The United Nations Children’s Fund urged governments to reopen schools closed by the coronavirus pandemic as soon as possible, saying that the education of more than 600 million children is at stake. While acknowledging the difficult choices governments have to
The Philippines will send more than 13 million people in the national capital region back into lockdown next week, the government said yesterday, as it tries to head off a surge in cases of a hyper-contagious coronavirus strain. Experts have
Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson turned over farm mechanization equipment, worth a total of P3,920,000, to the Calumangan Integrated Farmers and Farm Workers Association in Brgy. Calumangan, Bago City, yesterday. The farmer-association received a tractor, rice planter, and harvester,
Eight persons, including a minor, were arrested by joint operatives in a drug den at San Juan Tunga, Barangay 5 in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental Thursday afternoon. Their arrest came after the buy-bust conducted by personnel of the Philippine
The Department of Tourism conveyed its condolences to the family of Ramon Hofileña, the father of heritage conservation in Silay City, Negros Occidental. “The DOT acknowledges his great contribution to heritage preservation and cultural tourism, especially in his beloved hometown
Three local governments in Negros Occidental and one in Iloilo province yesterday entered into an agreement with the National Anti-Poverty Commission for the implementation of the Sambayanihan Serbisyong Sambayanan (3S) poverty reduction program. The towns of Moises Padilla, Murcia, and
A solar power plant based in Negros Oriental received a safety seal certificate from the Department of Labor and Employment. DOLE-7 director Salome Siaton said yesterday that Monte Solar Energy Inc. in Barangay Tamisu, Bais City is the first company
Some 350,000 job opportunities are open to migrant workers, including overseas Filipino workers in Japan, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office in Tokyo reported yesterday. In a virtual forum, Labor Attaché Marie Rose Escalada said Japan is looking to hire foreign
The Philippines has extended the travel ban on travelers from India and nine other countries until August 15 to prevent the further spread of the more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019, Malacañang said yesterday. President Rodrigo Duterte,
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The city government is not likely to appeal the General Community Quarantine with Heightened Restriction status from August 1 to 15, approved by President Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday evening, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said yesterday.
That’s “Go forth, the Mass is ended” in Latin. With these words, we are reminded that all of us who attend Mass are being sent forth the way Christ sent his apostles to “go into the whole world and proclaim
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental and Bacolod City are hosting the 2024 Western Visayas Regional Athletics Association meet on May 2 to 7, where a total of 4,756 athletes and officials all over the region are expected to participate.
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Twenty Negrense artists opened a group art exhibition titled “Catharsis of Creativity” at Gallerie G, Villa Geronca Building, Rosario-Amapola streets, Bacolod City on April 13, which will run for a month. Guest of honor at the
The readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the 4th Week of Easter (cfr. Acts 12,24-13,5; Jn 12,44-50) somehow remind us of the need to spread the word of God, which is another way of saying that we have to
Oil companies are set to adjust petroleum prices today. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, PTT, Seaoil, and Shell said they would increase gasoline prices by P0.55 per liter and slash prices of diesel by P0.95 per liter.
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN League of Cities of the Philippines national chairman, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez on Friday called on Vice President Sara Duterte to consider stepping down from her Cabinet post. The call of Benitez came after
