This is the burning question at the moment. While the general response should be, yes, we should, there are serious questions and issues raised around this matter. It’s usually the public officials who are pushing the official line that we
The mayor of General Luna, Quezon City, must have a very romantic turn of mind. He has declared holidays for single employees, at least allowed them to go on leave on February 11 to 13, the days preceding Valentine’s Day,
The latest draft text of the country’s National Determined Contributions stating that the Philippines is committing to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 75 percent by 2030 is greeted by climate groups as a welcome development. The new commitment is
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Business Process Outsourcing firm Transcom Worldwide reiterated its commitment to continue its expansion and development in Bacolod City, that is one of their biggest sites globally. Mark Lyndsell, chief executive officer of Transcom Global English
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Some 1,690 of the 287,383 voters in Bacolod City have been purged from the list by the Commission on Elections for various reasons, City Comelec registrar Kathrina Trinio said yesterday. Of that number, 639 are
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia will issue an executive order this week allowing the consumption of alcoholic beverages in public, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN An alleged drug personality was shot and killed by a gunman on a motorcycle at Rizal Street in Brgy. 1 poblacion, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, Saturday night. Investigations of the Himamaylan police showed that the victim,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN There are now three active Covid-19 cases among members of the police force in Negros Occidental, after a chief master sergeant, who is asymptomatic, was added to the list, provincial police deputy spokesperson, P/Lt. Abegael Donasco,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Silay City police force just enforced the regulations set by the Inter-Agency Task Force, regional police spokesperson, Lt. Col. Joem Malong, said yesterday in response to the investigation to be conducted by the Commission on
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The New People’s Army Leonardo Panaligan Command has claimed responsibility for the killing of Civilian Active Auxiliary member Mico Dinoy on Jan. 28 in Sitio Mansalahid, Brgy. Luz, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental. In a statement he
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental logged its first pertussis related fatality, along with 11 confirmed cases, as of April 15. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed that the fatality is a one-month-old infant who died last week at
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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The series of buy bust operations of the police in Negros Occidental on April 8 and 9 led to the arrest of two job order employees of Manapla and Cadiz City, and 14 other drug suspects,
The readings of the Mass of the Third Sunday of Easter, Year B, (Acts 3,13-15.17-19; 1 Jn 2,1-5; Lk 24-35-48) tell us that it was out of ignorance that the people then crucified Christ, the very savior of mankind, but
More than 250 public school teachers, Early Childhood Care and Development Workers, Parents-Teachers Associations officers, barangay officials, and local government officials of Murcia participated in the Murcia Municipal Education Summit conducted on March 21 at Resorts Negrense, Bacolod City. Spearheaded
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Dengue cases in Western Visayas have increased to 2,124, as of April 11, with 294 cases recorded in Negros Occidental and 56 in Bacolod City, according to reports of the Department of Health – Western Visayas
