Transcom temporarily closed due to Covid-19
February 2, 2021
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
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
Victorias City is empowering its local carabao dairy production industry with the inauguration of Dairy Box and Carabao Pen at the Bangga Daan Satellite Market and Hda. San Antonio, respectively, on April 18. The Dairy Box located at Barangay I
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A two-month-old infant died, feared to be a probable case of pertussis, or whooping cough, as the number of cases of the contagious respiratory illness have risen to eight in Negros Occidental, as of April 16,
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,
“The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear” – The Beatles The genuine agrarian reform advocates, rural development workers, and small producers lost one of its prime movers. Arnel Ligahon, “Tibo,” as he is casually
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 League of Cities of the Philippines national chairman, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez on Friday called on Vice President Sara Duterte to consider stepping down from her Cabinet post. The call of Benitez came after