BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 14,620 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines with November 30 expiration dates have gone to waste after a local government unit in Negros Occidental refused to accept it, preferring to use other vaccines available with
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The three foreigner consultants of BioPower Company in Negros Occidental who are South Africans, tested negative for COVID-19, according to Provincial Incident Management Team head Zeaphard Gerhart Caelian. The three foreign consultants of BioPower, arrived in
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Rep. Greg Gasataya said they are considering the donation of a 3.5-hectare in Brgy. Vista Alegre, Bacolod City as a possible site for the establishment of the Bacolod City General Hospital. Gasataya said he has
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental topped the three-day national vaccination drive in Western Visayas and even surpassed the target of 150,000 persons set by the Department of Health to be inoculated from November 29 to December 1. The DOH
Day 3 of the Bayanihan Bakunahan at SMX. Bacolod City and Negros Occidental surpassed DOH targets for the 3-Day National Vaccination Drive.* Bacolod City PIO Photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Talisay City Police Station in Negros Occidental got early Christmas gifts in the form of four brand new patrol vehicles. Mayor Neil Lizares yesterday turned over two Toyota Hi-Lux vehicles and two Toyota Vios patrol
“Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.” (Mt 7,21) With these
One of the less funny issues that blew up last week was the ugly spat between the government officials of Bacolod City and the province of Negros Occidental over the S-PaSS requirement. The trouble stemmed from conflicting policies regarding the
Bloomberg’s COVID-19 Resilience Ranking for November put the Philippines in the unenviable position of “worst place to be in a pandemic” out of 53 countries for the third month in a row. A resiliency score of 43.1 for November remained
The first batch of Philippine peso banknotes will arrive in the country by April next year, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno said in a briefing yesterday. Diokno said the BSP and the Reserve Bank of Australia and
A fireman trains his hose at the fire that destroyed 16 houses and damaged 3 at Barangay 18, Bacolod City on Saturday.* Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The drought brought about by El Niño phenomenon continues to wreak havoc on rice and corn crops in Negros Occidental, where as of April 12, the value of the damage has been pegged by the Office
About 575 Senior High School students of E. B. Magalona National High School attended a Career Guidance and Employment Coaching at their school on April 17. Mayor Marvin Malacon, Vice Mayor Eric Matulac, and Executive Assistant Matthew Louis Malacon also
A graduate of the Technological University of the Philippines – Visayas (TUP-V) in Talisay City topped the April 2024 Electronics Engineering Licensure Examinations (ECELE) held April 11-12, given by the Board of Electronics Engineering. As TUPVian Niele Shem Bañas topped
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) can have a sigh of relief as the raising of the amount for their conditional cash grants is now being pushed in Congress. 4Ps party list Rep. JC
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental logged its first pertussis related fatality, along with 11 confirmed cases, as of April 15. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan disclosed that the fatality is a one-month-old infant who died last week at
