June 8, 2021

Early curfew, no drinking in public: EO

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Curfew in Bacolod City is now between 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. while public consumption of liquor is banned. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, in Executive Order 31 he issued June 6, said exempted from the

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23.8K Sinovac doses arriving today

The Emergency Operations Center-Task Force and the Covid-19 Vaccination Council, both chaired by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, going on with the vaccination rollout for Bacolodnons at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central yesterday* City PIO photo

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More Capitol employees test positive

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN More employees of the Negros Occidental provincial government tested positive for Covid-19, majority of them assigned at the Provincial Environment and Management Office, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday. Diaz said 50 virus-infected Capitol employees and

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‘Dante’ agri damage hits P6.4 million

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Losses in the agriculture sector in Negros Occidental due to the onslaught of Tropical Storm Dante last week had reached P6.4 million, as of yesterday. Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino said the rice industry had the

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Prayers urged amid series of killings

The Catholic parish priest in Dauin, Negros Oriental yesterday led the call for people to remain vigilant and pray unceasingly for peace in the town where a string of killings took place in less than a month’s time. Msgr. Julius

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‘Ecosystem restoration’ pushed

The Provincial Environment Management Office in Negros Occidental has joined the global call to restore the ecosystem through various activities to mark the 29th Provincial Environment Month this June. The theme for this year’s edition, “Ecosystem Restoration”, has been adopted

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Breathe easy

Who remembers when most of the world thought it would be ridiculous for humans to pay for drinking water? My kids don’t, but 20 years ago, bottled water and water refilling stations were the exception rather than the rule. I

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Diana’s granddaughter

Well! At least there is some international happy news! The British empire has a new reason to rejoice, Prince Harry and his wife, Princess Meghan (nee Markle) have welcomed another addition to their family, and what sheer luck! The second

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The Flag

On March 6, 1965, Presidential Proclamation No. 374 was issued declaring May 28 as National Flag Day to commemorate the date the national emblem was first unfurled after the Philippine Revolutionary Army defeated the Spanish forces in the Battle at

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Drought damage in province sizzles to P87.4M

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The value of the damage to rice and corn crops, brought about by the drought due to the El Niño weather phenomenon in Negros Occidental, has further increased to P87,477,548.33, as of March 13, with 1,951.80

Magayon Hinuptanan Festival marked, despite threat of hog diseases

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The municipality of Moises Padilla, dubbed as the livestock capital of Negros Occidental, yesterday started to celebrate its weeklong Magayon Hinuptanan Festival, while at the same time strengthening its border controls against the entry of hogs

First PONY Visayan baseball championships held in Sagay

The City of Sagay has recently making significant strides in paving the way for the revival of baseball as a re-emerging sport in the province of Negros Occidental, where, as part of its annual Sinagayan Festival, it hosted the 1st

‘Trabaho Para sa Bayan’ IRR signed; focus on high-quality jobs

The country’s labor market is exhibiting signs of steady progress amid domestic and external risks, boosted by a historic low 3.1-percent unemployment rate in December 2023. On Tuesday, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) led the signing of the

NWTF’s road to one million trees

Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF) understands the importance of planting trees and its role in battling climate change; that under the shade of trees, whether upland or along the coastlines, lies both terrestrial and marine life. And for NWTF,