The country observes its second Holy Week under extreme quarantine conditions, this time due to a catastrophic spike in COVID-19 cases thanks to a woefully inadequate response that has, thus far, failed to address a public health crisis, arrest the
Thirteen electric cooperatives in Negros Island and other Visayas provinces will receive millions of pesos in benefits from the Energy Development Corporation under the Energy Regulations 1-94 program of the Department of Energy. The program is to recompense host communities
Window dressing resulted to mostly negative close in the local bourse yesterday, a day after the recovery of the main index, and this also affected the local currency. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 0.94 percent, or 62.23 points,
Department of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra yesterday expressed misgivings on proposals by private business groups to consider the suspension of the Data Privacy Act as a stop-gap measure for contact-tracing of Covid-19 positive individuals. Guevarra also explained that an amendment
Busy, busy LGBTQ+ SB Mark Vargas advocates beauty wherever he goes. From personal appearances in Ilog’s Barang-gay friendly activities, he manages to make everybody smile. Now, he discovers male talents from Ilog with an advocacy loving Nature and caring for
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN There is now an overwhelming call from sugar federations all over the country to terminate the existing seven percent sugar allocation for the United States, Sugar Regulatory Administration Board Member Dino Yulo said. The call, he
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN One of the eight suspects arrested in Brgy. Jonob-Jonob, Escalante City in 2019, days before the celebration of the infamous Escalante massacre, who are presently in jail for illegal possession of firearms and explosives, has executed
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Bacolod recorded 31 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, the highest number of infection in a day since November last year. Emergency Operations Center Deputy for medical and data analysis Dr. Chris Sorongon said that of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Escalante City Mayor Melecio “Beboy” Yap said yesterday that he is optimistic that Malacañang will listen to reason on why some local chief executives had themselves vaccinated first. Yap, who was the first mayor in Negros
The City of Bago officially began COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday using jabs from the national government with frontline health workers and uniformed personnel first to be inoculated. In the first phase of the vaccine rollout the city was able to secure
Philippine shares sustained its shedding on Monday, with the index falling below the 6,600 level, even as the peso depreciated by 0.28 amid the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) closed 1.46 percent lower,
The City of Victorias has obtained a total of P13 million cash grant to develop a birdwatching site in the famous Gawahon Ecopark. The northern Negros city, the lone winner from Negros Occidental, received P8 million in the nationwide Tourism
• 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
MUSE OF THE MEDIA. Zoe Clarisse Limson of the Municipality of Cauayan and Kyla Rose Romarate of Victorias City (L-R) were named Muse of the Media, municipality and city categories, respectively, during the Lin-ay sang Negros Press Presentation and Talent Competition, held at Ayala Malls Capitol Central Activity Center, yesterday.* Capitol PIO photo
It looks like the happy days of the proverbial wangwang, which has lately been becoming more and more a thing among public officials and other people who see themselves as big shots, have come to a surprising end once more,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that they have enough security forces to secure the visitors at the Panaad sa Negros Festival site in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City, where the opening ceremony was attended
