Minors aged 12 to 17, who have co-morbidities were inoculated at the Riverside College yesterday, as Bacolod City, through the COVID-19 Vaccination Council, started giving jabs to Pediatric A3 vaccinees. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia led the rollout, together with Emergency
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Seventy-seven young individuals took the lead of availing of COVID-19 vaccines during the pediatric inoculation yesterday at the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, Negros Occidental, with regular vaccinations to start on November 3.
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The 2022 Executive Budget amounting to P3.250 billion will be taken up by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod in a virtual special session on November 1. Next year’s annual budget is 25 percent higher than the current
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental will soon have two Coast Guard stations, as the Coast Guard District -Western Visayas District concentrates in maritime law enforcement operations, especially illegal fishing, disclosed yesterday by its commander, Capt. Edgar Ybañez. Ybañez said
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod City Administrator Edward Joseph Cuansing has sought the assistance of the police regarding the reported rampant theft and vandalism in the Burgos Public Cemetery in Bacolod City. In his letter to acting Bacolod City Police
UNDAS PREPARATION. Graves are being prepared all over the country in preparation for Undas, such as this one at the Brgy. Granada public cemetery.* Alejandro Alvarez photo
That gospel character Bartimaeus, the blind man, gives us a precious lesson with respect to a certain blindness that we all have. Like him, we have to acknowledge our blindness and humbly beg Christ for a cure by repeating Bartimaeus’
Bloomberg’s latest monthly COVID Resilience Ranking placed the Philippines at the bottom of the list of 53 countries for the second month in a row, suffering the ignominy of being the worst among other Southeast Asian countries who were also
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Bacolod City and Negros Oriental have been placed under Alert Level 4 by Malacañang starting November 1 to 14 this year. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque yesterday said that the Inter Agency Task Force approved the recommendation
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Communist Party of the Philippines has issued a warning that politicians who will be caught in the act of vote buying will be facing arrest and reprimanded. Vote-buying is prohibited in the revolutionary areas because
I was having a conversation with a couple of close friends from way back the other day, and as usual, the topic turned to how things are changing as we age. This time, instead of talking about our health and
ASSISTANCE. A member of the Amity Volunteer Fire Brigade helps deliver water, using water tankers and fire hoses, to the community at Purok Masagana, Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City.*
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Amidst the high heat index in Negros Occidental, the Department of Education – Division of Himamaylan City is finalizing plans to shorten class hours in the different schools under its jurisdiction, Mayor Rogelio Raymund Tongson disclosed.
Silliman University, through the Culture and Arts Council (CAC), is set to host a national music and culture summit that aims to convene music leaders and practitioners from various fields of music in the Philippines on May 15-17. With the
Members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers lit candles at the Fountain of Justice in Bacolod City last night, seeking salary increases from the national government* CGSamillano photo
• 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
