BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN / CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO With numbers of COVID-19 positive cases starting to rise again, which is likely to happen outside the National Capital Region, the possibility that Negros Occidental may re-impose border closure is no longer
Bacolod’s vaccination drive resumed at the different malls and barangays starting yesterday, Dr. Edwin Miraflor, Jr., officer-in-charge of the City Health Office, said. The schedule ran from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for mall-based inoculation, he said, adding that the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A retired soldier of the Philippine Army was arrested by the police on January 1, allegedly for illegal discharge of firearms, at Purok Cory in Brgy. Tabu, Ilog, Negros Occidental. Arrested by the Ilog police was
Capitol employees and department heads join Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz in welcoming 2022 with a thanksgiving mass at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City* Richard Malihan photo
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Business permit renewal and the Business One-Stop-Shop (BOSS) started yesterday at the 4th floor of the Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City and will run until January 20. Permits and Licensing Division head Stela Rose Rayos
The Bacolod City Barangay Health Workers Federation placed second in the search for the Best Performing Barangay Health Workers Federation in the recently concluded 2021 BHW Performance Based Incentive Awards conducted by the Department of Health Western Visayas-Center for Health
Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia is granting gratuity pay to all job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) personnel of Bacolod City in response to the call of His Excellency President Rodrigo Duterte. The move is in consonance with Section
Negros Occidental gubernatorial aspirant lawyer John N. Orola Jr., appealed to Negrosanons to maintain alert level status at alert Level 2 and at the same time create feasible modalities/avenues to sustain the economic recovery of the province, a press release
That beautiful gospel episode on the multiplication of the loaves (cfr. Mk 6,34-44) clearly shows us that our helplessness in certain situations should not worry us so much. God is always around and knows what to do, though his ways
The New Year has just been rung in and yet, because of the Omicron variant and holiday fueled surge, it feels like 2021 all over again. Whatever gains we made in the fight against COVID-19 throughout the entire year of
This is a great challenge for us! Since we are God’s image and likeness, we should also try to assume the very same attitude God has towards sinners, or towards anyone with whom we have some differences and conflicts. And
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Local distribution utility MORE Power highlighted the significant relief delivered by the energization of the Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) 230-kilovolt (kV) backbone project to the islands of Panay and Negros. At the simultaneous ceremonial energization of the CNP
The leaders of the House of Representatives congratulated Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez for his exceptional leadership and commended all members of the 19th Congress for their collective efforts in advancing legislative priorities and addressing critical national issues, a press release
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine National Police will enforce a gun ban in Negros Occidental, for the duration of the Panaad sa Negros festival. In an advisory, the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office said the gun ban will start
Bacolod city officially recognized Metro Bacolod Hospital and Medical Center (MBHMC) as a partner hospital of the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP) yesterday at the Bacolod City Government Center, according to a press release from the Bacolod PIO. Present
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Seven former New People’s Army rebels that surrendered to the 62nd Infantry Battalion and police in December last year, availed of financial assistance under the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E CLIP), on April 11 in
