BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III “It’s already late” was the reaction of Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis of the Emergency Operations Center, on the flagging of Bacolod as an area of concern by the OCTA Research
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III About 20,000 additional doses of the China-made Sinovac vaccine will be delivered to Bacolod City next week. Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center deputy for medical and data analysis, said they will open more vaccination
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Most of the voters’ applications in Bacolod were new registrants, City Commission on Elections Officer Kathrina Trinio Caña said yesterday. Of the 1,185 new applications received last month, 674 were first-time voters aged 18 years
Bureau of Customs personnel seized P7 million in “ukay-ukay” from a warehouse in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City recently* BOC photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN With Covid-19 isolation facilities overwhelmed with occupants, classrooms will now be utilized as quarantine facilities, with Negros Occidental getting daily average active cases of 200 in the early days of May. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson advised
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN After almost four years of assignment in Lanao del Sur, Mindanao, the 82nd Infantry Battalion of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division is back in the Visayas. The 82IB, that was deployed to Mindanao to help in
President Rodrigo Duterte has declared May 13 a regular holiday throughout the country in observance of Eid’l Fitr, or the Feast of Ramadan. Proclamation No. 1142, signed by Duterte yesterday, declares May 13 as a regular holiday to “bring the
In my home, school is finally out and my kids will be “enjoying” their summer break at home, stuck in the same place they’ve been occupying for more than a year now. My two kids, who are now teenagers, face
Is the good news only in the United Kingdom, or is the whole world now seeing a lull in the once galloping infections of the COVID? World news reports tell us that the UK has eased restrictions and people there
United States President Joe Biden has thrown his support behind a temporary waiver of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines, responding to pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries. “This is a global health crisis, and the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The complaint filed against the Prime Electric Holdings Incorporated (PEH), Negros Electric Power Corporation (NEPC), and the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) has been dismissed by Negros Occidental Regional Trial Court Branch 79 presiding Judge Ferdinand
Park Inn by Radisson proudly announces the appointment of two culinary virtuosos to spearhead its gastronomic endeavors in Bacolod and Iloilo, a press release from the hotel management said. Chef Rufino “Fines” Dungca Jr. assumes the role of Executive Chef
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is enjoining all punong barangays in the city of Bacolod and the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office to mobilize the community response team (CERT) to strictly monitor all open grass fields that
We have to learn the art of how to stay on course in our life so that we do not get distracted, confused, entangled and lost. For this, we have to be clear about what the real and ultimate purpose
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Despite the heightened registration campaign, Provincial Comelec supervisor Atty. Ian Lee Ananoria admitted that the 52,655 persons who applied for voter registration in Negros Occidental is still “below target.” The Commission on Elections target is to
Bacolod City will be represented by the Bacolod Football League (BFL) Elite in the 2024 Laguna Premier Cup, a press release from the organizers said. The Laguna Premier Cup will be held from April 13 to 14 at the Laguna
