August 4, 2021

DBM okays P150M for rehab of 3 Bacolod public markets

The Department of Budget and Management has approved the request of Mayor Evelio Leonardia for P150-million financial assistance to fund the improvement and rehabilitation of the three major public markets of the city. No less than Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado

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123,734 Negrenses fully vaccinated

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental is stepping up its Covid-19 vaccination campaign, with 123,734 Negrenses fully vaccinated, equivalent to less than 10 percent of the targeted vaccinees, as of Monday, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said

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NegOcc not ready for Delta – Lacson

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said he anticipates a big problem if the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 infiltrates Negros Occidental. “If ever it will happen, we will not be ready,” Lacson said. “We just

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La Castellana PNP gets cars, lot for new HQ

Police Brig. General Rolando Miranda, director of Police Regional Office 6, and Mayor Rhumyla Nicor-Mangilimutan (2nd and 3rd from left, seated) sign the deed of donation for the lot on which the new La Castellana Municipal Police Station will be constructed, witnessed by P/Col. Romy Palgue, provincial police director of Negros Occidental, and other police and town officials yesterday* NOCPPO photo

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2 farmers killed in Negros

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Two farmers died when they were shot and stabbed in Cauayan and Salvador Benedicto towns, Negros Occidental Monday. Police identified the victims as Gaudioso Alforque, 55, of Purok Humayan in Brgy. Pinowayan, Salvador Benedicto, and

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Robbers break into restaurant

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Three armed robbers barged into a restaurant in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City at about 2 a.m. yesterday and fled on a car and a motorcycle parked outside the establishment. Station 7 commander, P/Capt. Elmer Bonilla,

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Let’s be like the importunate Canaanite woman

That beautiful story of the Canaanite woman who importuned and practically nagged Christ for the favor of driving a demon that tormented her daughter (cfr. Mt 15,21-28) teaches us the great lesson to ever strengthen our faith especially when we

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Let them take care of themselves

I feel sad whenever I hear people complain that we are not doing as well as they would like in the Olympics. For the very first time since the games began in 1932 (I think), we got a gold medal,

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Interconnection

The National Grid Corporation is fast-tracking the completion of the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP), eyeing to finish by the first quarter of 2022 the critical and delayed project that would finally connect the Mindanao power grid to the Luzon and

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Be ready for the worst scenario in our life

The readings of the Mass of Holy Wednesday (cfr. Is 50,4-9 / Mt 26,14025) somehow remind us that while Christ assured us that everything has been taken care of by him, we should not be so naïve as to think

Beware of our bad reactions to things

We are now in Holy Week. And the gospel of the Mass for Monday of Holy Week (cfr. Jn 12, 1-11) speaks of how Judas, the traitor, reacted badly when Mary, the sister of Martha and the resurrected Lazarus, anointed

Suspected pertussis infects 2-month-old in Negros

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office is campaigning for the use of face masks, in the wake of the issuance of a health alert against pertussis, commonly known as whooping or violent cough, which is a highly contagious

Bikini beach volleyball tourney in Hinoba-an

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Brazaville Beach Resort in Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental held a beach volleyball tournament last March 16 and 17 in cooperation with the Municipality of Hinoba-an, a press release from the organizers said. Dubbed “Brazaville Bikini Beach

Blitz game, skills challenge usher in All-Star festivities

The Blitz Game and Skills Challenge formally usher in the PBA All-Star festivities, presented by Arena Plus Saturday at the University of St. La Salle gymnasium. The Obstacle Course kicks off the mid-season spectacle at 3 p.m. before the match

Sen. Revilla meets EB Magalona officials

Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. visited the municipality of E. B. Magalona on March 21, as a sideline to his visit to Victorias City for the opening day of the 26th Kadalag-an Festival. Mayor Marvin Malacon, Sangguniang Bayan Members Reylan