BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The highly-urbanized City of Bacolod was added yesterday by the Inter Agency Task Force to the list of areas in the country placed under Alert Level 3 which will take effect from January 14 to 31.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The proposed transfer of the new Provincial Administration Center at the provincial government property in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, may not be as soon as expected. This is because the Government Procurement Policy Board wants a
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is urging the National Inter-Agency Task Force in Managing Emerging Infectious Disease (NAITF-MEID) to approve the intention of the Bacolod AITF to include all APORs among those who should submit a negative
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Memphis Mission of Mercy, a non-profit United States organization, is soon to build a US$5 million (P250 million) surgical hospital in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. This was disclosed by Victorias City mayoralty aspirant Javier Miguel
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Partido Asenso Hinoban-on has issued a statement strongly condemning in highest possible terms in what it described as “dastardly act” of killing its community organizer, Ulysses “Isik” Mahinay on January 6 in Brgy. Culipapa, Hinobaan,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The occupants of two major quarantine facilities of Negros Occidental provincial government increased to 244 as of January 11, after being empty in mid-December last year, Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action officer Rayfrando Diaz reported
Bacolod Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia agreed 100 percent to attend the January 15 Debate of Mayoralty Candidates organized by the U.P. Law Alumni Association-Negros Occidental Chapter at the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City. But the camp of Leonardia,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen yesterday seized more than P10 million worth of suspected shabu from an arrested drug suspect in Brgy. Guadalope, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Nabbed during a joint buy-bust operation of the Provincial Drug Enforcement Group
In the gospel, Christ shows us how he always tried to pass unnoticed while doing a lot of good. In one instance, he told a leper whose leprosy he cleansed miraculously, not to tell anybody about the cure but only
The International Monetary Fund has warned emerging economies including the Philippines about bouts of economic turbulence amid the hawkish stance of the US Federal Reserve as well as the stubbornly resurgent COVID-19 pandemic. In a blog post titled “Emerging Economies
Archie and Elenita Arigorat accepted a copy of the resolution unanimously passed by the city council congratulating their daughter Ellen Joy Arigorat for being awarded Global Changemaker in Health IT, from Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran during the regular session
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Police personnel in Western Visayas have been repeatedly reminded of the “no-take policy” in the campaign against illegal gambling, which prohibits all PNP members from taking any money from illegal gambling operations, as they would face
The readings of the Mass on Wednesday of the 4th Week of Easter (cfr. Acts 12,24-13,5; Jn 12,44-50) somehow remind us of the need to spread the word of God, which is another way of saying that we have to
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Wednesday afternoon (United States time) paid a courtesy call to United States Rep. Ami Bera of California’s 6th District at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., where the American legislator offered beer and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN PrimeWater, together with Bacolod City Water District (BACIWA), recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for their upcoming water source interconnection, pipe laying project, and source activation. These initiatives are expected to significantly improve water pressure and availability
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution urging the participation of the City of Bacolod in observing the National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in May, was approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. The resolution authored by Councilor Celia Matea Flor
