a virtual
The City of Escalante in Negros Occidental has set an arrival schedule for locally-stranded individuals (LSIs) from neighboring Cebu and Iloilo provinces, based on the directive issued by Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. on Tuesday. “The repatriation of LSIs shall be
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A passenger ship bound for Cebu yesterday returned to its origin port in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, after encountering strong waves, the Philippine Coast Guard said. Following its departure from the port of San Carlos,
The “Murcia’s Best Harvest” agricultural fair that has been ongoing since Feb. 8 at the town plaza covered court will run until the end of this month. “We held a soft opening on Feb. 8, after which we conducted a
