September 9, 2020

SEC Bacolod adopts new work hours under MECQ

The Securities and Exchange Commission-Bacolod Extension Office will have new working hours starting today following the modified enhanced community quarantine status implemented in the city, its information officer, Clyde Padilla, said yesterday.

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‘Inflation remains manageable’

The Philippine economy contracted by 9 percent in the first half of 2020 due to the pandemic but price pressures continue to be manageable, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor Benjamin Diokno said.

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Clippers out-gun Nuggets in Game 3

Paul George scored 32 points and the Los Angeles Clippers turned up the heat defensively yesterday in a 113-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets for a 2-1 lead in the NBA Western Conference semi-finals.

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Fisherman killed

A fisherman, whose boat was allegedly hit by an unidentified vessel, died in the waters of Sitio Pangahuyan 1, Barangay Washington in Escalante City, Negros Occidental, at about 4 a.m. yesterday.

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Another SRA employee Covid-hit

Another employee of the Sugar Regulatory Administration in Bacolod City tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, its administrator, Hermenegildo Serafica, confirmed yesterday.

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MECQ down our throats

We have yet to see the effects of the reinstated use of Home Quarantine Passes (HQP) but overnight and with only half of pass-holders able to use it, we found ourselves on lockdown anew and asking whether those HQPs will still be of use or not.

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Filmmaker-prof named Bacolod filmfest director

An award-winning filmmaker and longtime educator has been recently appointed by the Bacolod City Government as director of its film festival, set to be held this September in select cinemas in the city. The Bacolod Film Festival Council (BFFC), chaired

Power advocate eagerly awaits NEPC franchise

As per monitoring of Power Watch Negros, the application of the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) for a legislative franchise, as embodied in H.B. No. 9805, had already passed the preliminary phase of the complex legislative labyrinth in the

12 former rebels get financial aid

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twelve former rebels who surrendered to the 62nd Infantry Battalion and police in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, have availed of financial aid, through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation of the Department of Social Welfare

Hell and high water

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration has recently announced that the worst of the El Niño heat may be over, but with the caveat that Filipinos should now brace themselves for an expected La Niña, which could make