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.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Rachelle Mae Palang Command (RPMC) of the New People’s Army lauded the decision of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Oriental to markedly slash the budget intended for “intelligence gathering fund” in order to allocate more
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,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Coast Guard–Southern Visayas District has been deactivated, PCG-Negros Occidental chief Capt. Ludovico Librilla confirmed yesterday. With its deactivation, the supervision of PCG-Negros Occidental was returned PCG-Western Visayas District, while PCG-Negros Oriental and PCG-Siquijor were
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The city government of San Carlos in Negros Occidental will restore the checkpoints in its boundary with Vallehermoso and Canlaon City in Negros Oriental, starting Monday, Mayor Renato Gustilo announced yesterday. Border controls between San Carlos
The Department of Labor and Employment said it plans to provide a wage subsidy for workers for three months to help them cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay said the wage subsidy to be
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III An Animal Welfare Task Force was proposed by several officials of the Bacolod City government and animal welfare advocates in a meeting yesterday. The task force will formulate and implement plans and programs for animal
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III There was no pre-Valentine concert that happened near the Bacolod Government Center, Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis of the Emergency Operations Center, said yesterday. Sorongon said that members of Police Station
MAMBULOC CREEK. A photo of the ongoing excavation and dredging operations at Mambuloc Creek in Bacolod City, taken Feb. 16* DRRMO photo
Many economists and other analysts highly recommend that the youth of today must be convinced that their chances of being gainfully employed will increase significantly if they take less interest in diploma-oriented college courses in the traditional universities and colleges.
Bacolod city officially recognized Metro Bacolod Hospital and Medical Center (MBHMC) as a partner hospital of the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) yesterday at the Bacolod City Government Center, according to a press release from the Bacolod PIO. Present
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has recommended the declaration of a state of calamity in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental, due to the prevailing drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon, Mayor Benjie
BEAUTIES. The presentation of Lin-ay sang Negros 2024 candidates during the opening ceremony of the Panaad sa Negros Festival.* Capitol PIO photo
We need time and effort to develop a great love for the Eucharist. More than that. We need to rev up our faith so we can truly take seriously these words of Christ that refer to the Eucharist: “Except you
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Art Studio Forty Nine has an ongoing group exhibition of the artworks of its students at the West Bridgeway of SM City Bacolod. Rodney Martinez, past president of the Art Association of Bacolod-Negros, led the opening
• 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,
