BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The two Negros provinces have been added by the Inter Agency Task Force to areas in the country that were placed under Alert Level 3 due to increasing COVID-19 positive cases. The Department of Health-Western Visayas
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Kabankalan City, which was devastated by typhoon Odette in December last year, suffered P2.6 billion in damages to both infrastructure and agricultural crops. Elbert Javellana, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer of Kabankalan City, in his
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Cadiz City has already vaccinated 83.75 percent of its targeted population, disclosed Mayor Salvador Escalante Jr. City Health records show that 88,331 of its 113,093 target population are now fully vaccinated. Escalante said they only need
Will Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia agree to join the virtual debate for mayoralty candidates organized by the U.P. Law Alumni Association-Negros Occidental at the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City today? The mayor had earlier pushed for a live
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia issued Executive Order No. 2 placing Bacolod City under Alert Level 3 per the systems guidelines for Covid-19 response from January 14 to 31. The order provides that intrazonal and interzonal movement
The 10-wheeler cargo truck that fell on its side after hitting a house along the national highway of Pontevedra town. Two persons were killed in the Jan. 14 incident.* PNP photo
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Volunteer groups of Leni Robredo in Negros Occidental helped 9,011 families in 24-typhoon affected areas of Negros Occidental by giving them P3.5 million worth of relief goods gathered from private donors. Negros Youth for Leni and
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Negros Press Club will hold the election of its new set of officers for 2022 to 2012 at the NPC Media Center in Bacolod City today. Voting will start at 1 p.m. and will end
The latest Global Risk Report of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum sees climate risks and economic stagnation as the top global concerns as the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. WEF refers to “global risk” as the
The city government of Bacolod has identified 24 routes that will utilize 1,099 units under a new local route plan during the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). Mayor Evelio Leonardia said in a statement yesterday he
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said that the expectations for the 28th Panaad sa Negros Festival, was not only met, but even exceeded. Lacson, who spoke last night at the closing ceremony of the
We have to continually listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit who always intervenes in our life. And that’s because it is actually the Holy Spirit, more than us, who shapes and directs our life, who deepens, widens, if
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The New People’s Army Mt. Cansermon Command has issued a statement claiming responsibility for the death of a woman it accused as a military informant, on April 21 in Sitio Dug-anon, Brgy. Oringao, Kabankalan City, Negros
Mobile provider Globe has significantly ramped up its efforts to combat cyber threats by deactivating and blocking an increasing number of SIMs engaged in malicious activities. In the first quarter of 2024 alone, the company blacklisted 36,549 SIMs from other
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO An ordinance laying down the policies and guidelines for the grant of non-exclusive franchise to construct, establish, commission, operate, and maintain a water supply system for Bacolod City, was passed on first reading by the Bacolod
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The business community in Negros Oriental welcomed the recommendation of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) for the province be granted the status of Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS). Edward Du, president of the
