BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Border restrictions in the provinces of Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental, will be among the measures to be strictly imposed to prevent the entry of the African swine fever (ASF) that has affected parts of
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Some 3,000 residents of Bacolod City will undergo the first surveillance testing for 2021 that started yesterday until Feb. 15, to ensure that they are free from coronavirus disease 2019. Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Households that have been affected by granular lockdowns in Bacolod City will receive assistance, worth P18 million, soon. This was after the list of about 6,000 low-income-earner families, who were locked down from Sept. 11
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three fugitives, including a senior citizen, who are facing rape and murder cases, were accounted for in separate manhunt operations in Negros Occidental on Wednesday. Ranny Panaligan, of Brgy. Alangilan in Bacolod City, one of the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Legal Office was ordered by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday to take legal action against three returning residents of Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, for misdeclaration, for not stating that they came from the United Kingdom.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson urged the Negros Occidental police officers yesterday to be legal and moral troops. In dealing with problems involving criminality, illegal drugs, and insurgency, Lacson said that while the task of policemen and
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The management of Vallacar Transit Inc. assured the public yesterday of normal operations of buses plying the Bacolod-Victorias-Bacolod route, amid the holding of a picket by about 20 disgruntled drivers and fare collectors. VTI media relations
VISIT. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is toured around the Art District in Bacolod City by artist Charlie Co in this photo posted by Silay Mayor Mark Golez on his FB page yesterday*
My wife and I stayed up Wednesday night to watch the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, the 46th president of the United States of America and his Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman of color and South Asian descent
Where were the others? Like many other Filipinos, I watched with interest the change of administration in the United States, where Joseph R. Biden took over the presidency from Donald Trump. But like those others also following the TV coverage,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two policemen assigned in Negros Occidental are now facing a probe for allegedly receiving protection money from financiers of illegal gambling. PLt. Col. Arnel Solis, spokesman of the Police Regional Office 6, disclosed yesterday that the
“That they may be one, as we also are one.” (Jn 17,11) Words of Christ just before he entered into the culminating act of human redemption, expressing his greatest desire for us. We have to realize that this is the
DEVOTION. Vendors selling devotional items across the San Vicente Ferrer Parish-Shrine, also known as “Vito Church” located at Barangay Vito in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.* Andrew Altarejos photo
GOVERNORS. Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson and Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria at a meeting yesterday at the Negros Oriental Provincial Capitol in Dumaguete City.* NegOcc Capitol PIO photo
• 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
• 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
