BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Instead of requiring negative antigen test results from inbound travelers from Metro Manila in lieu of RT-PCR tests, Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action officer Rayfrando Diaz pushed for the “swab for free” upon arrival at
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Another local government unit in southern Negros is being assessed by the Commission on Elections as a possible “area of concern” during the May 9 synchronized elections, according to provincial police deputy spokesperson PLt. Abegael Donasco.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, who has tested positive for COVID-19 with 22 other Capitol employees, returned to work yesterday under a work from home arrangement. Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said that he was informed
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Local power advocacy group Power Watch Negros Advocates Inc. and other consumers group in Bacolod City are strongly recommending that labor and management of Central Negros Electric Cooperative return to the negotiating table to resolve the
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The management of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City is asking for prayers from the public to all COVID-19 patients and frontline medical workers, after the occurrence of a suicide incident at
Rotary Club of Bacolod and Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade continue to bring aid to Typhoon Odette victims in the cities of Bago and Himamaylan, and municipality of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on January 22. Aid was extended to typhoon victims in
FISHING. A fisherman tries his luck, hoping for tanguigue, at BREDCO port.* NicLedesma/CCN photo
There’s that funny part in the gospel where some leading Jews were accusing Christ of being “possessed by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of demons he drives out demons.” (Mk 3,22) Christ, of course, saw the blatant contradiction of their
Labor groups and the Department of Labor and Employment are seeing the need to strictly enforce the workers’ right to disconnect amid the upswing in the incidence of work-related stress. In the case of licensed psychologist Charlene Lucas who has
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Thirty-one Negrense artists are currently holding a group exhibit titled “PusongPinoy” at the Activity Center of the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City which runs from January 16 to 31. The show is participated in
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Department of Social Welfare and Development reported the distribution of P68,572,529 worth of humanitarian assistance to 325,469 families affected by the El Niño phenomenon in 2,360 barangays in Western Visayas, as of May 7. The
BOOKWORMS. Preschoolers at the National Child Development Center in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental peruse the recently donated books from the Regional English Language Office – U.S. Embassy, through the office of Neg. Occ. Third District Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez.* Kiko Benitez FB photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The week-long anti-drug operations of the police in Western Visayas has resulted in the apprehension of 98 drug suspects and the recovery of almost two kilos of suspected shabu with an estimated market value of P13,226,000.
• CARLO LEONARDIA When one thinks of the new Bistro Group restaurants in Bacolod City, the first to come to mind would probably be Italianni’s and TGI Fridays, as that is what they are most known for. However, the group
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO “A mother is the heartbeat of her home, the pulse of her family’s existence.” In honor of all mothers, a group art exhibit titled “Handog kay Nanay” opened at the second level of Robinson’s Place Bacolod
Yesterday we celebrated the feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The Acts of the Apostles tell us that after his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples, presenting himself alive to them by many proofs and giving them instructions for
