November 8, 2022

Commuters stranded by illegal PUV crackdown

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Hundreds of commuters were reported stranded in Bacolod City, as the Land Transportation Office started to operate against public utility vehicles with either expired, or operate without franchises. Personnel of the Land Transportation Office and Land

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Albee tests COVID-19 positive

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Bacolod City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez yesterday declared that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Upon his arrival in Manila yesterday from official leave, Benitez said he had himself tested for COVID-19, prior to a

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Victorias City ASF free – PVO

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Placeda Lemana yesterday said that Victorias City and the entire province of Negros Occidental remain ASF (African Swine Fever) free. Lemana made the clarification in the wake of reports that ASF was detected

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75 WV cops undergo SWAT training

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total of 75 police personnel assigned in different police units all over Western Visayas yesterday started to undergo the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) course at Camp Alfredo Montelibano Sr. in Bacolod City, with the

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Coastal clean-up drive in EB Magalona

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN A coastal clean-up drive was jointly conducted by the municipal government of EB Magalona, in partnership with BPI Bayan – Negros Occidental, on November 5 in Brgy. Latasan of the municipality, as the Cinco de Noviembre

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Gratuitous and generous self-giving

That’s how our self-giving should be. It should be both gratuitous and generous, without expecting any reward nor counting the cost. We should just give and give, knowing that God can never be outdone in generosity. He gives himself completely

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Way to go

The other week, I stumbled upon a podcast that discussed a topic that I thought would be nice to discuss during the Undas period. Unfortunately, it became a busy time, forgot to write about it, and remembered it just now.

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Mask decisions

Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma has made mask wearing voluntary in workplaces, with the only exceptions being health facilities such as clinics, laboratories, nursing homes, dialysis centers; medical transport vehicles such as ambulance and paramedic rescue vehicles; and public transportation by

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