March 5, 2021

6,270 doses of Sinovac expected to arrive today

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Some 6,270 doses of China-made Sinovac Coronavirus 2019 vaccines are expected to arrive in Bacolod City today which Emergency Operations Center executive Director Em Ang said is intended for the health workers. Ang, who is

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Guv willing to receive China-made vaccine

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said he is willing to receive the China-made Sinovac amid reports that some medical health personnel in two private and government hospitals in Bacolod are not willing to receive

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Lacson not involve in Sara, ‘Leni’ group

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday pointed out that he is not part of any movement either pushing for Vice-President Leni Robredo or presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte- Carpio, to run for president

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63K worth of shabu seized

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Operatives of Bacolod City police seized P63,000 worth of suspected shabu in three separate buy-bust operations in Baranggays27, Mansilingan and Singcang-Airport Tuesday and Wednesday. Station 7 commander P/Lt. Michael Tuburan said they conducted a buy

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Drugs suspects arrested

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen arrested three drug suspects, including a woman, in separate buy-bust operations on March 3 in cities of Silay and Kabankalan, Negros Occidental, which yielded about P34,000 worth of suspected shabu. Nabbed during a buy-bust operation

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2 killed in stabbing, hacking incidents

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 69-year-old laborer and a farmer both died in separate hacking and stabbing incidents on March 2 and 3, in Binalbagan and Hinobaan, Negros Occidental, with one of the suspect was arrested by the police, while

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Better than nothing

The Philippines ranks only second to Indonesia in Southeast Asia in terms of COVID-19 infections and deaths but it is among the last countries in the region to start vaccinating its people who will be celebrating their various stages of

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Royals are different

“And they lived happily ever after”. Isn’t that the way stories about royal couples usually end? Even Cinderella who was a bedraggled orphan  ended up with whom she supposedly lived with happily ever after. And we, as children bemused by

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Over performing

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) found the Philippines among the top over performing countries in terms of use of frontier technologies in its Technology and Innovation Report 2021 which provides a country readiness index for such technologies

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Our glory, our home

Yesterday we celebrated the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The Acts of the Apostles tell us that after his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples, presenting himself alive to them by many proofs and giving them instructions for

Mother’s Day art exhibit at mall

• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO “A mother is the heartbeat of her home, the pulse of her family’s existence.” In honor of all mothers, a group art exhibit titled “Handog kay Nanay” opened at the second level of Robinson’s Place Bacolod

PFMC closer to securing ECC for Iloilo flour mill

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Water district presents plans to address supply issues

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN PrimeWater, with joint venture partner Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA), presented their water management initiatives to address the increasing challenges in water supply in Bacolod City, during a recent hearing of the Sangguniang Panlungsod. The partnership

Foundation donates rice to Bacolod senior citizens

Grace Pharmacy president Ian Manuel T. Lo, representing the Dr. Manuel Lo Foundation, generously donated 20,000 five-kilo bags of rice to Bacolod City. The turnover rites were held yesterday at the Bacolod City Government, and the rice donations were received

House asks Coast Guard for modernization plan

Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Thursday requested the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to submit a comprehensive strategic modernization plan to the House of Representatives, which can be used as a basis for allocating funds in annual budget deliberation of Congress.