October 25, 2021

Lizares twice infected by COVID-19

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Neil Lizares of Talisay City, Negros Occidental, was again infected by COVID-19, as Cadiz City Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr is about to complete his 14-day quarantine, after being hit by the virus also early this

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Duterte clears Tan from drug list

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A prominent Bacolod City businessman has been cleared from any involvement in illegal drug activities, as recommended by the Inter Agency Drug Information Database Committee, which was also approved by President Rodrigo Duterte. Interior and Local

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Negros joins nationwide caravan for VP Leni

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental joined the nationwide people’s caravan on October 23, in support to the presidential and vice-presidential bids, respectively, of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, where more than 500 vehicles participated in

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Gatchalian pushes full face-to-face classes

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for the return to face-to-face classes and its budget allocation in Congress to ensure that its trial run on November 15 will be smooth sailing. The distance learning modality does not

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SP tackles CENECO refund reso

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Energy and Public Utilities will hold a virtual committee hearing at 10 a.m. today concerning the resolution authored by Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr., urging Central Negros Electric Cooperative to refund

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911 emergency ordinance proposed

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing the Emergency Medical and Response Center of Bacolod City is being proposed by Councilor Israel Salanga. The ordinance said that the frequency of natural disasters and the threat to peace and order posed

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School supplies distributed

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN First Gen-owned Energy Development Corporation (EDC) teamed up once again with National Bookstore Foundation, Inc. and distributed school supplies to over 3,200 students from six public elementary schools in Barangay Mailum, Bago City, and Barangay Minoyan,

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Photo of the Day

SEA OF CLOUDS. The sun rises over a thick layer of fog which blankets the highlands of Southern Negros, in the Kabankalan-Ilog area.* John Kimwell Laluma/CCN photo

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The need for transparency and sincerity

“There is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known.” (Lk 12,2) With these words, Christ is clearly telling us that there is no point hiding things from God since he knows everything. Neither

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Blindness

For the past Sundays, we have been following Jesus, accompanied by his disciples, on the road to Jerusalem. The journey begins with the cure of the blind man in Bethsaida and concludes with the cure of another blind man in

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Alvarez is new CA member

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