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.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Agrarian reform beneficiaries in the 5th district of Negros Occidental, who are engaged in planting sugarcane, have banded together to protect
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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 57-year-old landowner was injured after a gun attack on Saturday in Brgy. Dolis, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Police investigations showed that
BACK TO BACK. Defending champion Tribu Cubay was awarded the Best Performing Tribe and this year’s over-all champion during the 42nd Pasalamat Festival 2004 in La Carlota City Sunday.* Andrew Altarejos photos
Leaders of the House of Representatives’ “Young Guns” have strongly condemned the emergence of an audio deepfake featuring President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., urging
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
