June 2021

Sipalay signs MOU on economic zone

Sipalay City Mayor Maria Gina Lizares joined other selected local government units in the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, during its virtual Global Biz: “Thinking Global, Acting Local” event yesterday. The City

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New York Pride

Awareness Days happen in June all over the world when the LGBTQ community celebrates. The global events are held as a way of recognizing the influence LGBTQ people have earned since the Stonewall Riots took place way back in 1969.

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34K add’l Sinovac doses for Negros Occ arriving

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental is getting 34,000 additional doses of Sinovac vaccine this week, even as the provincial government is targeting to inoculate 5,000 Negrenses with the Pfizer vaccines until July 2, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday.

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Bacolod moderate risk for Covid

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Covid-19 risk classification of the highly-urbanized Bacolod City remains moderate, and low for Negros Occidental, the Department of Health-Western Visayas Center for Health Development reported yesterday. The Average Daily Attack Rate (ADAR) in Bacolod City

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Australian ambassador visiting city

Acting Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, Richard Sisson, will make an official visit to Bacolod City and other places in the province this week. Sisson is currently a senior career officer with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

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No redistricting this year: Espino

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The redistricting of Bacolod City will not materialize yet this year due to lack of time, Councilor Al Espino, who is the chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Ways and Means, said. Espino said

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Stay away from politics, cops warned

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The dismissal of six policemen involved in the illegal arrest of then Moises Padilla vice-mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo and her husband in Negros Occidental three years ago is a warning to the entire Philippine National Police

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Himamaylan most-wanted man nabbed

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III A man tagged as the most wanted personality of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, was apprehended at Bredco Port in Bacolod City at about 1 p.m. yesterday. Norman James Anipan, 40, of Hacienda Lizares in Brgy.

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Retiring OPA chief to get more show-cause orders

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Outgoing Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino is not yet off the hook, despite the approval of his optional retirement by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, as two more show-cause orders are set to be issued on him. Masculino,

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24 degrees

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Participating in Christ’s Passion

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Beware of our bad reactions to things

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5K mangroves planted in Kabankalan City

As part of PagbaBAGo: A Million Learners and Trees Campaign, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) conducted a tree planting activity in Brgy. Daan Banua, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental this March 23, a press release from the OVP said.

No water shortage in Bago and La Carlota

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Although they admitted that the drought affected the water level in their respective local government units, Bago City Mayor Nicholas Yulo and La Carlota City Rex Jalandoon declared in separate media interviews that there is no