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
Motorists and consumers can expect lower oil prices this week as companies will implement rollbacks starting today. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil and Shell said they will slash gasoline prices by P0.75 per liter and diesel
Negros Occidental, represented by St. John’s Institute, captured the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Elementary Girls Volleyball title on May 6 at the Montalbo Gym in Bacolod City. In the elimination round the Negros Occidental girls defeated Capiz in
The story of Paul and his companion, Silas, going to many places to preach and to convert many people, and in the process met severe opposition also and were, in fact, imprisoned and later released in a miraculous way, somehow
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Expect isolated thunderstorms across Western Visayas, as the period of intense heat and high temperatures is over, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration disclosed. PAGASA Specialist 1 Ferdinand Rubin however disclosed that the rainy
The Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), the largest political party in the country, has forged an alliance with Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) to further promote people’s interests under the Bagong Pilipinas program of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr., a
• 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
