There is no doubt that for most of us, 2020 absolutely sucked. It sucked not only because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the year 2020 also revealed how the government officials we ultimately elected in 2016 proved
If Ripley of the famous “Believe it or not” cartoons were still around, he would have found a very salable item by quoting the outgoing president of the United States for telling the officials of Georgia to “find votes” to
The Department of Labor and Employment is at the verge of rolling out a three-year national recovery plan to generate jobs for the millions of workers displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The national employment strategy is scheduled for implementation by
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that he had signed a non-disclosure agreement with a pharmaceutical company to purchase vaccines, worth P30 million, against the coronavirus disease 2019. While he did not elaborate on
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Forty-eight locally stranded individuals from Manila and Cebu arrived in Bacolod City via Roll-on Roll-off vessels after the moratorium on their return lapsed on Sunday. Councilor Cindy Rojas, who is in charge of the returning
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine National Police is investigating two reported incidents of illegal discharge of firearms on New Year’s Eve in the cities of Bacolod and Talisay in Negros Occidental. P/Lt. Abegael Donasco, deputy spokesperson of the Negros
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III A laborer died when he was electrocuted in Brgy. 9, Bacolod City past 10 a.m. yesterday. Police Station 1 chief, P/Maj. Jovil Sedel, identified the fatality as Saner Perez, 41, of Gonzaga Extension, Bacolod. Sedel
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Businessman Leo Rey Yanson was reappointed chairman of the Board and president of Ceres Liner Travel and Tours Inc. (CLTTI), during its annual stockholders’ meeting yesterday at its principal office in Brgy. Mansilingan, Bacolod City. A
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN You cannot choose your opponent. This was the reply yesterday of Gov. Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson to reports that somebody may challenge him for his position in the 2022 national and local elections. Lacson said he
VIRTUAL LOB. The Bago City Information Office pays tribute to winning Lights of Bago photos since 2012, including this entry of Ruel Cadigal in 2020 as posted on The Citybridge FB, after the 13th edition did not push through this year due to Covid-19*
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Italianni’s Restaurant recently opened its 33rd branch in the country at the ground floor of Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City. The popular restaurant chain, known for its great American-Italian food, is the second Italianni’s
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution congratulating and commending Hanna Joy Sayam for winning the grand prize in the figurative category of the Sining Filipina Art Competition held at Taguig City last March 22, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang
Once again, we are made to consider the greatest desire Christ expressed just before his passion, death and resurrection in the gospel reading of the Mass on Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter. (cfr. Jn 17,20-26) His desire was
Grace Pharmacy president Ian Manuel T. Lo, representing the Dr. Manuel Lo Foundation, generously donated 20,000 five-kilo bags of rice to Bacolod City. The turnover rites were held yesterday at the Bacolod City Government, and the rice donations were received
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The week-long anti-drug operations of the police in Western Visayas has resulted in the apprehension of 98 drug suspects and the recovery of almost two kilos of suspected shabu with an estimated market value of P13,226,000.
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
