Group doing share to help fight Covid
September 5, 2020
A group of private citizens are doing their share to help in these difficult times, which is very much appreciated, Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday.
A group of private citizens are doing their share to help in these difficult times, which is very much appreciated, Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday.
Four more drug suspects were apprehended by the police in buy-bust operations in Negros Occidental that also yielded about P140,000 worth of suspected shabu.
Personnel sent by the Police Regional Office 6 to Cebu City to help enforce quarantine regulations in the fight against the spread of Covid-19 are now back in Western Visayas.
BY SHIELA G. GELERA A personal motive is being eyed in the death of a probationer, who was gunned down in Purok Balinday, Barangay 2 in Bacolod City Thursday, P/Capt. Leo Estopa, Station 2 chief, said yesterday. Estopa said Felix
Bacolod Councilor Al Victor Espino yesterday clarified that the Sangguniang Panlungsod only endorsed the request for cockfighting activities in the city to the National Inter-Agency Task Force on Covid-19 and did not act on it.
Olivia Yanson, the 86-year-old matriarch of the Yanson group of bus companies, who is confined at the St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City for COVID-19, is feeling okay but is not out of danger yet, her daughter, Ginnette Dumancas, said yesterday.
Four Bacolod residents have separately been sentenced to life imprisonment for the sale illegal drugs.
The third district topped the list among the six districts of Negros Occidental with the most number of COVID-19 positive cases, excluding the lone district of Bacolod City, as of September 3.
The COVID-19 positive cases are alarming but with proper structures in place and close coordination between Bacolod City and Negros Occidental, he is very optimistic that the situation can be turned around in a couple of weeks, retired General Melquiades Feliciano, Inter-Agency Task Force-Visayas chief implementer, said yesterday.
A woman was injured while 19 houses were destroyed and four more were damaged when fire hit a slum area in Purok Sunrise, Barangay Taculing in Bacolod City, at about 1:32 p.m. yesterday.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following the declaration of a state of calamity in Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental, the Department of Trade and Industry has approved its request to implement a price freeze on basic commodities. Mayor Benjie Miranda requested
In a heartwarming display of community spirit and appreciation for motherhood, McDonald’s The Upper East and Megaworld Bacolod recently organized a special event to celebrate Mother’s Day, a press release from the organizers said. The event titled “Celebrating Motherhood: A
GOVERNORS. Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson and Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria at a meeting yesterday at the Negros Oriental Provincial Capitol in Dumaguete City.* NegOcc Capitol PIO photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Stressing that the police force in Western VIsayas is a very professional one, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police director, yesterday said that there is no need to conduct a loyalty check. For us here, I
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former head of the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorism Division is now leading the NBI Bacolod District Office. Manuel Fayre Jr. replaced Atty. Renoir Baldovino, who had been assigned in Bacolod City for more than
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Italianni’s Restaurant recently opened its 33rd branch in the country at the ground floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City. The popular restaurant chain, known for its great American-Italian food, is the second Italianni’s