Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia has asked Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson for a meeting to discuss areas of coordination between the city and the provincial governments, including the need to harmonize their respective travel policies for home-bound constituents. “We
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, who is feeling well after being tested positive for COVID-19, may return to work today, disclosed yesterday by Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz. Diaz said that Gov. Lacson has been asking how soon
An inventory of the three kilos of suspected shabu recovered during the arrests of two drug suspects at a RoRo vessel docked at the BREDCO Port in Bacolod City.* BCPO photo
A panel headed by Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran will lead the city contingent in the 2 p.m. discussion today via a Webex meeting, the details of the proposed medical center in Barangay Vista Alegre
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The number of COVID-19 health care workers assigned in various Capitol-managed hospitals rose to 91, revealed Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action officer Rayfrando Diaz yesterday. Of the health care workers, 55 are assigned at the
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Ceneco Union of Rational Employees (CURE) leadership will seek the approval of union members to hold a strike thru a strike vote referendum on Saturday. CURE president Stefannie Montaner yesterday said that once the yes
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Assorted firearms and explosives hidden in a cave were recovered yesterday by troopers of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 7 in Sitio Bacong, Brgy. Bala-as, Manjuyod, Negros Oriental. The recovery of firearms and explosives cache was
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A COVID-19 patient was reported by the police to have jumped to his death yesterday from the 5th floor of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City. The patient identified as Charlie Galvez,
In the beginning of the gospel of St. Luke, we are told about how the evangelist took a most careful effort to compile the events of Christ’s words, deeds and life itself so as to assure us of the certainty
If there is one thing we have learned over the past two years of the pandemic lifestyle that left us stuck in our homes most of the time, it is how to shop online. Our online shopping habits had no
As per monitoring of Power Watch Negros, the application of the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) for a legislative franchise, as embodied in H.B. No. 9805, had already passed the preliminary phase of the complex legislative labyrinth in the
All eight members of the E. B. Magalona Wrestling Secondary Girls team paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon Thursday, after winning first runner-up in their event at the recent Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet 2024, a
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general has reiterated that the 3rd Infantry Division does not engage in “red tagging,” which he stressed is not a government policy. Maj. Gen. Marion Sison, 3ID commander, disclosed that the information presented to
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) claims that accusations of “red tagging” are only meant to deflect underground organizations’ “terrorist-grooming” efforts where select individual victims are systematically recruited and radicalized through
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The havoc created by the ongoing drought on Negros Occidental continues, as the value of the damage to agricultural crops has been reported at more than P502 million, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration and Office
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The granting of a franchise to the Negros Electric Power Corp., to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental, is steadily inching towards approval by the Philippine Senate. The Senate approved on
