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
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 Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson announced yesterday that the provincial government of Negros Occidental will undertake the solarization of seven of its
The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), the oldest primary NGO in the country, through its Negros and Iloilo Offices, in collaboration with its partner, the
Social Security System (SSS) President and Chief Executive Officer Rolando Ledesma Macasaet urged Filipino workers to be vigilant and regularly check if their contribution records
The Provincial Sports Office has teamed up with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, Inc. (SBP) to conduct a basketball elite camp for young Negrense hoopers
Mayor Raymund Tongson brought honor to Himamaylan City as he received the award as Best Oral Presenter in the recently concluded 2nd International Conference for
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The bill granting night shift differential to government employees whose work requires them to perform their duties beyond regular working hours,
