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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Sugar farmers laud Sen. Imee on importation stand

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sugar Council has lauded Senator Imee Marcos for her stand against sugar importation and her advocacy to modernize sugar mills and farming practices. In a recent media interview in La Carlota City, where she distributed

Brgy. Singcang to donate land for police station

The Barangay Council of Singcang-Airport has informed the Philippine National Police Regional Office and Bacolod City Police Office that they are willing to donate a 500 square meter property for the new and permanent location of Police Station 8. The

NTF-ELCAC exec unfazed by SC ruling on red tagging

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) claims that accusations of “red tagging” are only meant to deflect underground organizations’ “terrorist-grooming” efforts where select individual victims are systematically recruited and radicalized through

Damage to agricultural crops in province now P.5B

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The havoc created by the ongoing drought on Negros Occidental continues, as the value of the damage to agricultural crops has been reported at more than P502 million, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration and Office

Photo of the Day

GOVERNORS. Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson and Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria at a meeting yesterday at the Negros Oriental Provincial Capitol in Dumaguete City.* NegOcc Capitol PIO photo

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DEVOTION. Vendors selling devotional items across the San Vicente Ferrer Parish-Shrine, also known as “Vito Church” located at Barangay Vito in Sagay City, Negros Occidental.* Andrew Altarejos photo