April 2021

269 additional cases in NegOcc

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Health 6 reported yesterday that Negros Occidental logged an additional 269 Covid-19 cases, and Bacolod City with 37, as of April 27. Of the 269 cases, 239 are local transmissions, 23 locally stranded

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Lacson, other officials to get jabs Friday

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and other Negros Occidental government officials, who are senior citizens, will avail of Covid-19 vaccines on April 30 at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz

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Drug raps readied vs. bizman

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 for selling and possessing illegal drugs are now readied against a businessman from whom the police seized P2.5 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation that

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PNP: Salvage victim named

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A man believed to be a victim of salvage, and whose body was discovered April 26 at the national highway of Hacienda Silos in Brgy. Talaban, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, has been identified by his wife,

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Focused and driven

If we want to have a truly good and happy life, one that is not simply a result of some worldly props that can only go so far, then we should be focused on God, and driven and excited in

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A ‘Charity Boom’ indeed

Maybe we were all distracted by the developments involving COVID that we almost forgot one important day in Philippine history. Yesterday was April 27, the day when Lapulapu made his historic defense of our country by tangling with the Spanish

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Mandatory or lazy?

House Bill No. 9252, filed by Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. that seeks to amend the Covid-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 to make the inoculation of Filipinos “mandatory”, has met resistance from the Department of Health. Health Undersecretary Maria

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Most-wanted man in Isulan nabbed in Bacolod

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Combined operatives of the Police Regional Intelligence Division-6 and Station 3 policemen arrested the most-wanted personality of Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat at about 9 a.m. Monday in Brgy. Bata, Bacolod City. Station 3 chief,

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‘No cut in hazard pay of frontliners’

There is no cut in the hazard pay of frontline healthcare workers and the national government is looking into such allegations, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential spokesperson, Harry Roque, made this assurance to allay concerns that the government has supposedly cut

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Suspected pertussis infects 2-month-old in Negros

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office is campaigning for the use of face masks, in the wake of the issuance of a health alert against pertussis, commonly known as whooping or violent cough, which is a highly contagious

NegOcc to get 31 super health centers – Senator Go

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go announced yesterday that Negros Occidental will have 31 super health centers, with some already near completion. Go, who inspected the super health centers constructed in the cities of Himamaylan, Bacolod, and

WVSU dominates RASUC-VI Culture, Arts Festival

West Visayas State University claimed the overall champion title during the recently concluded Culture and the Arts Conference and Festival 2024 held on March 25, a press release from the university said. Besting 10 other participating members of the Regional

Palarong Panlalawigan opens April 1 at Panaad

The 2024 Palarong Panlalawigan (2024 Negros Occidental Provincial Meet) is set to open on April 1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Pana-ad Park and Stadium. The Department of Education (DepEd) Negros Occidental Division, in partnership with the Provincial Government of

Sinigayan 2024: Celebration and thanksgiving

The “Festival of Many Causes” ended the five-day festivities, highlighted with the opening of two important infrastructures that will ease government service and boost the tourism activities in Sagay City, a press release from Sagay PIO said. On the 28th