It is both good and inspiring to know that, despite the fearsome threat of the COVID pandemic, sports officials as well as players all over the world are still upbeat about holding the Olympic Games this year. Nothing can inspire
The Philippine Statistics Authority reported that inflation, as measured by the consumer price index, shot up to 4.2 percent year-on-year, rising by their fastest level in two years in January. Inflation overshot government expectations as the surge in food costs
A resident receives flu vaccine at the Covid vaccination dry run in Brgy. Villamonte gym yesterday as Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Dr. Chris Sorongon, Councilor Renecito Novero, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, and EOC executive director Em Ang look on*
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Business Process Outsourcing firm Transcom Bacolod was finally given the go signal by the Emergency Operations Center to resume operations on Monday, almost a week after their onsite work was halted due to the Covid
The city government of Bacolod, led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, hosted an appreciation ceremony for seven volunteers of the Emergency Operations Center Task Force at the Bacolod City Government Center lobby Thursday night. The volunteers include Drs. Chris Sorongon and
The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is requesting the Department of Public Works and Highways-Bacolod Engineering District, through district engineer Abraham Villareal, to expedite the road construction repair works along the Circumferential Road near the Bacolod City Government Center. A resolution, authored
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another Negros Occidental policeman is now in hot water after he tested positive for use of illegal drugs, regional police spokesperson, Lt. Col. Joem Malong, said. This brought to two the number of Negros Occidental police
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Philippine National Police will sign a memorandum of agreement on Feb. 7 for the rehabilitation and protection of 40 hectares of the Northern Negros Natural Park (NNNP)
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A private firm may start dredging the heavily silted rivers in EB Magalona, Negros Occidental, as soon as it complies with the requirements needed, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday. Lacson, who presided over the inter-agency
The cities of Talisay, Silay, and Victorias received P1 million in cash assistance each, and the municipality of EB Magalona, P500,000, from the Bacolod City government, through executive assistant to the mayor Jose Maria Vargas, yesterday. Vargas, with Administration and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Council has lauded Senator Imee Marcos for her stand against sugar importation and her advocacy to modernize sugar mills and farming practices. In a recent media interview in La Carlota City, where she distributed
The gospel of the feast of St. Matthias on May 14 tells us about how much God loves us, where we can find that love and how that love gives us also the complete joy. (cfr. Jn 15,9-17) “Jesus said
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
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson called on athletes of the province who will be part of the delegation of Western Visayas to the Palarong Pambansa in Cebu on July to “contribute medals” to the cause of the region. Lacson
• 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
As per monitoring of Power Watch Negros, the application of the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) for a legislative franchise, as embodied in H.B. No. 9805, had already passed the preliminary phase of the complex legislative labyrinth in the
