BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Health 6 reported yesterday that Negros Occidental logged an additional 269 Covid-19 cases, and Bacolod City with 37, as of April 27. Of the 269 cases, 239 are local transmissions, 23 locally stranded
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and other Negros Occidental government officials, who are senior citizens, will avail of Covid-19 vaccines on April 30 at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz
Firefighters putting out the fire that hit several houses in Brgy. 23, Bacolod City yesterday afternoon* Arthur Yap photo
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Charges for violation of Republic Act 9165 for selling and possessing illegal drugs are now readied against a businessman from whom the police seized P2.5 million worth of suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation that
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A man believed to be a victim of salvage, and whose body was discovered April 26 at the national highway of Hacienda Silos in Brgy. Talaban, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, has been identified by his wife,
If we want to have a truly good and happy life, one that is not simply a result of some worldly props that can only go so far, then we should be focused on God, and driven and excited in
Maybe we were all distracted by the developments involving COVID that we almost forgot one important day in Philippine history. Yesterday was April 27, the day when Lapulapu made his historic defense of our country by tangling with the Spanish
House Bill No. 9252, filed by Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. that seeks to amend the Covid-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 to make the inoculation of Filipinos “mandatory”, has met resistance from the Department of Health. Health Undersecretary Maria
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Combined operatives of the Police Regional Intelligence Division-6 and Station 3 policemen arrested the most-wanted personality of Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat at about 9 a.m. Monday in Brgy. Bata, Bacolod City. Station 3 chief,
There is no cut in the hazard pay of frontline healthcare workers and the national government is looking into such allegations, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential spokesperson, Harry Roque, made this assurance to allay concerns that the government has supposedly cut
• 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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental 6th district Rep. Mercedes Alvarez yesterday doused speculations that she may temporarily retire from politics due to health reasons, as she confirmed yesterday that she will be seeking a second term as member of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Five more drug personalities have been accounted for by the police, following their arrests on April, in Negros Occidental, which yielded about P47,000 worth of illegal drugs The arrest of a junk shop worker on Sunday
A total of 134 applicants for student driver’s permit in E.B. Magalona and neighboring cities, finished the two-day Theoretical Driving Course Seminar conducted at the town’s Public Plaza on April 25 and 26. The applicants yesterday received a certificate of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Diocese of Dumaguete, which issued an appeal to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to veto Senate Bill 2507 that seeks to create Negros Island Region (NIR), alleges that it violates the 1987 Constitution. The President earlier
Eight participants of the Global Filipino Dream and ACCESS Mission Training conducted at Calvary Temple Assemblies of God Church in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental have graduated recently, a press release from the organizers said. The training was led by International
