The business community in Bacolod has expressed optimism after Inter-Agency Task Force-Visayas chief deputy implementer, Melquiades Feliciano, detailed his virus containment protocol for the city.
Both the Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative and the Northern Negros Electric Cooperative have dropped their power rates in September.
I told myself days ago to endure an hour of ranting from the nation’s leader in order to hear the announcement of what our new community quarantine status will be. However, with an earlier announcement that the city government appealed to downgrade us to GCQ, it was not worth staying up late.
There used to be a comic strip titled “There ought be a law”. It was a very funny one that made whichever newspaper or magazine that carried it very salable. This time, though, that title came to me after hearing or reading a lot of complaints about fake news, especially those involving officials. Of course we do have laws on libel and other forms of materials written or spoken against anyone in a manner that would affect his or her reputation, but usually the victims just fret and fume , but do not take any action against the purveyor.
The tourism sector is bent on taking the lead in the safe reopening of the economy as the country’s top tourist destinations Boracay and Baguio have secured the approval to accept tourists starting October 1.
Members of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, who have fully recovered from COVID-19, took turns in donating blood plasma for the pandemic victims, deputy provincial police spokesman PLt. Wilma Silva yesterday said.
Three more drug suspects were arrested by the police in the cities of Silay and Himamaylan in Negros Occidental, with about P50,000 worth of suspected shabu and its paraphernalia.
A suspected member of the New People’s Army, who is facing arson charges, was apprehended yesterday by combined police and Army troops in Brgy. Mabini, Escalante City, Negros Occidental by virtue of an arrest warrant issued by San Carlos Regional Trial Court Judge Kathrine Go.
“We are open to any legitimate investigation anytime because we are not hiding anything,” Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said yesterday in reaction to a petition to the President seeking the liquidation of the funds being utilized by the city for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator’s Office at the Capitol in Bacolod City was locked down yesterday afternoon after the wife of one of its employees tested positive for COVID-19, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.
OMEN. A solar halo, as seen from the Bacolod public plaza yesterday, which some say is a potential sign of rain that could follow in the next few days.* Andrew Altarejos photo
The Bacolod Film Festival is now accepting script submissions with the theme “Stories with a Smile,” or those with a “potential to inspire laughter, warmth,
The Real Estate Brokers Association of the Philippines Inc. (REBAP) – Metro Bacolod Chapter held its first General Membership Meeting (GMM) on March 9, at
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Health Office has logged 14 confirmed cases of pertussis, or whooping cough, in Negros Occidental, as of May 6.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that incumbent elected officials of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino in Negros Occidental are supporting his reelection
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