BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Four police officers assigned in Region 6 were dismissed from the service by the Philippine National Police for grave misconduct and having been Absent Without Leave, regional police spokesperson, Lt. Col. Joem Malong, said yesterday. They
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Department of Public Works and Highways will plant 2,500 saplings of various tree species tomorrow morning to replace the 25 decades-old trees beside the old airport in Brgy. Singcang, Bacolod City that it had
A policewoman mans the community pantry of the Escalante City Police Station that offers food items and other basic goods for free to residents* PNP photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Inbound travelers to Negros Occidental with expired negative RT-PCR test results need not worry since they will still be allowed entry in the airport and seaports of the province, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday. “They
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Transport carriers should allow travelers with S-PaSS bound for Bacolod as agreed during a recent meeting, Councilor Israel Salanga, who is in charge of the returning overseas Filipino workers, said yesterday. Salanga said that, based
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Some 66,000 senior citizens in Bacolod City will be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease this week, Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for Data and Medical Analysis of the Emergency Operations Center, said. Sorongon said the inoculation
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital is no longer allowing watchers to stay with their patients after being assessed by healthcare workers for necessary surgical or medical intervention, Dr. Julius Drilon, chief of hospital,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A senior citizen and five others were arrested in a series of buy-bust operations, that yielded more than P70,000 worth of suspected shabu and a homemade shotgun, in Negros Occidental Monday. A joint operation of the
We need to educate our biological or bodily functions, insofar as possible, such that they acquire a theological meaning and purpose and not just purely biological functions. If we are truly serious in our Christian duty to make ourselves “another
What did the men from the moon say upon arrival back on earth? I’m sorry, I have not caught any write-ups or interviews with them as to what they found and experienced there. Alas, I only have one source of
• 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
BEACH LIFE. People enjoying the summer along the beaches of Barangay Talaban in Himamaylan City, over the weekend.* Andrew Altarejos photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 reported that it arrested 29 drug suspects and recovered P5.1 million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas, during 24-hour police operations on May 10. Of the 29 arrested suspects, seven
An award-winning filmmaker and longtime educator has been recently appointed by the Bacolod City Government as director of its film festival, set to be held this September in select cinemas in the city. The Bacolod Film Festival Council (BFFC), chaired
BOOKWORMS. Preschoolers at the National Child Development Center in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental peruse the recently donated books from the Regional English Language Office – U.S. Embassy, through the office of Neg. Occ. Third District Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez.* Kiko Benitez FB photo
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
