BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN All travelers entering airports and seaports of Negros Occidental are again being required by the provincial government to undergo mandatory swabbing and Covid-19 RT-PCR testing, regardless of destination, and to be quarantined until their negative results
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Bacolod Government Center ground was temporarily closed to the public yesterday and until Sunday. The decision was reached after the city recorded 31 new Coronavirus 2019 cases, the highest daily record since November 8
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The sale of banned luncheon meat in Silay City was thwarted by the Negros Occidental Provincial Veterinary Office Friday last week, Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena, said yesterday. Following reports from several concerned citizens regarding the
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III More than half a million pesos in livelihood assistance was received by a group of farmer beneficiaries in Brgy. Alangilan, Bacolod City from the Department of Agrarian Reform Monday. DAR Assistant Regional Director for Western
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN While he is not discouraging travelling during the Holy Week, Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson called on them yesterday to be mindful of their activities by not lowering their vigilance and observing health protocols, as
MANILA – The Sugar Regulatory Administration has revised its sugar allocation for the year to ensure a stable supply of the commodity. In its order released Monday, the SRA said the initial projection of national sugar production of 2.19 million
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Members of Bayan-Negros and Karapatan-Negros staged a “Kalbaryo ng Bayan” and indignation rally at the Fountain of Justice in Bacolod City yesterday to call for justice for all victims of human rights violation and to dramatize
‘WAR’ CASUALTIES. Police troopers transport the cadavers of two suspected New People’s Army rebels to a PNP helicopter from the encounter site in Barangay Nagbinlod, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental.* PNP SAF photo
It’s going to be April Fools tomorrow. Like Halloween, it is another of those Western celebrations that I never really got into. I can appreciate the art of wearing costumes and playing a good prank every now and then, but
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any name would smell as sweet.” I don’t think any high school student – of my generation, at least, – missed that very popular line from one of the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Negros Oriental has recommended the placing of the province under a state of calamity. Provincial Agriculturist Manuel Caduyac, in an interview with Philippine Information Agency 7,
A hundred political prisoners in Negros island will hold another 24-hour fast on Friday to call on the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) National Office to press on with its initial efforts for a thorough and impartial investigation on the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez is extending the suspension of face-to-face (F2F) classes on May 2 and 3 on all pre-schools up to senior high schools, in all public and private schools in Bacolod City, as
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Victorias City Mayor Javier Miguel Benitez and Councilor Derek Palanca, the son of former Victorias City Mayor Francis Frederick Palanca, have both assured the incumbent administration of the Negros Occidental provincial government of their continued support.
As early as possible, we should be clear about what true love is. At the moment, we don’t have to look far to see how love is understood and lived wrongly by a great majority of the people around. To
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Incumbent Mayor John Rey Tabujara appears to be unfazed by reports that he will be challenged in the Cauayan mayoralty race in the elections next year. Tabujara confirmed that he will be seeking his third and
