June 2021

SSS paying members down 13.6%

The Social Security System said yesterday it recorded over 12.3 million paying members, as of May 2021, that was 13.6 percent lower than the 14.2-million count in the same period last year. SSS president and chief executive officer, Aurora Ignacio,

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SEC officials cleared on fund disbursement

The Supreme Court cleared officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission on a ruling that declared the latter’s disbursement of provident fund to employees unauthorized. In a 24-page decision written by Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier and recently published online, the

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Volleyball training to start July 1

The Philippine National Volleyball Federation is gearing up for the national team bubble training in Laoag City starting Thursday. And this early, PNVF president Tats Suzara is thankful to the city government of Laoag for being gracious in hosting the

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Add’l P200M assured for Bacolod hospital

Bacolod City Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia said yesterday that Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri told him that, in addition to the P600 million initially provided for the creation of the Bacolod City General Hospital, he will find other

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PhilHealth 6 pays P9.3B in benefit claims

The PhilHealth Regional Office VI said it has processed and paid P9.3 billion, or 1,197,148 of the benefit claims filed in Western Visayas, as of June 25, including P2.13 billion for 293,790 claims in Bacolod City, and P1.26 billion for

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Covid hits 56 CLMMRH personnel

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Fifty-six staff members of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital had tested positive for Covid-19 as of June 26, affecting the workforce of the government-run hospital. An advisory issued by the CLMMRH over the

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SP sets virtual necrological service for Sy

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City will hold a virtual necrological service for the late Councilor Elmer Sy on Wednesday. Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, who was a close friend of Sy, said the second

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PRO 6 logs 183 active infections

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The number of Covid cases involving police personnel and civilian employees in Western Visayas had risen to 183, as of yesterday, compared to 144 a week ago, the Philippine National Police Health Service said. The PNP

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5 drug arrests yield P300K in shabu, guns

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The apprehension of five drug suspects, including a woman, on March 23 in Negros Occidental, led to the confiscation of more than P300,000 worth of suspected shabu and unlicensed firearms, according to reports of the Negros

Palm Sunday and the Holy Week

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.

Speaker welcomes positive forecast of WEF

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Thursday expressed great enthusiasm regarding the recent World Economic Forum’s (WEF) forecast, which positions the Philippines to potentially become a $2-trillion economy in the next decade. This anticipated economic growth places the nation on par

Cockfighting banned in Cauayan on Holy Thursday, Good Friday

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Cockfighting will be prohibited on Holy Thursday and Good Friday in Cauayan, Negros Occidental. In his executive order number 3, Mayor John Rey Tabujara said the police have been tasked to take appropriate action against violators.