BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force has ordered the retention of status quo on the requirements of local government units in Western Visayas for locally stranded individuals returning to the region. In Resolution No. 3, the
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The week-long campaign of the Bacolod City Police Office resulted in the confiscation of P1.7 million worth of illegal drugs, its spokesperson, P/Lt Liberty Indiape, said yesterday. Indiape said that around 258.977 grams of suspected
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The campaigns to push Vice-President Leni Robredo and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to run for president in next year’s elections show that there are many Filipino women who are believed capable of running for public
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN House Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano said yesterday that he will call for an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the budget circular of the Department of Budget and Management on the pay grade of nurses.
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The renovation of Rizal Park in Bacolod has started and is expected to be completed within the year, City Engineer’s Office acting head, Alan Agbones, said. Agbones said the project has an approved budget for
The Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development will try to reach at least 95 percent coverage in its measles-rubella and oral polio vaccine supplemental immunization activity or MR-OPV SIA. Negros Occidental has the highest numbers of unvaccinated
ARTISTIC. The Art District at Lopue’s Mandalagan in Bacolod City is becoming an attraction due to these murals* Chrysee Samillano photo
Last of 2 parts In my last column, I expounded on the first three laws of wealth. I hope it has provided some enlightenment or stimulated discussion among you, dear readers. Let me now cover the rest of this topic.
Well, well! Now it is only one dynasty we can expect to confront. In the next elections, there may be two. That is, if Inday Sara, the daughter of President Duterte, takes the bait and bearkens to the calls for
The country facing one of Southeast Asia’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks finally launched its much-awaited vaccination campaign on Monday after receiving 600,000 doses of the Sinovac Biotech vaccine donated by China. The Philippines is among the last Southeast Asian countries to
Farmers in the 5th district of Negros Occidental have availed of P11.8 million in rice and corn agricultural inputs, from the provincial government headed by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson. Lacson and Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, assisted by Mayor Rogelio Raymund
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The province of Negros Occidental sustained P13,784,650 million worth of damage to livestock and poultry from the El Niño phenomenon, following deaths of 14,598 chickens and other ruminants, as of May 13. In her report to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Stressing that the police force in Western VIsayas is a very professional one, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police director, yesterday said that there is no need to conduct a loyalty check. For us here, I
• 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
In a bid to enhance public transportation and promote eco-friendly travel options, the City of Bacolod, with the initiative of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, will launch a green route dry run featuring electric jeeps (e-jeeps) starting May 15 until May
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), the largest political party in the country, has forged an alliance with Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) to further promote people’s interests under the Bagong Pilipinas program of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., a
