March 2021

Mandatory swab test to all inbound travelers

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN All travelers entering airports and seaports of Negros Occidental are again being required by the provincial government to undergo mandatory swabbing and Covid-19 RT-PCR testing, regardless of destination, and to be quarantined until their negative results

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BGC grounds off limits until Apr. 4

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Bacolod Government Center ground was temporarily closed to the public yesterday and until Sunday. The decision was reached after the city recorded 31 new Coronavirus 2019 cases, the highest daily record since November 8

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PVO warns vs. banned meat products

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The sale of banned luncheon meat in Silay City was thwarted by the Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office Friday last week, Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena, said yesterday. Following reports from several concerned citizens regarding the

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Alangilan farmers receive financial aid

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III More than half a million pesos in livelihood assistance was received by a group of farmer beneficiaries in Brgy. Alangilan, Bacolod City from the Department of Agrarian Reform Monday. DAR Assistant Regional Director for Western

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Guv: Observe protocols while on holiday break

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN While he is not discouraging travelling during the Holy Week, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson called on them yesterday to be mindful of their activities by not lowering their vigilance and observing  health protocols, as

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SRA amends allocation order

MANILA – The Sugar Regulatory Administration has revised its sugar allocation for the year to ensure a stable supply of the commodity. In its order released  Monday, the SRA said the initial projection of national sugar production of 2.19 million

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Bayan, Karapatan stage mass action

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Members of Bayan-Negros and Karapatan-Negros staged a “Kalbaryo ng Bayan” and indignation rally at the Fountain of Justice in Bacolod City yesterday to call for justice for all victims of human rights violation and to dramatize

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Photo of the Day

‘WAR’ CASUALTIES. Police troopers transport the cadavers of two suspected New People’s Army rebels to a PNP helicopter from the encounter site in Barangay Nagbinlod, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental.* PNP SAF photo

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April Fools!

It’s going to be April Fools tomorrow. Like Halloween, it is another of those Western celebrations that I never really got into. I can appreciate the art of wearing costumes and playing a good prank every now and then, but

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When silence is not golden

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any name would smell as sweet.” I don’t think any high school student  – of my generation, at least, – missed that very popular line from one of the

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Photo of the Day

WATERSPORTS FEST. Fireworks signal the opening of the First Bacolod Watersports Festival yesterday, at the 800-meter seafront of the Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park, where various water sports activities such as bancarera, beach volleyball, boat tug-of-war, and paddling, among others, will be held until April* CGSamillano photo

NIR approval thrills Negros officials

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Officials in Negros are in high spirits after the Philippine Senate unanimously approved, on its third and final reading, the creation of the Negros Island Region (NIR) during a plenary session on Tuesday. “A promise fulfilled,

Isabela artists display work in Bacolod gallery

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An all-male art exhibition featuring the works of four visual artists from Isabela, Negros Occidental, opened at Gallerie G in Bacolod City Saturday, and will run for a month. Titled “Facets of Life”, the exhibit showcases

NIR to boost 5th district economy – Yulo

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Island Region (NIR), once signed into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is expected to boost the economy of 5th district of Negros Occidental, yesterday disclosed Rep. Emilio “Dino” Yulo. Both House of Representatives

Forest fire breaks out at Mt. Kanlaon

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN About 35 hectares of forest land situated at the Mt.Kanlaon volcano area that borders La Castellana in Negros Occidental and Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, were razed by a fire that started late Thursday afternoon, La Castellana