BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Executive director Em Ang of the Emergency Operations Center said yesterday that, as of Sunday, 148,408 Bacolodnons have been inoculated against Covid-19. Of the figure, 68,730 have been fully vaccinated, including those who received the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Twenty-seven police personnel in Western Visayas have been infected with Covid-19, bringing to 162 the total active cases in the Philippine National Police organization in the region, as of Aug. 2, a report of the PNP
At least 566 personnel from various stations of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019. Data showed that, as of Monday, the San Carlos City Police Station registered the highest number of
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday that Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has approved the permanent designations of three Capitol employees occupying key positions in the provincial government of Negros Occidental. Diaz said Lacson approved the recommendation
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III Revenge could be the motive in the killing of a teenager, who was shot while he was sitting in a tricycle beside the road in Brgy. 35, Bacolod City, at about 6:20 p.m. Sunday, P/Major
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The Election Registration Board approved yesterday the voter’s registration of 72 applicants, who were earlier opposed on claims that they are not residents of Bacolod City. Comelec Bacolod officer Kathrina Trinio-Caña said that of the
The Bago City PIO posted this photo yesterday, and said the collapsed bridge is not under the inventory of bridges of Bago* Jim Pieldad photo
It has been more than 500 days since our pandemic ordeal began and if you come to think of it, aside from the constantly revolving quarantine status wheel of fortune, nothing has changed for Filipinos. Five hundred days have passed,
Attagirl! Even if she will never get my message, I am greeting the 19-year-old girl who is now in line to set a world record by making a solo flight around the world. Sara Rutherford has indicated that it will
The World Health Organization has warned against electronic cigarettes and similar devices for being dangerous to health and urged for regulation to curb the tobacco industry’s tactics to get young people hooked on nicotine. “Nicotine is highly addictive. Electronic nicotine
“The sun does not apologize for being hot and the rain does not apologize for falling” – Anonymous The weather bureau PAGASA predicted that the month of May would bring the highest heat index under the lingering El Niño phenomenon.
Some 1,625 senior high school and college scholars continue to receive financial assistance from the Himamaylan City Government, a press release from Himamaylan PIO said. The scholars benefiting from the payout are the Grades 11 and 12 beneficiaries of Himamaylan
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Opposition to the imminent signing of the Negros Island Region (NIR) bill by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is snowballing, as a group of Siquijor residents, calling themselves Tingog Siquijodnon, also share the sentiments of the Diocese
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The seventh victim of summary executions by the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental, was a barangay tanod chief in Brgy. Camindangan, Sipalay City. A statement issued on May 6 by the NPA Armando Sumayang Command,
BingoPlus, a comprehensive entertainment platform in the country and provider of online tongits, bingo and perya games, serves a fun-filled and truly entertaining experience for the most-awaited and prestigious pageant in the country, the Miss Universe Philippines (MUPH). Since its
The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), through its social development arm, BPI Foundation (BPIF), has partnered with the Department of Agriculture – Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) to empower local farmers in San Carlos, Negros Occidental. To kick off
