Sipalay City Mayor Maria Gina Lizares joined other selected local government units in the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, during its virtual Global Biz: “Thinking Global, Acting Local” event yesterday. The City
The Bureau of Customs reported to the Department of Finance that it seized P4.43 billion worth of goods in the first five months of this year from 478 operations involving suspected smuggling activities. Preliminary BOC data showed that, of the
Awareness Days happen in June all over the world when the LGBTQ community celebrates. The global events are held as a way of recognizing the influence LGBTQ people have earned since the Stonewall Riots took place way back in 1969.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental is getting 34,000 additional doses of Sinovac vaccine this week, even as the provincial government is targeting to inoculate 5,000 Negrenses with the Pfizer vaccines until July 2, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Covid-19 risk classification of the highly-urbanized Bacolod City remains moderate, and low for Negros Occidental, the Department of Health-Western Visayas Center for Health Development reported yesterday. The Average Daily Attack Rate (ADAR) in Bacolod City
Acting Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, Richard Sisson, will make an official visit to Bacolod City and other places in the province this week. Sisson is currently a senior career officer with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The redistricting of Bacolod City will not materialize yet this year due to lack of time, Councilor Al Espino, who is the chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Ways and Means, said. Espino said
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The dismissal of six policemen involved in the illegal arrest of then Moises Padilla vice-mayor Ella Celestina Garcia-Yulo and her husband in Negros Occidental three years ago is a warning to the entire Philippine National Police
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III A man tagged as the most wanted personality of Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental, was apprehended at Bredco Port in Bacolod City at about 1 p.m. yesterday. Norman James Anipan, 40, of Hacienda Lizares in Brgy.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Outgoing Provincial Agriculturist Japhet Masculino is not yet off the hook, despite the approval of his optional retirement by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, as two more show-cause orders are set to be issued on him. Masculino,
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The week-long anti-drug operations of the police in Western Visayas has resulted in the apprehension of 98 drug suspects and the recovery of almost two kilos of suspected shabu with an estimated market value of P13,226,000.
The Barangay Council of Singcang-Airport has informed the Philippine National Police Regional Office and Bacolod City Police Office that they are willing to donate a 500 square meter property for the new and permanent location of Police Station 8. The
After a successful launch in Bacolod, Coca-Cola Philippines and partners celebrated Earth Day by collecting 444.85 kilograms of PET bottles and cans between April 16-21 through the Tindahan Extra Mile (TEM) program during the Panaad sa Negros Festival 2024. The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has allocated a one hectare lot in Barangay Granada, for the transfer of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology facility, from Brgy. Singcang Airport, Bacolod City, after he personally witnessed the
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Thursday requested the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to submit a comprehensive strategic modernization plan to the House of Representatives, which can be used as a basis for allocating funds in annual budget deliberation of Congress.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Negros Island Region (NIR), which is due for signing into law by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., is “very advantageous” to the 5th district of Negros Occidental, Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo disclosed on Saturday. One of
