BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said yesterday that the three remaining Delta variant-infected residents of Pulupandan, Valladolid, and La Carlota City tested negative in repeat swab tests. “They will be sent home,” Diaz said. The 9-year-old boy
The joint launching of the 24/7 vaccination center and the third mobile vaccination unit at the Jollibee branch at Gatuslao-Burgos Streets in Bacolod City Monday* Bacolod PIO photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A new twist in politics is about to take place in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, after incumbent Mayor Alejandro Mirasol yesterday announced that his wife, Mary Ann, will be his running mate in the May 2022 elections.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN / ADRIAN P. NEMES III Philippine National Police chief, Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, yesterday ordered a thorough probe into the killing of a police officer, who was actively involved in the anti-drug campaign of the Bacolod
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III More isolation facilities in Bacolod City are being prepared in anticipation of sudden surge of Covid-19 cases, executive director Em Ang of the Emergency Operations Center said yesterday. Ang said that, based on the opinion
BY ADRIAN P. NEMES III The General Alliance of Workers Association is supporting the plight of frontliners nationwide in calling for the release of their delayed payment for Special Risk Allowance, Meal Accommodation and Transportation Allowance, hazard pay, and other
The re-election bids of Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice-Governor Jeffrey Ferrer got a further boost yesterday, after Murcia Mayor Victor Gerardo Rojas also expressed his full support for their candidacies. “With Lacson and Ferrer at the helm,
A proposal seeking to end child marriages in the country has hurdled second reading at the House of Representatives. During plenary session yesterday, the chamber passed through voice voting House Bill 9943, which seeks to protect children by prohibiting and
Especially when we find ourselves in some difficult, if not impossible, situations, we should readily go to Christ to seek at least some relief. He always gives it, perhaps not in the form we want, but always in a way
A report released by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that the slow rollout of Covid-19 vaccines will cost the global economy $2.3 trillion in lost output and emerging and developing economies whose vaccine rollouts are far behind those of wealthier
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in Western Visayas is now under blue alert status, in the wake of havoc created by the effects of the El Niño phenomenon in the region. In an
DROUGHT. As the El Niño phenomenon brings drought to most parts of the province, the lush green vegetation around the Mag-aso Falls in Kabankalan City is drying up* Andrew Altarejos photo
To enhance the promotion of local culture and attract more visitors and investors, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has issued Executive Order No. 021-A, Series of 2024, expanding the membership of the Inasal Festival Special Committee. The move comes
“The long and winding road that leads to your door will never disappear” – The Beatles The genuine agrarian reform advocates, rural development workers, and small producers lost one of its prime movers. Arnel Ligahon, “Tibo,” as he is casually
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An 80-year-old widow who succumbed to multiple hack injuries, was found dead on April 22 in Sitio Malusay, Brgy. Caradio-an, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. The lifeless body of the victim, whose identity was withheld by the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police personnel in Western Visayas have been repeatedly reminded of the “no-take policy” in the campaign against illegal gambling, which prohibits all PNP members from taking any money from illegal gambling operations, as they would face
