April 12, 2021

Negros Occidental stays under MGCQ

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental will remain under the Modified General Community Quarantine status until April 30, as the province was not included in the re-classification, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced yesterday. The Western Visayas Inter-Agency Task Force already

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Another 7-day travel moratorium approved

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN / ADRIAN P. NEMES The request of Western Visayas officials to extend the travel moratorium from the National Capital Region, provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal, and the cities of Cebu and Davao to Western

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Ensure domestic sugar supply, SRA told

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri has called on the Sugar Regulatory Administration to make sure that the country has enough domestic sugar supply to tide them over till the next crop year. Zubiri said he was thankful

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IPM wins bid to haul city’s garbage

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The IPM-Construction Development Corp. was recently declared by the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) as winner of the bidding held for the environment and sanitary services of Bacolod City,  amounting to P256 million. BAC opened the

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Massacre victims buried

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III “Our battle is not yet over,” Jennifer Espinosa, a relative of the four massacre victims in Gardenville Subdivision, Brgy Tangub, said during the necrological service at the Bacolod Memorial Park Saturday. Espinosa also asked her

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Tulot: Lord, forgive me

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III “Lord, forgive me,” were the words that came out from the mouth of the lone suspect in the brutal killing of four members of a family in Brgy. Tangub, Bacolod City, as he finally admitted

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Ceres revises sked of trips in Negros Occidental

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Vallacar Transit Inc. that manages the Ceres Liner passenger buses, issued yesterday revised scheduled trips to various destinations in Negros Occidental, with the start of the 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew hours today. First

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Stricter protocols in 3 markets

The city government is imposing stricter minimum health protocols at the three major public markets, in the light of the alarming increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Bacolod. The stricter implementation started Friday at the Central Market and

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Divine Mercy in action

On the Easter Octave of 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized St. Faustina Kowalska, a nun and a mystic, whose apparitions and messages from the Lord inspired the devotion to the Divine Mercy. On that occasion, the Holy Father established

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Senate approves NIR bill on third, final reading

NIR POSITIVE. Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri with Senator JV Ejercito in a meeting with Negros Island Representatives Emilio Dino Yulo, Greg Gasataya, Alfredo Marañon III, Gerardo Valmayor, Mercedes Alvarez, Manuel Sagarbarria, and Jocelyn Limkaichong, on Monday in Metro Manila.*

Drought damage in province sizzles to P87.4M

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The value of the damage to rice and corn crops, brought about by the drought due to the El Niño weather phenomenon in Negros Occidental, has further increased to P87,477,548.33, as of March 13, with 1,951.80

Road safety program launched in Sagay

The Provincial DILG benchmark program dubbed “Negros S.A.F.E.T.Y. First!” was publicly launched in Barangay Fabrica, Sagay City, during the recent 2024 Tinabu-ay sa Taytay celebration, a press release from Project CARES said. During the launch, DILG provincial director Teodora Sumagaysay

Albee to seek reelection

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has announced his intention to seek reelection as mayor of highly urbanized Bacolod City. Right now, I’m staying put, Benitez said when he made the announcement on Saturday, during a press briefing

USLS named Bacolod’s best university

The University of St. La Salle (USLS) has once again been recognized as the top university in Bacolod City by EduRank, a website that ranks universities based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence, as per its latest release

SSS covers over half a million more temporary government workers

Over half a million government workers under job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) workers employment status not covered by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) can now enjoy social security protection thanks to the Social Security System (SSS)