BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya proposed House Bill 8648, calling for the swift purchase of vaccines against Covid-19. Gasataya, who is the vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, also proposed HB 8649 to expedite
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The granting of amnesty to all rebel groups is a welcome development for Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Carlito Galvez. Galvez said the granting of amnesty sends a clear and strong message that the government
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The BaCTrac system’s privacy is protected and safe, Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis of the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center, assured yesterday. Sorongon made the assurance to allay fears of city residents
Explosives Ordnance disposal team members preparing for the detonation of a 800-pound vintage aerial bomb in Brgy. Guimbalaon, Silay City yesterday* PNP photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen and Bantay Dagat members arrested 11 fishermen and five minors for illegal fishing at the Sagay Marine Reserve Area in Sagay City, Negros Occidental, Wednesday night. Intercepted were six fishing boats with 16 crewmembers, all
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two local government employees in Negros Occidental and four others were arrested for illegal possession of firearms and suspected shabu, the police said yesterday. Policemen arrested Edie Gumban, an employee of the municipal government of Toboso,
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Two farmers from Ilog sold 215 bags of palay to the National Food Authority warehouse in Brgy. Dancalan in the town, and warehouse supervisor Maverick Misajon said more farmers have signified their intention to also
Old habits die hard. A ruling by the Court of Appeals (CA) reversed a lower court decision and granted the annulment of the marriage sought by the wife of an admitted serial womanizer. In an 11-page decision dated Feb. 8,
We have to brace ourselves for the challenges of the world of growing diversity that we are living in. It is not only growing diversity that we have to contend with. It is also a complicated one. That’s because, aside
It has been a week now since the peace in Myanmar was disrupted by a coup, not by civilian politicians but by the military! So now they say that the country is under “Martial law”. Ah, but it is a
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri led the inauguration and blessing of a two-story dormitory worth P14,850,000 inside the Carlos Hilado Memorial State University (CHMSU) Binalbagan campus on April 15, a press release said. The legacy project of Senator Zubiri
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
In the gospel of the Mass on Monday of the Third Week of Easter (cfr. Jn 6, 22-29), we are told about how more and more people, after learning about how Christ managed to feed 5 thousand people with a
Alliance Global Group, Inc. (AGI), the holding company of tycoon Dr. Andrew Tan, achieved a record-breaking net income of P30.3-billion, up 20 percent year-on-year, despite higher inflation, which pushed overall costs and expenses up during the period. Attributable net profit
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amid more than P115 million in crop damages brought about by the drought which has affected 3,312 farmers in Negros Occidental, the provincial government is not yet considering a declaration of state of calamity as of
• 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
