New Comelec supervisor, police chief for NegOcc
PCol. Romy Palgue (right) turns over the NOCPPO command flag to his successor, PCol. Leo Pamittan, in a ceremony held at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City.*
PCol. Romy Palgue (right) turns over the NOCPPO command flag to his successor, PCol. Leo Pamittan, in a ceremony held at Camp Martin Delgado in Iloilo City.*
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Health authorities yesterday expressed alarm on the entry arrival of antigen reactive travelers from Metro Manila to Negros Occidental, as 80 percent of them who arrived on January 9 tested positive for COVID-19 after confirmatory RT-PCR
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN / CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The first Comelec gun ban violator was arrested by the police on Sunday night at a checkpoint at highway Mabinay in Brgy. 9, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. Nabbed was Cristopher Gaisen, 21,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the provincial government targets the achievement of herd immunity against COVID-19 by February this year, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ernell Tumimbang reported yesterday that 1,135,731 Negrenses have already been vaccinated with at least one dose,
The 800-member Banaag LGBT declared its support to congressional aspirant Danny Atayde and the re-election bids of Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran, standard bearers of Grupo Progreso. Led by Lyndon Tupas, president of Banaag LGBT, an
As part of their continuing effort to assist Typhoon Odette victims in southern Negros Occidental, the Rotary District 3850 Disaster Response Team delivered various items in the cities of Kabankalan and Sipalay on January 9. First stop was in Brgy.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Lopez-led geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC) continues to extend its pampamilyang malasakit by conducting relief operations for its partner communities in Negros Oriental and Negros Occidental that were affected by Typhoon Odette in December last
Christ entered a synagogue and started to teach, and the people were astonished at his teaching since he taught with authority, unlike how their other teachers were teaching. (cfr. Mk 1,21-28) This gospel episode somehow reminds us about the qualities
Despite our government’s delaying tactic that mostly included full-on denial, the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is most definitely in our communities, happily transmitting as infectiously as it possibly can in a country where non-existent testing and contact tracing made it
A survey of 209 medical insurers from 61 countries by global advisory and brokerage firm Willis Towers Watson (WTW) expects employer-sponsored healthcare benefits costs that are usually insured under insurance providers to rise a projected 14.4 percent on average this
WATERSPORTS FEST. Fireworks signal the opening of the First Bacolod Watersports Festival yesterday, at the 800-meter seafront of the Bacolod Baywalk Recreational Park, where various water sports activities such as bancarera, beach volleyball, boat tug-of-war, and paddling, among others, will be held until April* CGSamillano photo
Eleven participants graduated in the recently held Global Filipino Dream and ACCESS Mission Training conducted at Full Gospel Fellowship Church in Murcia, Negros Occidental, a press release from the organizers said. The training was led by International Teams Philippines (ITP)
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Following its approval by the Philippine Senate, the Negros Island Region bill is now almost finished, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. disclosed yesterday. Abalos, who attended the series of activities in Victorias
Third District Rep. Jose Francisco “Kiko” Benitez turned over three priority infrastructure projects to the Municipality of E. B. Magalona, costing a total of P17 million, in two separate ceremonies on March 17, a press release from E.B. Magalona said.
Over half a million government workers under job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) workers employment status not covered by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) can now enjoy social security protection thanks to the Social Security System (SSS)
I was one of five female speakers from various sectors who spoke before tertiary-level students as part of the recent International Women’s Day celebration. The forum, entitled ‘Women in Position’, focused on the experiences of career women. Aside from sharing