A health official in Negros Oriental said yesterday that the reopening of some areas in the province to domestic tourists is not the reason for the spike in local coronavirus disease 2019 cases. Assistant Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Liland Estacion,
Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the coronavirus disease 2019 is now listed as a “compensable disease”. Bello said the Employees’ Compensation Commission, an attached agency of DOLE, included Covid-19 in its list of occupational and
Malacañang raised yesterday the possibility that the pilot implementation of face-to-face (F2F) classes might be conducted in August this year. This was after National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said the country is
More Filipinos can now sign up online for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), as the government pushes for digital registration beginning today. The Philippine Statistics Authority announced that the government will open the PhilSys online portal to the public. Applicants
The agriculture, forestry, and fishing (AFF) sectors of Western Visayas posted a positive growth of 6.2 percent last year from its .5 percent performance in 2019, sharing 19.9 percent to the region’s economy. “Region 6 has the fastest growth rate
The Department of the Interior and Local Government urged local government units to connect community pantry organizers to local businesses for their needs. “The LGUs can give links to our organizers, if ever they need suppliers, we have local producers,”
A joint panel at the House of Representatives approved several bills yesterday proposing to establish special economic zones (SEZs) in various locations, including Bacolod City in Negros Occidental. In a joint hearing, the House committees on Economic Affairs and on
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III A resolution requesting Bacolod Lone District Rep. Greg Gasataya to update residents the status of the proposed bill dividing the city into two legislative districts was approved by members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. Authored
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Covid-19 risk classification of Negros Occidental has been downgraded from “high to low risk” by the Department of Health Center for Health and Development in Western Visayas, as of April 25. But the highly-urbanized city
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III “We are ready to be escalated to a higher community quarantine status,” executive director, Em Ang, of the Emergency Operations Center said yesterday. Ang, who is also the city administrator, said that there is no
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As damage to agricultural crops and the numbers affected farmers showed signs of further increasing in Cauayan, Negros Occidental, Mayor John Rey Tabujara said they will have to decide whether or not to declare a state
The Rotary Club of Bacolod inaugurated a median island in Laos Elementary School, Brgy. Binobohan, Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Saturday, April 27, with officials describing it as the first of many upgrades and beautification projects by the Rotary Club
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Damage to the livestock and poultry industry in Negros Occidental, due to the prevailing drought was valued at P10,080,100, following deaths of 11,556 chickens and other ruminants, as of April 26. In her report to Gov.
The Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM), the oldest primary NGO in the country, through its Negros and Iloilo Offices, in collaboration with its partner, the Panay-Negros-Guimaras Crab Fishers Alliance (PANEG-CA), have spearheaded the first ever Regional Advocacy Mission in Western
An oil price rollback on Tuesday will snap the six straight weeks of increase in gasoline prices. This, as Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil and Shell announced Monday that they will cut gasoline prices by P0.25 per liter and
She was giggling on her way to the stage, excited to perform in front of a jam-packed event center. She was all smiles while waiting for her father to give her the cue to hit the keyboards. That is five-year-old
