Bacolod City may be considered a class valedictorian or first honor in managing the COVID-19 pandemic as validated by the high marks it received from the Department of Health and the Inter-Agency Task Force, Mayor Evelio Leonardia said yesterday. “If

Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia paid tribute to Dr. Andrew Tan, chairman and chief executive officer of Megaworld Corporation, for his company’s support to the economic recovery program of the Bacolod City government post-COVID pandemic period. Leonardia expressed his gratitude to

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Presidential candidate and Vice President Leni Robredo is returning to Negros Occidental on May 3 to attend a “People’s Proclamation Rally” and a meeting with political and sectoral leaders in Bacolod City and the province. Robredo

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Seven of the 31 local government units in Negros Occidental have been placed under COVID-19 Alert Level 1 which took effect from May 1 until May 15. This was after Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson issued an

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Emergency Operations Center-Task Force of Bacolod City is intensifying its vaccination drive to prevent the spread of the Omicron BA 2.12 subvariant and the possible surge of COVID-19 cases after the May 9 elections. Dr.

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Bacolod Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. yesterday said he will file a resolution asking Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO) to provide the Sangguniang Panlungsod its computation table for electric generation charges and power systems losses for January

BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO Two of the biggest families in the Philippines held simultaneous solidarity event in Bacolod, Iloilo and Makati Saturday to show that they are determined to convince and convert voters to make the obvious right choice –

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Police Regional Office 6 reported yesterday 4,119 personnel of the Police Regional Office 6 in Western Visayas participated in the 3-day Local Absentee Voting on April 27 to 29, with Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A barangay kagawad has cheated death after surviving an attempt on his life on April 30 in Bgry. Laga-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Initial police investigations show that the victim, identified by the police as Laga-an barangay

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Policemen seized more than P3 million worth of suspected shabu and assorted guns in separate buy-bust operations in highly-urbanized Bacolod City and three other cities of Negros Occidental on April 30 and May 1, respectively. Two