BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Provincial Inter Agency Task Force action officer Atty. Rayfrando Diaz yesterday said that they will be campaigning more for vaccination, following approval of the Department of Health for the rollout of a second COVID-19 booster shot
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental 2nd District Rep. Alfredo Marañon III yesterday said that his committee will give utmost priority on concerns related to food security in response to the challenge issued by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. during his
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Three COVID-19 related deaths were recorded by the Provincial Incident Management Team from July 27 to 29, as cases in Negros Occidental rose to 83, as of yesterday. Seven new COVID-19 cases were also reported yesterday,
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspect allegedly involved in gunrunning activities was arrested on Thursday by the police, during a buy bust operation at Hacienda Dagingding, Brgy. Rizal, Silay City, Negros Occidental. Nabbed by operatives of the police was Stephen
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is enjoining all barangay captains of Bacolod City to accept and accommodate all Bacolodnon indigent applicants eligible for the Bacolod City Comprehensive Health Program (BacCHP). The resolution authored by Councilor Claudio Jesus
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A suspected member of the New People’s Army was apprehended by the police and Army soldiers on July 28 in Brgy. Bulwangan, Hinobaan, Negros Occidental. Nabbed by virtue of an arrest warrant for the crime of
The San Carlos City Health Office, in coordination with the Provincial Health Office of Negros Occidental, officially launched the SaBAYANg 4,5 sa Negros Occidental, a dengue prevention campaign, at the Brgy. 1 Covered Court on July 28. Provincial Health Officer
“You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’ Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in
As monkeypox cases surge globally, the World Health Organization called on the group currently most affected by the virus – men who have sex with men – to limit their sexual partners. When WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared monkeypox
BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Negros Cultural Foundation Inc., recently launched “Pagsaulog: A Celebration of Negrense Culture”, which aims to support the various cultural and artistic programs, projects and activities organized by the foundation through The Negros Museum, by staging
To enhance the promotion of local culture and attract more visitors and investors, Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez has issued Executive Order No. 021-A, Series of 2024, expanding the membership of the Inasal Festival Special Committee. The move comes
• CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution granting Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez authority to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the City of Bacolod and Seymour Sanchez, designating the latter as festival director of
An oil price rollback on Tuesday will snap the six straight weeks of increase in gasoline prices. This, as Caltex, Cleanfuel, Jetti, Petro Gazz, Seaoil and Shell announced Monday that they will cut gasoline prices by P0.25 per liter and
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The arrest of three suspected remnants of the dismantled New People’s Army Northern Negros Front (NNF), including two minors, on April 25 in Sitio Humayan, Brgy. Pinowayan, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental, led to the confiscation
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Agrarian reform beneficiaries in the 5th district of Negros Occidental, who are engaged in planting sugarcane, have banded together to protect their industry, which is the source of their livelihood. Calling themselves the 5th District The
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Power Watch Negros yesterday called for solidarity, amidst regular power outages being experienced by member consumers of Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO), which it said is “depriving use the quality of life, that we deserve.” Amid
