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
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
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The P500 million worth of infrastructure projects for 25 insurgency-cleared barangays of seven local government units in Negros Occidental has already been downloaded and ready for disposal, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday. Each of the
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
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
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
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
SUPPLIES. Eighty folding beds were delivered by DRRMO-Bacolod personnel to the city’s isolation facility at the Handumanan Elementary School recently* DRRMO photo
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
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
It’s amazing how St. Paul and his companions weathered all kinds of trials and challenges just to proclaim the Good News about Christ and our salvation. Even when he was mocked by non-believers, he just persisted in preaching, trying his
Stacey Arabella Bee, a 14-year-old Grade 8 student at University of St. La Salle – Integrated School in Bacolod City, is set to once again represent Bacolod City and Western Visayas in the upcoming 2024 Palarong Pambansa scheduled for July
Power Watch Negros secretary-general Wennie Sancho commended the holding of the Power Summit thru the effort of the Provincial Government, which was a significant move to create a “road map” for the transition period to renewable energy sources (RES) from
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Labor and Employment has dismissed the charges filed by the CENECO Union of Rational Employees (CURE) claiming that the Joint Venture Agreement between CENECO and Primelectric Holdings Inc. violated the union’s members’ right
One of our must-tries during our trip to Rome, now that our kids are already teenagers, is an aperitivo, which is similar to the American happy hour. Generally available between late afternoon and early evening, it is when Italians relax
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The 2024 Western Visayas Athletic Association meet kicked off yesterday at the Panaad Sports and Stadium in Bacolod City, with the participation of 5,695 athletes, coaches, officials, and staff of the Department of Education, from the
