November 19, 2020

To be with God is always feasible

We need to constantly remember that we are nothing without God. God is everything to us. We should never dare to think that we can be on our own, relying simply on our own human powers, no matter how good

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Has China found a cure?

What a misnomer! They named it “IOTA”, but iota was the worst word for the destruction it brought. In the news yesterday was the occurrence of a hurricane which someone who must have a warped sense of humor named “IOTA”,

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Disastrous

A new report from the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent societies (IFRC) on global catastrophes since 1960 pointed out that the world has been hit by more than 100 disasters – many of them climate-related and affecting more

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VMC, DENR sign accord to rehabilitate Sicaba River

The Sicaba River that crosses Manapla and Cadiz City in Negros Occidental is up for rehabilitation of its physical and environmental state, under a collaboration between the Victorias Milling Company and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. A memorandum

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Bacolod eligible to grant performance-based bonus

Bacolod City is among the select local government units (LGUs) eligible to grant the 2019 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for its employees.             The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has informed Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia of this authority

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Virus infects 31 more cops in Region 6

Thirty-one more police personnel in Western Visayas tested positive for COVID-19, the Police Regional Office 6 reported. Police records showed that virus infected WV personnel rose from 126 on Oct. 28 to 157, as of Nov. 12. Of the 157

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Return of Ilog LSIs suspended

The return of locally stranded individuals to Ilog in Negros Occidental will be suspended for two weeks. This was after the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases-Western Visayas has approved the request of Ilog

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Biz registration campaign in malls

The Bacolod City Business Permits and License Office (BPLO) is holding a mall campaign, called “BPLO On-The-Go” in the nine malls in the city for the processing of their 2021 business permits.             “Our policy is to make it easy

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Capitol employees may get add’l bonus

Capitol employees may have an additional bonus in the form of Collective Negotiation Agreement incentives this Yuletide season.             Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz yesterday said that the Provincial Legal Office favorably endorsed on Nov. 16 the draft of the CNA

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Wrestling team visits mayor

All eight members of the E. B. Magalona Wrestling Secondary Girls team paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon Thursday, after winning first runner-up in their event at the recent Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet 2024, a

Extreme heat over, expect rain – PAGASA

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Expect isolated thunderstorms across Western Visayas, as the period of intense heat and high temperatures is over, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration disclosed. PAGASA Specialist 1 Ferdinand Rubin however disclosed that the rainy

SJI girls capture WVRAA volleyball title, advance to Palaro

Negros Occidental, represented by St. John’s Institute, captured the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Elementary Girls Volleyball title on May 6 at the Montalbo Gym in Bacolod City. In the elimination round the Negros Occidental girls defeated Capiz in

Dumaguete mayor hopes for NIR to be law

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo yesterday said he is hoping that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will sign Negros Island Region bill before May 20, in time for his visit to Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental. Unfazed by

Siquijor residents ‘deeply disturbed’ by impending NIR

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499 wanted persons nabbed in WV month-long ops

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 reported to have accounted for 499 wanted persons all over Western Visayas in its April manhunt operations, as part of its relentless efforts to arrest individuals and hold them accountable for