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
Yesterday we celebrated the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The Acts of the Apostles tell us that after his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples, presenting himself alive to them by many proofs and giving them instructions for
• 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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following the declaration of a state of calamity in Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental, the Department of Trade and Industry has approved its request to implement a price freeze on basic commodities. Mayor Benjie Miranda requested
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A marijuana plantation was discovered and raided on Tuesday by the police in Sitio Bedio, Brgy. Codcod, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Seized at the plantation were 132 fully grown marijuana plants, estimated at 20 kilos.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A former head of the National Bureau of Investigation Anti-Terrorism Division is now leading the NBI Bacolod District Office. Manuel Fayre Jr. replaced Atty. Renoir Baldovino, who had been assigned in Bacolod City for more than
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The province of Negros Occidental sustained P13,784,650 million worth of damage to livestock and poultry from the El Niño phenomenon, following deaths of 14,598 chickens and other ruminants, as of May 13. In her report to
