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320 police training vs. insurgency

          Neophyte police officers in Negros and Panay are undergoing counter-insurgency operations training in Iloilo, pending their assignment to the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 6, a rapid deployment force unit of the Police Regional Office 6 in Western Visayas.          

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SP approves Capitol employees’ CNA

          The Collective Negotiation Agreement between the provincial government and the Progressive Alliance of Capitol Employees (PACE) was approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan during its regular session on Nov. 24.           Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson was also given authority by

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‘Do early Christmas shopping’

            The Department of Trade and Industry is reminding consumers to do their Christmas shopping early to avoid crowding in shopping malls and grocery stores.             Glen Fernando, DTI Antique provincial office trade and industry specialist, said that since most

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CTA junks petition of UP vs. P9 million unpaid taxes

            The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) en banc has turned down a petition filed by the University of the Philippines (UP) System Administration, challenging a tax assessment against it for unpaid taxes worth P9 million in 2006.             In

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Utah Jazz signs Fil-Am Clarkson

            ANKARA – Utah Jazz officially signed Filipino-American Jordan Clarkson.             “The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed guard Jordan Clarkson. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released,” the Jazz said in a statement.

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TESDA extends help amid Covid

            The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority is offering livelihood skills training for residents of the 3rd District, especially locally displaced workers, and overseas Filipino workers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.             The livelihood skills training seminars are being

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Stay healthy for Christmas

        They’ve done it! Russia is now bragging about their vaccine against the coronavirus that they claim to have proven 91.4 percent effective. My, that is an admirable passing grade in schools, and for its results against the raging COVID

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Protection of Negrense women highlighted in 18-day campaign

            Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson Tuesday renewed the provincial government’s commitment to protect women’s rights as Negros Occidental kicked off the 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW).             “I have said in my previous messages that under my

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New Papal Nuncio arriving in PH

            Archbishop Charles John Brown, the new Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, is scheduled to arrive in Manila this weekend.             The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) news website reported yesterday that the Vatican representative to the country

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Our best condition

          It’s definitely when we are vitally identified with Christ. That’s when we can have our best condition in life. Let’s remember that Christ is the pattern of our humanity, the savior of our damaged humanity. He is “the way,

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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

We really need to know Christ

This point may sound obvious and trite, but it’s actually something for us to take seriously. We cannot deny that though we consider ourselves Christians for the longest time already, the fact that there are still many inconsistencies in our

Two deep well drillers electrocuted, perish

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two deep well drillers died after being electrocuted on Thursday in Sitio Pispis, Brgy. Tapi, Kabankalan City, while two others were killed in separate shooting incidents in cities of Sipalay and Talisay, all in Negros Occidental.

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.

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