Cops caught sleeping on duty, OIC axed
Napolcom 6 regional director Joseph Celis (right) waiting in front of the EB Magalona Police Station for the assigned policemen to wake up, during a surprise inspection Friday night* Napolcom 6 photo
Napolcom 6 regional director Joseph Celis (right) waiting in front of the EB Magalona Police Station for the assigned policemen to wake up, during a surprise inspection Friday night* Napolcom 6 photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A week-long travel moratorium, covering Panay to Negros Occidental and Bacolod City, may soon be implemented once the National Inter-Agency Task Force approves the endorsement of the regional IATF, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said. The RIATF
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The League of Cities of the Philippines committed to implement a more active and responsive vaccination efforts against Covid-19 in their localities. The statement was issued after the LCP, headed by Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III About 14,000 individuals in Bacolod City have been caught violating various health protocols, as of May 9. Of the number, P/Lt. Col. Lester Leada, deputy city director for Operations of the Bacolod City Police Office,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A manhunt is underway for suspected members of the communist New People’s Army, who allegedly killed five civilians in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Friday, Philippine National Police chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, said yesterday. Eleazar assured
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Covid-19 infections among police personnel of Negros Occidental and the highly-urbanized Bacolod City have significantly dropped, as of yesterday, compared to a week before, the PNP Health Service said. The active cases among personnel of the
The theme of the Lord’s Ascension into heaven offers us a rich fount for spiritual and theological reflection. In this homily, I wish to share just two simple personal thoughts on ascension as homecoming and mission. The Lord’s ascension marks
Is it “Bye, bye Olympics” after all? From the international news coming, there seems to be a lot going against the possibility of the international games, famed for generations and participated in by so many countries, to be cancelled or
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is pushing for amendments to Republic Act 10000, or the Agri-Agra Reform Credit Act of 2009, as part of its reform agenda in the 18th Congress. Amendments to the mandated loan threshold for the agricultural
The country logged a seven-day average of 6,191 new Covid-19 cases — 10 percent lower than the previous week. The latest monitoring report by OCTA Research released Saturday night said the figures covered the period May 9 to 15. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two persons died on March 25, one as a result of a shooting incident in La Carlota City, while a 56-year-old jobless man drowned in Pontevedra, all in Negros Occidental. Initial police investigations showed that a
Negros Occidental’s pride Winefredo “Daboy” Fernandez recently proved that he is indeed the province’s slam dunk king after nabbing the Adidas Slam Dunk contest during the SMART – National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) National Finals’ Skills Challenge at the Mall
With the celebration of Palm Sunday which opens the Holy Week, we will be having a liturgy that is understandably quite long and heavy. We will go through some dark moments that will eventually end in a very glorious way.
Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday marks the start of Holy Week when we reverently remember the last days of the Lord. Palm Sunday recounts the triumphant entry of Jesus to Jerusalem, as he rides on a colt (traditional royal procession)
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Island Region (NIR) bill is up for transmittal to Malacañang next month, for signing into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., disclosed Negros Occidental 6th District Rep. Mercedes Alvarez on Saturday. Alvarez, who is
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Outgoing AFP Visayas Command chief Lt. Gen. Benedict Arevalo yesterday ended 38 years of service to the Philippine military with a sense of satisfaction, as he rallied troops not to be complacent in light of the