BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Negros Occidental has ordered the strict implementation of health protocols in all ferry vessels originating from Metro Manila. The order was issued following the declaration of the National Inter-Agency Task
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has approved during its meeting yesterday the proposed P500 Million assistance for the victims of Typhoon Odette and other disasters in Negros Occidental. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A couple and their two-month-old baby yesterday died during a vehicular accident in Sitio Ulay, Brgy. Prosperidad, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Police investigations show that the 125cc Rusi motorcycle which the victims were riding was
The returning overseas Filipino (ROF) earlier infected with the Omicron variant and his wife can already be integrated into the community after having completed the seven-day isolation period, a Department of Health executive said. Dr. Jane Juanico of the DOH-6
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The “No Jab, No Duty” policy of the Philippine National Police is up for enforcement by the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office starting today, deputy provincial police spokesperson PLt. Abegael Donasco disclosed. All unvaccinated police personnel,
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is urging the Commission on Elections to provide a separate venue for senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) including persons suffering from comorbidities on the May 9 elections. The resolution authored
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation (JBLCF), Fukujin Kisen, Co., Ltd., and scholarship grantees of the Provincial Government’s Maritime Scholarship Program, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. is urging the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to promptly release funds to unpaid legitimate and good claims of accredited private and public health care providers, in a resolution unanimously approved by
SUNDOWN. The sunset as seen from Brgy. Balaring in Silay City is a welcome sight after the New Year began with gloomy days.* Nic Ledesma/CCN photo
Christ went to a synagogue, unrolled the scroll, read some passages and proclaimed that what he just read was fulfilled in him upon the audience’s hearing. And the people were amazed at the gracious words Christ spoke. (cfr. Lk 4,14-22)
An award-winning filmmaker and longtime educator has been recently appointed by the Bacolod City Government as director of its film festival, set to be held this September in select cinemas in the city. The Bacolod Film Festival Council (BFFC), chaired
With the celebration of Pentecost Sunday, we are reminded that the Holy Spirit is always with us, always intervening and directing our life toward its proper end and its fullness or perfection. He is leading us toward how we should
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The province of Negros Occidental sustained P13,784,650 million worth of damage to livestock and poultry from the El Niño phenomenon, following deaths of 14,598 chickens and other ruminants, as of May 13. In her report to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division welcomed the probe to be conducted by the Commission on Human Rights on a series of killings perpetrated and claimed by remnants of the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. We
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Two policemen assigned in Negros Occidental are now facing a probe for allegedly receiving protection money from financiers of illegal gambling. PLt. Col. Arnel Solis, spokesman of the Police Regional Office 6, disclosed yesterday that the
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
