BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The discussion to harmonize travel protocols between the highly-urbanized Bacolod City and provincial government of Negros Occidental was welcomed yesterday by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, who invited Mayor Evelio Leonardia for a virtual meeting at 3
A worker disinfects offices at the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol.* Prov Govt of NegOcc FB photo
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The national government-funded regional evacuation center (REC) in Vista Alegre, Bacolod City is being converted by the Emergency Operations Center into an additional isolation/quarantine facility for COVID-19 positive patients. The P33.7 million facility was originally built
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Murder charges have been filed by the police against a suspect before the Himamaylan Regional Trial Court on January 25, in connection with the death of a Bacolod City policeman. PCapt. Ryan Villasario, Hinigaran police chief,
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO A resolution reiterating the strong opposition on the imposition of the 12 percent Value Added Tax to water consumers of Bacolod City by Primewater Infrastructure Incorporated was unanimously approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod The resolution
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A series of police operations led to the confiscation of P1.2 million of suspected shabu and unlicensed firearms from seven arrested suspects in different cities and towns of Negros Occidental on January 24 and 25. Policemen
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 101 health care workers and support staff of the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City, Negros Occidental, were placed under quarantine because of COVID-19, disclosed Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Newly-promoted PBrig. Gen. Roderick Augustus Alba got more positions in the Philippine National Police following his promotion. PNP chief Dionardo Carlos has designated Alba to a full-time position as chief of the PNP Public Information Office,
January 25 is marked liturgically as the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, one of the very dramatic stories in the history of the Church. It reminds of many things, among them that no matter how much of a
A World Bank report titled “Prioritizing Learning During COVID-19: The Most Effective Ways to Keep Children Learning During and Post-Pandemic” warned that “without large-scale, effective and swift government action, the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on education [would] be catastrophic
Oil companies will slash petroleum prices as much as P2 per liter today. In separate advisories, Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Seaoil, and Shell said they will roll back gasoline prices by P2 per liter and will also cut diesel prices by
Farmers in the 5th district of Negros Occidental have availed of P11.8 million in rice and corn agricultural inputs, from the provincial government headed by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson. Lacson and Rep. Emilio Bernardino Yulo, assisted by Mayor Rogelio Raymund
A team from the DOST- Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), led by Fenina Osorio, paid a courtesy visit to Mayor Marvin Malacon on Monday, in the middle of their data collection for the National Nutrition Survey in Barangay Manta-angan,
Various farm equipment were turned over to the members of two farmers’ associations in Barangay San Isidro E. B. Magalona yesterday by E.B. Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon’s consultant Ramie Babac and Municipal Agriculturist Efren Garcia Jr., according to a press
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN An Army general yesterday challenged the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the killing spree of the New People’s Army of innocent civilians, which they have claimed responsibility for. In communicating with Chris Montano of the
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Stressing that the police force in Western VIsayas is a very professional one, PBrig. Gen. Jack Wanky, regional police director, yesterday said that there is no need to conduct a loyalty check. For us here, I
