May 13, 2021

Minimum wage review up in Region 6

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board in Region 6 will review the existing minimum salaries of private workers in Western Visayas. The result of the review will be the basis for the granting of

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NegOcc prepares for more vaccines

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas alerted Negros Occidental to prepare for a bigger rollout of more Covid-19 vaccines by July or August this year, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday. Those who

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Lacson to form provincial panel for peace talks

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday that he will issue an executive order creating a provincial peace panel for localized peace engagements in Negros Occidental. The creation of the multi-sectoral group peace panel, that will include

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Satellite voters’ listup in Bacolod

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Satellite voters’ registration in areas in Bacolod City with zero Covid cases for the last 14 days will be conducted soon. Kathrina Triño Caña, city registrar of the Commission on Elections, said they will coordinate

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P80K in ‘shabu’ seized

BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Operatives of the Bacolod City Police Office seized P80,000 worth of suspected shabu Monday and Tuesday in Bacolod. P/Lt. Liberty Indiape, BCPO spokesperson, said Mae Torres, 45, of Purok Santo Rosario in Brgy. Bata, was

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SU allowed F2F classes for nursing, PT

Silliman University’s BS Nursing and Physical Therapy programs, and the Medical School, were recently granted authorization by the Commission on Higher Education Regional Office 7 to hold limited face-to-face (F2F) classes and medical clerkship, respectively. For the Nursing program, only

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Photo of the Day

SUPPLIES. Eighty folding beds were delivered by DRRMO-Bacolod personnel to the city’s isolation facility at the Handumanan Elementary School recently* DRRMO photo

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Charity amid evil

Make no mistake about it. If we are truly Christian, if we want to be like Christ as we should, then we should continue to live charity even when confronted by evil or, worse, even when we suffer at the

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And they call them ‘Games’!

As I write this, the report on TV is announcing that the United States and its European allies are staging war games amid Russian tensions!  Oh dear Lord! All we need now with this COVID pandemic still raging is a

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PDP members support me – Lacson

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that incumbent elected officials of Partido Demokratikong Pilipino in Negros Occidental are supporting his reelection bid for his third and final term as governor of the province. “I know for

Glass firm opens 7th warehouse in Bacolod

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Autoglass.ph is now serving clients, following the grand opening of its 7th warehouse in Visayas and Mindanao areas, at Araneta Avenue in Brgy. Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City. As a wholesaler of auto glass solutions since 2009, AGPI

Just continue doing apostolate despite contradictions

This is what we can learn from St. Paul who, despite being contradicted and rejected by some people, just proceeded to go on preaching. (cfr. Acts 18,1-8) These contradictions should not stop us from carrying out our important duty of

Smuggled cigarettes seized in San Carlos City

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen have seized about P100,000 worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes on Monday night at a checkpoint in Brgy. 1 Poblacion, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. The confiscation was triggered after the police flagged down a black

Photo of the Day

SCENIC. Locals take in a scenic view of the sunset from the Bantayan Park in Bago City, Negros Occidental.* Andrew Altarejos photo