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
Philippine Foremost Milling Corp. (PFMC), one of the country’s biggest flour companies, is one step closer to securing an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) for the construction of its modern flour milling facility in Barangay Ingore, Iloilo City, a press release
The Barangay Council of Singcang-Airport has informed the Philippine National Police Regional Office and Bacolod City Police Office that they are willing to donate a 500 square meter property for the new and permanent location of Police Station 8. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The havoc created by the ongoing drought on Negros Occidental continues, as the value of the damage to agricultural crops has been reported at more than P502 million, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration and Office
LAZY AFTERNOONS. People are still staying indoors up from midmorning to late afternoons as they try to avoid the high temperatures these days, as shown by the almost empty bandstand area of the Bacolod City Public Plaza.* Emma Leonardia photo
“The sun does not apologize for being hot and the rain does not apologize for falling” – Anonymous The weather bureau PAGASA predicted that the month of May would bring the highest heat index under the lingering El Niño phenomenon.
A team from the DOST- Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), led by Fenina Osorio, paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon on Monday, in the middle of their data collection for the National Nutrition Survey in Barangay Manta-angan,
