May 13, 2021

Minimum wage review up in Region 6

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Region 6 will review the existing minimum salaries of private workers in Western Visayas. The result of the review will be the basis for the granting of

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NegOcc prepares for more vaccines

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas alerted Negros Occidental to prepare for a bigger rollout of more Covid-19 vaccines by July or August this year, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday. Those who

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Lacson to form provincial panel for peace talks

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that he will issue an executive order creating a provincial peace panel for localized peace engagements in Negros Occidental. The creation of the multi-sectoral group peace panel, that will include

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Satellite voters’ listup in Bacolod

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Satellite voters’ registration in areas in Bacolod City with zero Covid cases for the last 14 days will be conducted soon. Kathrina Triño Caña, city registrar of the Commission on Elections, said they will coordinate

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P80K in ‘shabu’ seized

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office seized P80,000 worth of suspected shabu Monday and Tuesday in Bacolod. P/Lt. Liberty Indiape, BCPO spokesperson, said Mae Torres, 45, of Purok Santo Rosario in Brgy. Bata, was

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SU allowed F2F classes for nursing, PT

Silliman University’s BS Nursing and Physical Therapy programs, and the Medical School, were recently granted authorization by the Commission on Higher Education Regional Office 7 to hold limited face-to-face (F2F) classes and medical clerkship, respectively. For the Nursing program, only

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Photo of the Day

SUPPLIES. Eighty folding beds were delivered by DRRMO-Bacolod personnel to the city’s isolation facility at the Handumanan Elementary School recently* DRRMO photo

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Charity amid evil

Make no mistake about it. If we are truly Christian, if we want to be like Christ as we should, then we should continue to live charity even when confronted by evil or, worse, even when we suffer at the

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And they call them ‘Games’!

As I write this, the report on TV is announcing that the United States and its European allies are staging war games amid Russian tensions!  Oh dear Lord! All we need now with this COVID pandemic still raging is a

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Charter change and agriculture

“We must plant the seeds of change and nurture them daily through our actions and choices.” – Kari Martinez Since the promulgation of the 1987 Philippine constitution, attempts at changing it just never die down. During every dispensation of power

GForest named 2023 National winner of Energy Globe Award

Philippine finance app Gcash, through its GForest feature, is the 2023 National Winner of the Energy Globe Award in the Philippines. According to a press release, the recognition serves as a testament to GCash’s commitment to environmental sustainability and its

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

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GRASS FIRE. Volunteer firefighters prioritize a fuel depot as they respond to a grass fire at the BREDCO Port area yesterday.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo

Fatima, a musical, performed in Bacolod

• AGNES GASTON REYES The world today seems to be tippy toeing toward World War III, God forbid.  Everyday, armaments are unloaded in bombings of one country or the other, unlike the guerrilla warfares of the seventies.  Bombings in countries