The restricted movement of people and heightened law enforcement operations during the quarantine period resulted in a decline of crime volume in Western Visayas by 44.96 percent, regional police spokesman, Lt. Col. Joem Malong, said yesterday.
Bacolod Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. yesterday said he is questioning the purchase request of the four departments of the City Government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that public funds will not go to waste or be wrongfully used.
Bishop Patricio Buzon yesterday announced the suspension of the celebration of masses in Catholic churches in Bacolod City starting today until September 15.
Barangay Estefania in Bacolod has recorded 100 COVID-19 cases, the highest number of persons infected in the city, based on a report of the City Health Office in a meeting with the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center Task Force Tuesday.
The offices of the Vice Governor and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan legislative staff were again placed on lockdown yesterday after a technical assistant of a board member was tested positive for COVID-19.
BY CARLA P. GOMEZ The Home Quarantine Pass system and check up points in Bacolod City that were to start today, will instead begin on
So far, 220 Bacolod residents and 48 from Negros Occidental who participated in the Timeout Weekend mass testing were found positive for COVID-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said last night.
They’re among our most common foods. So common that we hardly notice that they’re getting scarcer. Most don’t notice that we’re slowly losing them.
Christ warned the apostles about false doctrine. That’s when he told them, “Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.” (Mt 16,6)
Does anybody still remember the “September Song”? That used to be a popular hit years ago but was often revived everytime September came around. I am not sure I can still remember the entire lyrics, but it had a very wistful beginning that said “Oh, it’s a long, long time, from May to December. But the days grow shorter. When we reach September…” Ah, I know some people will remember and continue to sing that because September is now here, and soon it will be December.
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Christian Artists National Various Arts Society (CANVAS) in partnership with the Bacolod AI Artists Association and the Bacolod City Public
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A marijuana plantation was discovered and raided on Tuesday by the police in Sitio Bedio, Brgy. Codcod, San Carlos City, Negros
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Council has lauded Senator Imee Marcos for her stand against sugar importation and her advocacy to modernize sugar mills
Grace Pharmacy president Ian Manuel T. Lo, representing the Dr. Manuel Lo Foundation, generously donated 20,000 five-kilo bags of rice to Bacolod City. The turnover
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Trade and Industry reported that a 60-day price freeze was imposed in 31 local government units in Western
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The week-long anti-drug operations of the police in Western Visayas has resulted in the apprehension of 98 drug suspects and the
