Rather than destroying the country, the New People’s Army communist terrorists should stop committing atrocities, lay down their arms, and rejoin mainstream society. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made this statement as the NPA observes its 52nd founding anniversary yesterday. “In
Oil companies have announced they will cut fuel prices by more than a peso per liter effective today. In separate advisories issued yesterday, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Petro Gazz, Phoenix Petroleum, Seaoil, and Total said they will roll back diesel prices by
The rates of the Philippines Treasury bill (T-bills) declined across-the-board yesterday despite the strong demand. National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon attributed this to investors’ preference for safe haven assets. The average rate of the 91-day paper went down to 1.269
The National Economic and Development Authority is optimistic that the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act, signed by the president on March 27, will provide one of the country’s largest stimulus measures for the benefit of micro,
The National Chess Federation of the Philippines has launched several online competitions including the Luzon Leg of the Philippine Sports Commission-NCFP selection tournament that starts today until Thursday. The event, bankrolled by NCFP president and senior Deputy Speaker Butch Pichay,
Honduras reached the Tokyo Olympics football tournament yesterday, denying the United States a place with a 2-1 semi-final victory in the CONCACAF qualifying tournament. Mexico joined Honduras at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games after beating Canada, 2-0, in the second
The first test event since the unprecedented postponement of the Games will be wheelchair rugby on April 3 and 4. Tokyo Olympics organizers yesterday unveiled virus countermeasures for test events that will resume later this week for the first time
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III “Stop misleading and confusing the people,” was the appeal of Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia in a video recorded message yesterday following social media posts that city will be locked down and placed under Enhanced Community
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office is assuring Negrenses of a safe and secured Holy Week celebration, that is being marked from March 28 to April 4 this year. NOCPPO deputy spokesperson Lt. Abegael Donasco said
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The labor sector in Western Visayas is giving the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board until April 8 to resolve the P25-Pandemic Emergency Relief Assistance (Pera). In case the RTWPB fails to resolve the issue
In sports, the journey from obscurity to excellence is frequently compared to the refinement of a rough diamond into a sparkling gem. Although my column’s title is a cliché, I am not particularly fond of using clichés. However, I am
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance laying down the policies and guidelines for the grant of non-exclusive franchise to construct, establish, commission, operate, and maintain a water supply system for Bacolod City, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod
The game between AACI Transport and the Huminove Tigers got out to a competitive start as the former held a four-point lead after one quarter of basketball, 29-25. The score stayed close through the second and after a few lead
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A 57-year-old landowner was injured after a gun attack on Saturday in Brgy. Dolis, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Police investigations showed that the victim, whose identity they withheld, was distributing the salaries of their workers at their
• 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 Remnants of the New People’s Army appear to be on a killing spree, having issued separate statements supposedly claiming responsibility for the death of five civilians they accused as “military informants” in Negros Occidental. The Army’s
