September 2021

Satellite voter registration called super spreaders

The ongoing satellite registration of the Commission on Elections at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City is a super spreader activity with the hundreds, if not thousands, of prospective out-of-town transferee-voters being unloaded from trucks, buses and

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Party mate offered to be rival’s running mate

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Former Bacolod Councilor Caesar Distrito yesterday said he was asked by former 3rd District congressman Albee Benitez, who has declared his intention to run for mayor of Bacolod City, to be his running mate. Distrito said

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NegOcc ready to ease restrictions for vaxxed travelers

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action officer Rayfrando Diaz yesterday said that the provincial government of Negros Occidental is ready to ease travel restrictions for vaccinated travelers. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion reported earlier that

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73 medical frontliners hit by COVID

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN There are now 73 medical frontliners assigned in the different hospitals and molecular laboratories managed by the provincial government of Negros Occidental, that tested positive for COVID-19, Provincial Inter Agency Task Force Rayfrando Diaz disclosed yesterday.

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Public hearing called on landfill contract

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The chairman of the Committee on Environment and Ecology of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City will be calling for a public hearing on the resolution passed by the Felisa Barangay Council requesting the mayor not

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Quarantine center site owners thanked

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution expressing the profound appreciation and gratitude of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City for the philanthropy and selflessness of all the corporate officers and owners of South Hills Academy, Inc. (SHAI) headed by its

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Alba is new PNP spox

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN P/Col. Roderick Alba is the new spokesperson of the Philippine National Police. Alba, who formerly served as officer-in-charge of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, will replace PBrig. Gen. Rolando Olay, who has been designated by

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Floating resto docs being processed

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The permit to operate of the Sum-ag Floating Restaurant, which is the project of the City of Bacolod, is presently being worked out by the contractor Stoneworks Specialist Int’l. Corp. with the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina)

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A rice farmer cultivates a rice paddy in Dulao, Bago, an area known as the rice granary of Negros.* Nic Ledesma/CCN photo

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Victorias included in USAID governance project

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USLS named Bacolod’s best university

The University of St. La Salle (USLS) has once again been recognized as the top university in Bacolod City by EduRank, a website that ranks universities based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence, as per its latest release

Senate approves NIR bill on third, final reading

NIR POSITIVE. Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri with Senator JV Ejercito in a meeting with Negros Island Representatives Emilio Dino Yulo, Greg Gasataya, Alfredo Marañon III, Gerardo Valmayor, Mercedes Alvarez, Manuel Sagarbarria, and Jocelyn Limkaichong, on Monday in Metro Manila.*

SSS covers over half a million more temporary government workers

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