BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental and five other provinces as well as highly urbanized Bacolod City in Western Visayas were placed under Alert Level 2 status by the Department of Health –Region 6, except for Iloilo City, which is
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The reduction or lifting of curfew hours in Negros Occidental is now being entertained by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, following lifting of curfew hours in Metro Manila which is now on Alert Level 2. While they
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The call to restore the Negros Island Region (NIR) continues to snowball, as Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson pins his hope on the next administration for its revival. “Without a doubt majority if not all
The Bacolod City government launched yesterday the BACuna Card that will primarily serve, for now, as a “passport” for fully vaccinated residents going on domestic travel. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Em Legaspi-Ang, executive director of the Emergency Operations Center-Task
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two Army soldiers, who were injured in recent encounters with New People’s Army rebels in Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, have been conferred with Wounded Personnel Medal for gallantry at Camp Lapu-Lapu Station Hospital in Cebu City.
Medical frontliners of Bacolod’s Emergency Operations Center- Task Force and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council inoculating folks residing in remote villages and puroks of the city.* Bacolod City PIO photo
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The terminated employees of the Bacolod City Water District staged a protest noontime yesterday in front of the Baciwa office in Bacolod City demanding for their immediate reinstatement after the Civil Service Commission Region VI favored
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Western Visayas police got a much-needed boost in manpower as 100 police recruits yesterday took their oath as members of Philippine National Police before Region 6 police director Brig. Gen. Rolando Miranda at Camp Martin
Once again the parable of the dishonest steward (cfr. Lk 16,1-8) presents to us some intriguing questions and issues that we have to try to resolve and reconcile with our Christian faith and morals. We can ask if God, who
On the morning of November 5, my wife and I got word that the COVID-19 vaccination for minors without comorbidities that we had registered for was already available in Silay City where we reside. Since we were fortunate enough to
Mayor Raymund Tongson congratulated and continued cheering for the contingent of Himamaylan City for the various competitions in the 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival this week, a press release from Himamaylan PIO said. “I am proud to see Himamaylanons showcase
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Tuesday called for a prompt and peaceful resolution to the recent seizure by Iranian authorities of a Portuguese-flagged container ship, which included four Filipino seafarers among its crew, a press release from the House of
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance establishing the Bacolod Waterfront Park, providing for park hours, permissible and prohibited activities, and providing penalties for violations, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Wednesday. The ordinance authored by
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Art Studio Forty Nine has an ongoing group exhibition of the artworks of its students at the West Bridgeway of SM City Bacolod. Rodney Martinez, past president of the Art Association of Bacolod-Negros, led the opening
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The owner of the dismembered human body parts left outside the office of the National Bureau of Investigation in March has been identified by the NBI. NBI Bacolod chief Atty. Renoir Baldovino yesterday identified the victim
It looks like the happy days of the proverbial wangwang, which has lately been becoming more and more a thing among public officials and other people who see themselves as big shots, have come to a surprising end once more,
