The Cadiz City government has announced the winners of its first-ever Sights and Sounds Digital Festival 2021, in line with this year’s celebration of Dinagsa Festival that was mostly virtual because of the Covid pandemic. In the “Laragway sang Cadiz“
Twenty-five Negrense scholars passed the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Level 2 and Level 3 in Japan recently. These scholars are senior high school students, nurses, physical therapists, and midwives, who went to Japan to study in 2018, 2019, and
The Philippine economy shrank a record 9.5 percent in 2020 but is expected to stage a strong recovery before the end of this year with the rollout of vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported yesterday
This is what we should be very clear about. True freedom can only be found in God, in Christ who is the God-made-man to reveal to us who God is and who we are in relation to God. It is
They said it, not us or any other nationals. I heard on TV someone commenting that they are no longer the “United” States of America, but the “Un “Divided” one. This was shortly after the transfer of power from Donald
The Department of Information and Communications Technology is setting its sights on speeding up the process of issuing permits for fiber optic cables for telecommunications companies and internet connectivity to further improve the quality and speed of connectivity in the
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Janssen, owned by American multi-national corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J), is looking for at least 500 volunteers for the third phase of the clinical trial for its coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine in Bacolod City. Dr.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another Negrense has been appointed chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, a native of Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental, who used to be the company commander of the 11th Infantry Battalion, then
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The municipality of EB Magalona in Negros Occidental will seek the help of various groups to include 70 percent of its population in the Covid-19 vaccination program because of its meager resources and limited budget to
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two motorcycle-riding suspects shot and killed an alleged drug personality in Brgy. Mambulac, Silay City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday. The victim was identified by the Silay police as Rodulfo Cain Jr., alias Jun Kumpol, 45, of
• 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
Various farm equipment were turned over to the members of two farmers’ associations in Barangay San Isidro E. B. Magalona yesterday by E.B. Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon’s consultant Ramie Babac and Municipal Agriculturist Efren Garcia Jr., according to a press
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Five local government units have issued a Resolution of No Objection (RONO) to the P1.2 billion bulk water project of the Negros Occidental provincial government, with the only exception being Silay City government, Provincial Administrator Atty.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the killing spree of innocent civilians carried out and admitted by the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. These acts of violence are not only abhorrent, but also a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The month long anti-illegal operations in Negros Occidental, including the highly urbanized Bacolod City, has led to the arrest 246 persons, according to reports of the Police Regional Office 6. Among the arrested suspects, a total
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN PrimeWater, with joint venture partner Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA), presented their water management initiatives to address the increasing challenges in water supply in Bacolod City, during a recent hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The partnership
