April 10, 2021

Place NegOcc under GCQ, guv, mayors ask IATF

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The governor and mayors of Negros Occidental were unanimous yesterday in recommending to the National Inter-Agency Task Force to place the province under the General Community Quarantine status for two weeks, following a surge of Covid-19

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Massacre suspect tests positive for drug use

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III “He was uneasy, sweating, trembling and kept wiping his lips and had a dry throat while being interrogated,” was how P/Major Joery Puerto, Police Station 8 chief, described the suspect in the massacre of four

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Tongson, Gatuslao infected with Covid

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Himamaylan City Mayor Raymund Tongson and Vice Mayor Justin Gatuslao were added to the list of local executives in Negros Occidental who tested positive for Covid-19. Tongson said he has a slight fever, but in general,

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19,789 biz registrations in Bacolod

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Bacolod City Permits and Licensing Division head, Stela Rose Rayos, said yesterday that 19,789 businesses have registered with the Business One-Stop-Shop (BOSS) at the Ayala Malls Capitol central mall. The BOSS, participated in by the

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‘No total liquor ban’

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III There will be no total liquor ban in Bacolod, Emergency Operations Center executive director Em Ang clarified yesterday, adding that the city government would rather strictly implement the current executive order allowing the sale of

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PEMO will not tolerate illegal quarry operations

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Environment Management Office said yesterday that the province of Negros Occidental did not issue a Governor’s Permit covering areas within the Central Philippine State University in Kabankalan City, adding that it will not tolerate

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Our greatest need

If we are serious with our life, if we realize that our life has an ultimate purpose, then we have to be clear also about what our greatest need is, so we would know at every instance of our life,

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Martial Law, Myanmar style

“On the House”. What a beautiful title for a book, and how appropriate! The author John Boshner (I should check my records about the spelling) but how I wish I could get my hands on a copy, because it is

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Manufacturing vaccines

After more than one year into a global pandemic that has infected more than 800,000, killed more than 14,000, and crippled the economy, President Rodrigo Duterte has given the go-signal to the economic team to find ways to encourage the

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Consumers Federation register opposition to NEPC franchise bill

The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) member-consumer-owners (MCO) Federation registered their opposition to House Bill No. 9805, which seeks to grant a franchise to Negros Electric and Power Company (NEPC) through a joint-venture agreement between Prime Electric and CENECO, through

Mission training held in Murcia

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P17M infra projects turned over to EB Magalona

Third District Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez turned over three priority infrastructure projects to the Municipality of E. B. Magalona, costing a total of P17 million, in two separate ceremonies on March 17, a press release from E.B. Magalona said.

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House panel votes to terminate SMNI franchise

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GSIS program supports La Castellana school

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