February 3, 2021

Loving in good times and bad

That is how our love should be. It should be stable and firm in all kinds of weather and season in life. It should remain alive and throbbing in any circumstance and condition. It should be universal in scope, excluding

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The Wuhan visit

Since when did hospitals become a fearful place for  people who are not sick? I am sure everybody knows the answer to that now. These days when there is such an ailment that has been recklessly spreading around the world,

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Dropping out?

The Department of Education has taken pains to dispute claims that many students have dropped out in the middle of the school year due to blended learning. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) earlier warned against a looming massive dropping

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Covid vaccination dry run in Bacolod set Friday

Mayor Evelio Leonardia has instructed the Bacolod Covid-19 Vaccination (CoVac) Council to conduct simulation exercises on Friday as part of the city’s preparations for its vaccination program, when the vaccines arrive. City Administrator Em Ang, executive director of the Emergency

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5 more BPOs issued notices of violation

Personnel of the Bacolod Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office disinfect the Transcom Bacolod workplace yesterday after more than 40 of its employees tested positive for Covid* Bacolod DRRMO photo

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Proposed tax relief a win-win solution

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The proposed tax relief ordinance is a “win-win” solution for both delinquent real property owners, and the provincial government of Negros Occidental, that is collecting P2.8 billion in tax obligations for 2020 and prior years, Board

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Lacson discourages 100% purchase of vaccine doses

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson discouraged yesterday local government units from purchasing 100 percent of their supply of Covid-19 vaccines, as he took the word of the national government that all Filipinos would be vaccinated. Lacson recalled

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Three Negros drug groups neutralized

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine National Police said yesterday that it has neutralized three local drug groups in Negros Occidental, with three more to go. P/Lt. Abegael Donasco, spokesperson of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, identified those considered

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‘Have your children vaccinated’

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia appealed to residents yesterday to have their children vaccinated against measles-rubella and polio. The free vaccination for babies 9 to 59 months old started Monday and will run until the end

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Cadiz gets dredger for flood control

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The city government of Cadiz received a dredger donation from the provincial government of Negros Occidental, for its flood prevention program. The deed of donation was signed yesterday by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Cadiz City

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Mundial de Futbol players eye Makati City tiff

The Mixed 2012 of Montevista ES ranked first in round one of Mundial de Futbol, Inter Continental Soccer qualifiers held in conjunction with Gardenville United Football Club Inc., at Megaworld’s The Upper East on April 20-21. In the Girls 2009

Panaad sales drop 20 percent

• 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

Bacolod SP urges participation in Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the participation of the City of Bacolod in observing the National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in May, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. The resolution authored by Councilor Celia Matea Flor

Cops nab 1,501 wanted persons in Region 6

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Manhunt operations of Police Regional Office 6 against fugitives in Western Visayas have led to the arrest of 1,501 wanted persons in the first quarter of 2024, of which more than 50 percent were collared in

NPA claims woman’s death in Kabankalan

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The New People’s Army Mt. Cansermon Command has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the death of a woman it accused as a military informant, on April 21 in Sitio Dug-anon, Brgy. Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros

Shortened class hours eyed in Himamaylan

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amidst the high heat index in Negros Occidental, the Department of Education – Division of Himamaylan City is finalizing plans to shorten class hours in the different schools under its jurisdiction, Mayor Rogelio Raymund Tongson disclosed.