November 17, 2021

NegOcc-NegOr bus trips to resume

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Passenger buses may soon be allowed to cross the borders of Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental. Negros Oriental provincial government spokesman Bimbo Miraflor disclosed that the bus trips of the Vallacar Transit Inc. may now ply

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Booster shots for Negros health care workers

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental health workers are getting their third dose or booster shot of the COVID-19 starting today, Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action officer Rayfrando Diaz announced yesterday. Diaz said they are now expecting issuance of

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Round 2 for Robredo-Marcos in May 2022 polls

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN It will be round 2 for Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Ferdinand “BongBong” Marcos Jr., whom she had defeated during the 2016 vice presidential race, in the May 2022 polls. VP Leni is banking

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Face shield use now voluntary

The wearing of face shield is now voluntary after Bacolod City was downgraded from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 2. Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia said that “In compliance with the Office of the President Memorandum dated November 15, the

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Negros SP approves P5.7B 2022 budget

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer has fulfilled his promise on early approval of the 2022 budget of the province. This was after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental unanimously approved yesterday the P5.7 billion budget of the

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PDDS to support Sara for VP – Orola

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental gubernatorial aspirant John Orola yesterday said that PDDS (Pederalismo ng Dugong Dakilang Samahan), where he is affiliated with, will support the vice-presidential bid of Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Orola, who is challenging incumbent

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Sum-ag River projects inaugurated

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya and Sum-ag Barangay Captain Rodney Carmona led the blessing and inauguration of the P20 million Sum-ag River floodwall and esplanade projects in Sum-ag, Bacolod City during the barangay’s 19th Martesan Festival yesterday.

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Evicted families get assistance

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday handed over more than half a million pesos in financial assistance, on top of food packs to 110 informal settler-families that were recently evicted from Purok Herbabuena in Barangay Villamonte. Recipient-families received P5,000 cash aid

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Coast Guard – WV chief promoted

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has promoted Capt. Edgar Ybañez, Coast Guard – Western Visayas District chief, and three others to the rank of ‘Commodore’, which is equivalent to the rank of brigadier general in the Armed

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Photo of the Day

HARVEST. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson tried the manual method of harvesting sugarcane at the Negros First Organic Technology Center in Brgy. Tabunan, Bago City, where he led on Nov. 16 the turnover of P11 million worth of agricultural and fishery projects to farmers and fisherfolks.* Capitol PIO photo

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NWTF’s road to one million trees

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Rebel arms cache unearthed in Escalante

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DA OKs funding for proposed E.B. Magalona abattoir

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Senate approves NIR bill on third, final reading

NIR POSITIVE. Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri with Senator JV Ejercito in a meeting with Negros Island Representatives Emilio Dino Yulo, Greg Gasataya, Alfredo Marañon III, Gerardo Valmayor, Mercedes Alvarez, Manuel Sagarbarria, and Jocelyn Limkaichong, on Monday in Metro Manila.*