April 9, 2021

P100 wage hike pushed in Western Visayas

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Workers from the private sector in Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental, will push through with the P100 wage increase petition after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board failed to act on the daily Pandemic

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Travel moratorium extension sought

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Western Visayas governors and mayors of two highly-urbanized cities in the region are asking the national Inter-Agency Task Force to extend for one more week the travel moratorium for those coming from Manila and its neighboring

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‘1Sambayan’ to be launched

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental chapter of 1Sambayan, a national broad-based coalition of pro-democratic forces, will be launched at the Grand Hall of Acacia Hotel in Bacolod City today. Former Negros Occidental Gov. Rafael Coscolluela, one of the

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14 ex-rebels get P754K in assistance

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Interior and Local Government extended yesterday P714,000 in financial and livelihood assistance to 14 former members of the New People’s Army, who had abandoned the armed struggle and pledged allegiance to the government.

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Total liquor ban mulled in Bacolod

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III A total liquor ban may be imposed anew in Bacolod to arrest the continuing surge of coronavirus infections in the city, Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center deputy for data and medical analysis, said yesterday.

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Photo of the Day

DISINFECTION. Personnel of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office disinfected the public markets of Bacolod City in the continuing fight against Covid-19* DRRMO photo

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Truck stops

Ever since the district system of sugar milling was abolished, the sugar producing island of Negros has become overly dependent on trucks for transporting sugarcane to mills. Because sugar mills now compete with each other for cane, trucks have been

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Why April 9 is in red

What does it mean when you have to see a doctor abroad for “personal health management”? Are there no local physicians who can deal with that?  The puzzle bothered me when I heard a report that Presidential daughter Sara, who

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