BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Only about 10 percent of the more than half-a-million population of Bacolod City signified willingness to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, who chairs the local Inter-Agency Task Force, said.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Rachelle Mae Palang Command (RPMC) of the New People’s Army lauded the decision of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Oriental to markedly slash the budget intended for “intelligence gathering fund” in order to allocate more
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A passenger ship bound for Cebu yesterday returned to its origin port in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, after encountering strong waves, the Philippine Coast Guard said. Following its departure from the port of San Carlos,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Coast Guard–Southern Visayas District has been deactivated, PCG-Negros Occidental chief Capt. Ludovico Librilla confirmed yesterday. With its deactivation, the supervision of PCG-Negros Occidental was returned PCG-Western Visayas District, while PCG-Negros Oriental and PCG-Siquijor were
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The city government of San Carlos in Negros Occidental will restore the checkpoints in its boundary with Vallehermoso and Canlaon City in Negros Oriental, starting Monday, Mayor Renato Gustilo announced yesterday. Border controls between San Carlos
The Department of Labor and Employment said it plans to provide a wage subsidy for workers for three months to help them cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Labor Assistant Secretary Dominique Tutay said the wage subsidy to be
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III An Animal Welfare Task Force was proposed by several officials of the Bacolod City government and animal welfare advocates in a meeting yesterday. The task force will formulate and implement plans and programs for animal
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III There was no pre-Valentine concert that happened near the Bacolod Government Center, Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical and data analysis of the Emergency Operations Center, said yesterday. Sorongon said that members of Police Station
MAMBULOC CREEK. A photo of the ongoing excavation and dredging operations at Mambuloc Creek in Bacolod City, taken Feb. 16* DRRMO photo
Many economists and other analysts highly recommend that the youth of today must be convinced that their chances of being gainfully employed will increase significantly if they take less interest in diploma-oriented college courses in the traditional universities and colleges.
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
Philippine shares continued to decline to end the week as investors remained cautious due to elevated inflation and interest rates, while the peso moved sideways. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) went down by 30.53 points to 6,511.93. All Shares
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former head of the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorism Division is now leading the NBI Bacolod District Office. Manuel Fayre Jr. replaced Atty. Renoir Baldovino, who had been assigned in Bacolod City for more than
All eight members of the E. B. Magalona Wrestling Secondary Girls team paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon Thursday, after winning first runner-up in their event at the recent Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet 2024, a
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez committed the full support of the House of Representatives for initiatives meant to promote health education and improved access to dental care for every Filipino, a press release from the House of Representatives said. Romualdez aired
Oil companies will slash petroleum prices as much as P2 per liter today. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Seaoil, and Shell said they will roll back gasoline prices by P2 per liter and will also cut diesel prices by
