April 14, 2021

IATF denies NegOcc GCQ plea

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Inter-Agency Task Force denied the request of the provincial government of Negros Occidental to place the province under the General Community Quarantine status because the Covid-19 infection rate has not reached the required level for

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P16M in heavy equipment burned: police

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three units of heavy equipment were burned by still unidentified suspects at about 12:30 a.m. yesterday at a quarry area in Hacienda Vista Alegre, Brgy. E Lopez, Silay City in Negros Occidental. Burned were a Caterpilar

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Ceneco, Power Watch act to protect consumers

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Central Negros Electric Cooperative and Power Watch Negros Advocates Inc. will enter into a memorandum of understanding to safeguard the consumers of the utility firm. The MOU states that, considering the worsening energy situation,

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Changan Bacolod pioneers steering change

A family with more than four decades of experience in the automotive industry has pioneered a steering change in Bacolod City, with the distributorship launching yesterday of a brand that means “Lasting Safety”, even amid the pandemic. Mae Ann Gochangco,

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194K doses of Moderna vaccine arriving in May

National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said yesterday that some 194,000 doses of Moderna vaccine will be delivered in the Philippines next month. Galvez, also the country’s vaccine czar, said this will be the first

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True love is open to anything

Indeed, if our love is true, that is, it is a love that is a vital participation of God’s love for all his creation, especially for man, then it is open to anything. That love remains steadfast and continues to

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The sins that cry to heaven

One after the other. We have not yet ensured the conquest of the vicious Coronavirus, a.k.a. COVID 19, and now we hear of a threat about a volcano showing very clear signs of erupting. One can imagine how the people

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Sustainable and resilient

In a post-pandemic world where sustainability is necessary, economies in the Asia Pacific region should prioritize quality investment in infrastructure, one that is resilient and well-planned. The Asian Development Bank said investing in resilient and adaptive infrastructure after the pandemic

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