COVID-19 is real and should not be taken lightly, Dr. Hector Gayares, medical deputy of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), said even as he assured the public that 90 percent of those who were infected in Bacolod City have recovered.
It was a weeklong circus that ended with the installation of Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco as the new Speaker of the House, replacing Alan Peter Cayetano.
Twenty-five out of 1,665 market vendors who participated in the COVID-19 surveillance testing tested positive for the virus, or a positivity rate of 1.5 percent, Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said yesterday.
The Negros Occidental provincial accounting office was warned yesterday not to delay the payment of job order employees, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has placed Negros Occidental under blue alert to heighten preparedness as Tropical Depression “Ofel”, which could affect the province, approaches.
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri sponsored Senate Resolution No. 544 on Tuesday, honoring the life of former Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon Jr.
Iloilo Mayor Jerry Treñas has issued an executive order allowing the resumption of travel from Bacolod City to Iloilo City effective today, but fastcraft operations may resume early next week yet.
The driver of a Ford Mustang and his two passengers died when they hit the rear portion of an Isuzu 10-wheeler truck in front of the Jetti gas station at the Circumferential Road in Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City, at about 1 a.m. yesterday.
The ban on tourism-related and non-essential travel to Sipalay City in Negros Occidental has been extended until October 31 as a continuous measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease.
The management of the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City is urging the public to be vigilant on fake check issuances bearing its name.
Last Sunday’s gospel gave us a glimpse of Jesus’ intimate relationship with his disciples through the much-loved image of the Good Shepherd (who knows his sheep and lays down his life for them). This Sunday we are given another equally
We have to be clear about the intimate relation between the virtues of humility, magnanimity and magnificence. Often these virtues are understood as somehow opposed to each other. Humility is often understood as projecting a low profile, hidden, passive and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Thirty six anti-drug operations of the police in Western Visayas from April 20 to 26 led to the neutralization of 42 drug personalities, whose arrests yielded P8.7 million worth of illegal drugs. Of the 42 arrested
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The killing of a civilian accused as a “military informant” in Brgy. Amontay, Binalbagan, was claimed by the New People’s Army, but at the same time they denied any involvement in the death of a barangay
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, and a renewed appreciation for the brighter side of life.” The filmfest, set for September
When there exists a new and a potentially powerful weapon that can be easily deployed during this golden age of disinformation that we live in, most politicos and their operators would probably prefer to turn a blind eye to it,
