If we live by our Christian faith, we know that holiness is the ultimate and constant purpose of our life. It is what we should pursue and achieve consistently and unrelentingly in anything that we do—from our thoughts and intentions,
Only four days to go before the country’s nationwide vaccination program is supposed to start. What a relief such news must be giving our people who have been living in constant apprehension over the possibility of infection, not knowing, or
Data from the Department of Tourism showed foreign arrivals last year plummeting to their lowest level since at least 1999, dropping to just 1.48 million, a downturn of 82.05 percent year-on-year. The tourism industry suffered a huge setback from the
The 16th Bacolaodiat Festival in Bacolod City has been cancelled due to Covid-19* Rods Palma photo
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Some 8,216 out of 23,545 establishments in Bacolod, or about 34.9 percent, have been registered in the city’s baCTrac system, as of this month. But Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN / ADRIAN P. NEMES III Motorcycle-riding suspects killed two more alleged drug personalities in Bacolod City and Silay, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, even as police probers are still facing a blank wall on the identities of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Active Covid-19 cases in Negros Occidental have shown a drop in the past several days, the Provincial Incident Management Team said yesterday. The active cases were from 90 on Feb. 2, 101 on Feb. 4, 98
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Farmers of the San Enrique Multi-Purpose Cooperative sold 7,790 kilos of clean and dry palay to the National Food Authority in Bacolod City Tuesday. Ronald Aluyen, supervisor of the JJ warehouse at Bredco port in
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Businessman Leo Rey Yanson and his mother, Olivia, have remained in control of the Rural Transit (Mindanao) Inc., following a stockholders’ meeting yesterday. In the election of the members of the board of directors, Leo Rey
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Drinking of alcoholic liquor in restaurants, hotels, and similar dine-in establishments in Bacolod City is now allowed from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia has signed Executive Order No. 3, series of
On the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, we are reminded that we should always have heaven in mind, for that is where we came from and where we are supposed to go as our ultimate destination and to
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
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
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Christian Artists National Various Arts Society (CANVAS) in partnership with the Bacolod AI Artists Association and the Bacolod City Public Library, held an art show, music concert, and poetry reading in celebration of Mother’s day
A team from the DOST- Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), led by Fenina Osorio, paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon on Monday, in the middle of their data collection for the National Nutrition Survey in Barangay Manta-angan,
Philippine Foremost Milling Corp. (PFMC), one of the country’s biggest flour companies, is one step closer to securing an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) for the construction of its modern flour milling facility in Barangay Ingore, Iloilo City, a press release
