BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action officer Rayfrando Diaz reported yesterday that about 417,000 of the 1.8 million Negrenses targeted for inoculation have already been vaccinated as of this time. The Department of Health-Western Visayas Center
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Sugar producers yesterday expressed concern over the sharp increase in the price of fertilizer, particularly urea, which they said may result to low farmers’ productivity and affect government’s food security program. The National Federation of Sugarcane
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The proposed resumption of passenger bus trips between two Negros province may not be possible, as of this time, as Negros Oriental is on COVID-19 Alert Level 4, while Negros Occidental remains under Alert Level 2.
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod City government will roll out the vaccination of minors with comorbidities on November 5 at the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Memorial Hospital (Riverside Medical Center) in Bacolod City. Em Ang, Emergency Operations Center-Task Force
Central Negros Electric Cooperative, together with other electric cooperatives and local government units (LGU) in Negros and Panay, sought the intervention of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to review the high charges brought about by the damaged Cebu-Negros submarine cable
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Members of the Philippine Agricultural Commercial Workers Union (PACIWU) United KCI Labor Union are planning to stage a labor strike against a bio-fuel firm in Talisay, Negros Occidental if no settlement is reached with the management
The MassKara (Festival) spirit lives on even amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia made the pitch as he led officials during the launch of the City Tourism Office’s newest tourism promotional video at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central
It’s true! Where there is love, there is also some kind of forcefulness, an abiding state of being driven despite the variations of our bodily and other earthly conditions. Where there is love, we can only echo what Christ himself
Cemeteries, memorial parks and columbaries all over the country will be closed on October 30 to November 2 as a measure to prevent potential super spreader events on this year’s All Saint’s Day long weekend, when Filipinos traditionally visit the
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Negros Museum in Bacolod City is hosting an all-women Korean art exhibition from April 19 to 22. Bacolod Councilor Em Ang, chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on History, Culture and Arts, was guest of
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Manhunt operations of Police Regional Office 6 against fugitives in Western Visayas have led to the arrest of 1,501 wanted persons in the first quarter of 2024, of which more than 50 percent were collared in
• ROGER D. BELTRAN Victorias City’s bet, Kyla Rose Romarate, 22, was crowned Lin-ay sang Negros 2024, besting 28 other candidates during the pageant night held at the jam-packed Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City Friday, April
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 The relentless efforts of the Police Regional Office 6 toward a gun-free community led to the recovery of 998 loose firearms and 122 explosives, while 182 suspects were arrested in the first quarter of 2024. Of
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution granting Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez authority to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the City of Bacolod and Seymour Sanchez, designating the latter as festival director of
