The tariff on mechanically deboned meat (MDM) of chicken and turkey will remain at 5 percent until December 2022, according to Executive Order 123, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte on Jan. 15 and made public yesterday. He signed the EO
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson turned over checks, worth P3,544,000 recently, to the Nabinay Agrarian Reform Cooperative, based in Brgy. Daga, Cadiz City, representing the first tranche of fund transfer for the Negros native chicken breeding, production, and marketing enterprise, under
Oil players are set to increase their prices this morning, posting a third consecutive weekly rise. In separate statements, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, Seaoil, and Shell said they will increase gasoline prices by P1 per liter, and diesel prices by P1.05
Eleven micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Negros Oriental received technology upgrading, worth more than P7 million, through the Department of Science and Technology Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program Innovation-Enabling Fund (SETUP iFund). The SETUP iFund is intended mainly
The Japanese Diet opened yesterday with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowing to go ahead with preparations to hold the Tokyo Olympics this summer, in the face of growing public opposition amid a surge in coronavirus infections across the country. In
From bitter social media posts to workouts using mattresses as hitting partners, dozens of the world’s best tennis players confined to Australian hotels for two weeks are dealing with their confinement in contrasting ways. The Australian Open in Melbourne has
Rafael Nadal yesterday became the first player to be ranked in the ATP top 10 for 800 consecutive weeks, a run spanning more than 15 years. The world number two broke Jimmy Connors’ previous record of 789 straight weeks in
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Bureau of Investigation district office in Bacolod City will be closed for one week, after five of its employees tested positive for the coronavirus disease, its head, Renoir Baldovino, said yesterday. Baldovino said the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of the Interior and Local Government said 52 more barangays of Negros Occidental were liberated by the Armed Forces of the Philippines from the influence and control of the New People’s Army. Twenty-eight former
Mayor Evelio Leonardia will present before Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat of the Department of Tourism the status of the tourism industry in Bacolod and its tourism recovery plan to mitigate the adverse effects of the pandemic. Leonardia will make the presentation
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A marijuana plantation was discovered and raided on Tuesday by the police in Sitio Bedio, Brgy. Codcod, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Seized at the plantation were 132 fully grown marijuana plants, estimated at 20 kilos.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN There is no stopping from the provincial government of Negros Occidental as it pursues its bulk water project, amid opposition from members of the Silay City Sangguniang Panlungsod and sugar planters, as confirmed by Mayor Joedith
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 reported that it arrested 29 drug suspects and recovered P5.1 million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas, during 24-hour police operations on May 10. Of the 29 arrested suspects, seven
Kabataan Partylist-Negros vehemently condemned the intimidation, psychological harassment, and constant illegal surveillance by the state forces to Florence Guzon, KPL-Negros’ Secretary General, a press release from the group said. Last April 25, state elements went to Guzon’s residence in Talisay
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
At the end of the first round of games, Organic Solutions cruised towards an easy win over JSY Countertrade with a final score of 67-53. The first half was a back-and-forth contest, though it always seemed Organic Solutions were the
