BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental, that topped the list in Region 6 with having the most number of Covid-19 cases at 9,954, as reported by the Provincial Incident Management Team, has been classified as a “high risk” area, by
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that he is joining senior citizens in availing of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease 2019. This was after Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia got his first dose
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Sangguniang Panlungsod of San Carlos City in Negros Occidental is offering a P100,000 reward to help authorities in the speedy solution of the murder of provincial consultant Mariano Antonio “Marton” Cui, Mayor Renato Gustilo said
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Combined operatives of the Bacolod City Police Drug Enforcement Unit, the regional Drug Enforcement Unit-6, and the Police Station 4 seized P1.7 million worth of suspected shabu from a woman they arrested in Brgy. Estefania,
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena said yesterday that 49,812 dogs in Negros Occidental have been vaccinated against rabies. Decena said PVO targeted to vaccinate 215,521 dogs this year, out of the 269,401 population. As of March,
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Hospital beds in Bacolod City allocated for patients infected with the coronavirus disease is already almost full, with about 82 percent now occupied, Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for Medical and Data Analysis of the Emergency
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The main efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Central Command in the Visayas will focus on Negros Island, its commander, Lt. Gen. Roberto Ancan, said yesterday. Ancan, who visited Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at
PROBE. The committee tasked to investigate the cutting of decades-old trees at the old airport in Bacolod City, led by City Legal Officer Joselito Bayatan, vows to complete the investigation as soon as possible* Terence Philip Nemenzo Talorete photo
The way things are now, we really should learn how to blend well the requirements of order and the necessity of dispatch. There are now such a growing number of things to attend to that if we do not know
I am typing this with only one eye –the other is on the TV where a match between two famous boxers, world famous also in history, is being replayed on the TV screen. It took a while before I realized
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twelve former rebels who surrendered to the 62nd Infantry Battalion and police in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental, have availed of financial aid, through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation of the Department of Social Welfare
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two policemen assigned in Negros Occidental are now facing a probe for allegedly receiving protection money from financiers of illegal gambling. PLt. Col. Arnel Solis, spokesman of the Police Regional Office 6, disclosed yesterday that the
As per monitoring of Power Watch Negros, the application of the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) for a legislative franchise, as embodied in H.B. No. 9805, had already passed the preliminary phase of the complex legislative labyrinth in the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the killing spree of innocent civilians carried out and admitted by the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. These acts of violence are not only abhorrent, but also a
Once again, we are made to consider the greatest desire Christ expressed just before his passion, death and resurrection in the gospel reading of the Mass on Thursday of the 7th Week of Easter. (cfr. Jn 17,20-26) His desire was
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
