Christmas season brings family get-togethers to the fore. One which was quite amusing was the annual gathering of the Lacsons from Talisay that woke me up for lunch at Nature’s Village. I was quite frightened when I saw the cars
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Admitting that Covid-19 was a “challenge” for him and all other local government executives, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that it did not stop him from implementing his development agenda for 2020 in Negros Occidental.
The Christmas holidays are still in full swing and with another ultra-long weekend coming up in this country where government gives away holidays like candy, we have been given another opportunity to maximize the potential of super spreader events all
Now that Christmas is over, and we are giving thanks for having a peaceful and joyful one despite all the problems that the world is dealing with now, let us look forward to a truly happy and prosperous New Year.
Without salient changes in emission standards, emissions of sulfur oxide and nitrogen oxide from coal-fired power plants in the Philippines and four other countries are projected to triple by 2030, leading to an estimated 70,000 deaths in the region, a
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III With the spread of the new coronavirus strain reported in various countries, the Bacolod Emergency Operations Center is beefing up efforts to contain the possible entry of the variant into the city. However, Dr. Chris
To ensure early access of cities to the Covid-19 vaccines, League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) national president Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia created the LCP Committee on Vaccine Availment recently. “We need to strategize our efforts to ensure that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The provincial government of Negros Occidental is now consolidating its savings for the purchase of Covid vaccines, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday. By the first week of February, Diaz said they may be able to
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Ten locally stranded individuals, who recently returned home to Negros Occidental, tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, Provincial Incident Management Team head Zeaphard Gerhart Caelian said. Caelian said the 10 LSIs, who are now isolated
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Negros Occidental African Swine Fever Task Force has seized some 32,641 tons of meat products, valued at P5.5 million, from different seaports, checkpoints, and at the Bacolod-Silay Airport since it started operations in January
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is taking proactive steps to protect its pensioners from the dangers of extreme heat following PAGASA’s warning of unprecedented temperatures reaching up to 46 degrees Celsius in 24 areas across the country. Old-Age and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another member of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1991 joined his classmates in their assignments in the Visayas region, as a commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Visayas Command. In his assumption of the
Silliman University, through the Culture and Arts Council (CAC), is set to host a national music and culture summit that aims to convene music leaders and practitioners from various fields of music in the Philippines on May 15-17. With the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO McDonald’s Philippines launched its Crave & Claim campaign in Bacolod City, featuring exclusive deals and discounts that customers could avail of exclusively on the McDonald’s App until April 30. The campaign was launched by McDonald’s Philippines
The Mixed 2012 of Montevista ES ranked first in round one of Mundial de Futbol, Inter Continental Soccer qualifiers held in conjunction with Gardenville United Football Club Inc., at Megaworld’s The Upper East on April 20-21. In the Girls 2009
Newly rebranded planters group “The Sugar Association Inc.”, formerly the Vicmico Planters Association, secured acceptance as one of the accredited partner associations of Hawaiian-Philippine Company (HPCo) sugar mill. “We are honored to be formally recognized as one of the partner
