Transcom temporarily closed due to Covid-19
February 2, 2021
Transcom was ordered closed for disinfection after 41 employees tested positive for Covid, and issued a notice of violation for not using the city’s BaCTrak system* APN photo
Transcom was ordered closed for disinfection after 41 employees tested positive for Covid, and issued a notice of violation for not using the city’s BaCTrak system* APN photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson aired his concern yesterday over the news that 41 Transcom employees tested positive for Covid-19, adding that since eight of them are from outside Bacolod, they may have returned to
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Six policemen assigned at the Bacolod City Police Office and the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office were among the awardees yesterday during the 30th PNP Foundation Day celebration at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City. Napolcom
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A laborer, 56, has been arrested in Brgy. Cabagnaan, La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Sunday, for the death of his son, the police said. The suspect, identified as Romulo Roto Sr., was reported by the La
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Businessman Leo Rey Yanson was re-elected chairman of the board and president of the Goldstar Bus Transit Inc. and Ceres Transport Inc. during a virtual stockholders meeting yesterday, a press statement from their camp said. GBTI
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Meat prices in Negros Occidental, including Bacolod City, continue to increase by P2 to P21, as of yesterday. Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena, in his report to Governor Eugenio Lacson, said carabao meat is now sold
Almost six years after my DIY hybrid off grid PV system was installed in my home, I will have repaired or replaced almost all of the components. Only the photovoltaic (PV) panels mounted on my roof have survived the years
Remember that old saying we inherited from the Americans? It sounded so beautiful: “United we stand, Divided we fall”. I heard that as an elementary school pupil, and never forgot it. I was told it was coined by the people
The report entitled, “The inequality virus”, released by anti-poverty group Oxfam warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is aggravating inequality with the richest quickly getting richer while it will likely take years for the world’s poorest to recover. Oxfam warned that
An additional P2.04 million has been set aside by the Bacolod City Government as cash assistance to 408 vendors displaced by the ongoing road-clearing operations in the city. The first 78 of the 408 vendors received their cash assistance of
• 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.
Forty Child Development Workers (formerly called Day Care Workers) from all the 23 barangays of E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental, attended yesterday a one-day workshop on reading literacy at the Municipal Building. This was the second leg and expanded training
“The sun does not apologize for being hot and the rain does not apologize for falling” – Anonymous The weather bureau PAGASA predicted that the month of May would bring the highest heat index under the lingering El Niño phenomenon.
In its commitment to continue delivering quality education and exceptional service, STI West Negros University inaugurated its new School of Basic Education (SBE) building along Hilado Street, Barangay 18, Bacolod City, yesterday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiling of the building
• CARLO LEONARDIA When one thinks of the new Bistro Group restaurants in Bacolod City, the first to come to mind would probably be Italianni’s and TGI Fridays, as that is what they are most known for. However, the group
• ANDREW ALTAREJOS About 168 newly registered medical technologists took their oath as professionals, presided by Dr. Marilyn Cabal-Barza, chairman, Professional Regulatory Board of Medical Technology of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), at SMX Convention Center in Bacolod City Monday.