COVID notwithstanding, people still wished friends, kin and even strangers, a Merry Christmas last Friday! Traditions die hard, and even if it may not have been the merriest Christmas for everyone, everywhere, still the spirit of the season prevailed and
BY ADRIAN P NEMES III A Covid-19 vaccination council was created by the Bacolod City government to oversee and ensure the expeditious and orderly acquisition and distribution of the vaccine in the city. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia, who chairs the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental has remained on top of the list among the six provinces and two highly urbanized cities in Western Visayas with the most number of confirmed and actives Covid cases, as of Saturday. The Department
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Inter Agency Task Force reported that 21 persons deprived of liberty in Negros Oriental were infected by coronavirus disease 2019. Dr. Liland Estacion, PIATF chief, said during a virtual briefing on Dec. 26 that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Apolinario Gatmaitan Command of the New People’s Army in Negros Island marked the 52nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Dec. 26, by honoring its former comrades, who offered their lives
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The focused military and police operations and the absence of a yuletide truce led to an encounter that claimed the lives of two suspected New People’s Army rebels and the arrest of a ranking NPA leader
4 DAYS TO 2021. Photographer Terence Philip Nemenzo Talorete captioned this picture “Warp Speed” that he took Dec. 23 in front of the Talisay City Hall in Negros Occidental*
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas distributed P148,236,000 in social pension to 49,412 indigent senior citizens from Negros Occidental and Bacolod City for the second semester. Of the amount, P140,097,000 was
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN An estimated P144,000 worth of suspected shabu and assorted paraphernalia were recovered from five drug suspects, including a senior citizen, who were arrested on Christmas day and on Saturday in Negros Occidental. The apprehension of Hilbert
The Department of Health and the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) will discuss travel restrictions following reports of detection of United Kingdom’s new variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in more
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), the largest political party in the country, has forged an alliance with Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) to further promote people’s interests under the Bagong Pilipinas program of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general has reiterated that the 3rd Infantry Division does not engage in “red tagging,” which he stressed is not a government policy. Maj. Gen. Marion Sison, 3ID commander, disclosed that the information presented to
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating Antonio Alexi Gayares for placing 9th in the May 2024 Philippine Nurses Licensure Examination, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. Authored by Councilor Em Ang, the resolution said the Professional Regulation
An award-winning filmmaker and longtime educator has been recently appointed by the Bacolod City Government as director of its film festival, set to be held this September in select cinemas in the city. The Bacolod Film Festival Council (BFFC), chaired
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police chiefs in Negros Occidental have been warned of a “one strike policy and no take policy” in the campaign against illegal gambling, in their respective areas. This was after PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
