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 An Army general yesterday challenged the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the killing spree of the New People’s Army of innocent civilians, which they have claimed responsibility for. In communicating with Chris Montano of the
Yesterday we celebrated the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The Acts of the Apostles tell us that after his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples, presenting himself alive to them by many proofs and giving them instructions for
• 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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The granting of a franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp., to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental, is steadily inching towards approval by the Philippine Senate. The Senate approved on
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division welcomed the probe to be conducted by the Commission on Human Rights on a series of killings perpetrated and claimed by remnants of the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. We
BEACH LIFE. People enjoying the summer along the beaches of Barangay Talaban in Himamaylan City, over the weekend.* Andrew Altarejos photo