June 4, 2021

Covid hits Moises Padilla mayor

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Moises Padilla Mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo was added to the list of local chief executives in Negros Occidental, who tested positive for Covid-19. This brought to seven the number of Negros Occidental local chief executives, including

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Search on for missing retired cop

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The search continued yesterday for a retired police officer, who was swept away by a flashflood in Hinobaan, Negros Occidental on June 1. Meanwhile, the 185 families, composed of 520 individuals, in 17 barangays of six

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19K protocol violators noted in Bacolod

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Health protocol violators in Bacolod City have reached 19,311, as of last month, P/Lt. Col. Lester Leada, who heads the City Police Office Operations Branch, said. Of the number, 6,536 were arrested for non-wearing of

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Ex-PENRO of Negros Occ DENR 6 OIC

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Livino Duran, former provincial environment and natural resources officer of Negros Occidental, has been designated by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu as officer-in-charge of the DENR in Western Visayas. Duran replaced Francisco Milla Jr.,

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Close contacts refusing to be swabbed warned

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Legal action awaits those who refuse to be swabbed despite being identified as close contacts of Covid-19 positive patients. The warning came from Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis of the Emergency

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Good cop, bad cop

Just six months after the horrific video of the double murder cum execution of mother and son tandem Sonya and Frank Anthony Gregorio by off duty cop Jonel Nuezca in Paniqui, Tarlac went viral on social media, another cop in

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How are the others doing?

Will the Olympic Games push through? As I write this, there is still no assurance that the most awaited contest of the year, and of the world, for that matter, will go on as scheduled. There are reports that thousands

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VMA singers make history with back-to-back NOPSSCEA win

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Capitol offers 5 ha. at Talisay property for NIR agencies

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