BY ADRIAN P NEMES III Bacolod City may get an additional 150,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said yesterday. This is on top of the 650,000 doses that the Swedish-British AstraZeneca pharmaceutical firm will
The government will procure 1 million doses of CoronaVac, produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech pharmaceutical company, this month, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said yesterday. Galvez, who is also the country’s vaccine czar, said
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The League of Provinces of the Philippines will make an appeal on Resolution 101 issued by the National Inter-Agency Task Force, that states that testing should not be mandatory for travelers, except when the local government
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The management of the Vicente Gustilo District Hospital (VGDH) and Calatrava Municipal Hospital was formally turned over yesterday by the provincial government of Negros Occidental to the local government units of Escalante City and Calatrava. The
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Leo Rey Yanson (LRY) was reelected president and chairman of the board of Countryside Food Resources Corp. during the annual meeting of stockholders at its principal office in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, yesterday. Before his reelection,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspected drug den was dismantled by operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and local police in Brgy. 5, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on Sunday, and led to the arrest of six suspects. Nabbed
POSTER. Posters seemingly urging Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to run for president in next year’s elections are being put up in key strategic areas, like in Bacolod City, yesterday* Gilbert Bayoran photo
The one-year anniversary of the pandemic lifestyle in this country is fast approaching and because we have no other choice but to adapt, given the way our government has repeatedly dropped the ball throughout the course of its chaotic and
What is the word of the year? As far as Filipinos are concerned, I think it is no other then “vaccine” or “vaccination”. How often do you meet people who ask if you are willing to undergo it? I know
Being the month when temperature and humidity start to reach high levels in the country, March is Fire Prevention Month in the Philippines. Aside from being the start of the hot dry season that usually runs from March to May,
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
The Municipality of Murcia further beefed up its fleet of ambulances and patient transport vehicles after it turned over two brand-new patient transport vehicles to Brgy. Lopez Jaena and Brgy. Cansilayan on April 17. “The health and welfare of Murciahanons
“The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear” – The Beatles The genuine agrarian reform advocates, rural development workers, and small producers lost one of its prime movers. Arnel Ligahon, “Tibo,” as he is casually
Archie and Elenita Arigorat accepted a copy of the resolution unanimously passed by the city council congratulating their daughter Ellen Joy Arigorat for being awarded Global Changemaker in Health IT, from Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran during the regular session
ASSISTANCE. A member of the Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade helps deliver water, using water tankers and fire hoses, to the community at Purok Masagana, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City.*
Following an intense 2-day competition, Delimondo’s Gelimae Villanueva and Bianca Lizares ruled the 1st Governor Bong Lacson Beach Volleyball Tournament (Women’s Open Category) held at the resthouse of Jose G. Montalbo in Spur 14 Purok Langka, Brgy. Bunga, Don Salvador
