BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another policeman assigned in Negros Occidental died due to Covid-19 on June 26, deputy provincial police spokesperson, P/Lt. Abegael Donasco, confirmed yesterday. Donasco said the 42-year-old police officer was assigned at a police station in southern
QUARTERS. The P10.7 million quarters of officers of the 542nd Engineer Construction (Pathfinder) Battalion of the Philippine Army in Brgy. Caradio-an, Himamaylan City in Negros Occidental is expected to be completed next month*
Most of last weekend was spent in nostalgia as my wife and I dealt with the sudden loss of former president Noynoy Aquino that reminded us of an era that felt like a lifetime ago, when this country’s leader could
I know I have quoted this before, but some events happening now seem to confirm more than ever the old saying that “It’s an ill wind that blows no good”. Not that I am giving credit to the pandemic that
The latest annual world drug report has found that around 275 million people used illegal drugs in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, up by 22 percent from 2010 and it is “business as usual”
The country’s top cop ordered yesterday an accounting of all dismissed drug cases since 2016 as part of the “intensified cleanliness policy”. “Having data and information on these dismissed drug cases since the war on drugs started in 2016 would
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III yesterday administered the country’s 10 millionth dose of Covid-19 vaccine to 74-year-old Nieves Catacutan in a ceremonial vaccination in Valenzuela City that highlights the government’s vaccination program. Catacutan, a resident of Barangay Gen. De Leon,
The Carlos Hilado Memorial State College was among the 19 state universities and colleges that received a P23 million grant for its Smart Campus Development Project, during a press conference on smart campus projects and updates on limited face-to-face classes,
The Department of Agriculture has approved the calibrated distribution of 70 percent or 140,000 metric tons of pork meat to address the supply gap. The meat supply will arrive starting July to October, according to the DA’s minimum access volume
The Build it Big Community of Usana Health Sciences Bacolod donated 30 electric fans to the Emergency Operations Center yesterday for the use of Covid patients in 13 quarantine facilities of the City. Four each will be turned over to
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO “Transcendence,” an art exhibit that invites its viewers on a journey of spiritual awakening and inner transformation through the timeless symbolism of the lotus flower, opened at the FGS Yuan Thong Temple in Burgos Extension, Bacolod
Victorias City is empowering its local carabao dairy production industry with the inauguration of Dairy Box and Carabao Pen at the Bangga Daan Satellite Market and Hda. San Antonio, respectively, on April 18. The Dairy Box located at Barangay I
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez’s priority is to deliver his commitments of projects to Bacolod made during the last election, before his term ends, and solve the pressing problems currently experienced by all Bacolodnons like the
We need time and effort to develop a great love for the Eucharist. More than that. We need to rev up our faith so we can truly take seriously these words of Christ that refer to the Eucharist: “Except you
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that the expectations for the 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival, was not only met, but even exceeded. Lacson, who spoke last night at the closing ceremony of the
The secretary general of Power Watch Negros said that the granting of the Negros Electric Power Corp. (NEPC) franchise could provide relief to the sufferings of the consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) brought about by frequent power outages.
