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Peso ends sideways, PSEi slips

            The peso again ended the trade to its over four-year high against the US dollar but the main stocks index slipped for the fourth consecutive day partly due to Morgan Stanley Capital International (MCSI) rebalancing.             The local currency

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41 ARBs receive land titles, installed in south Negros

            Some 41 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) received land titles and were installed in two separate landholdings in the southern part of Negros Occidental this week.             The distribution and installation rites were facilitated by the Department of Agrarian Reform-Negros

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Tiamzon couple’s conviction a victory for victims of NPA

            Military and police officials said yesterday the conviction of ranking Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) officials Benito and Wilma Tiamzon on charges of kidnapping and serious illegal detention is a victory for the victims of the

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Texts to 8888 Citizens’ Complaint Center for free

            Subscribers of both Smart and Sun networks can now submit their complaints or grievances to the government for free by texting the Citizens’ Complaint Center (CCC) at 8888.             In a statement Thursday, PLDT, together with its mobile subsidiary

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PH identifies 5 sectors for investments

            The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) formally launched its new international marketing campaign “Make It Happen in the Philippines”, highlighting five key investment priority sectors.             It is a unified, country-wide, and multi-sector investment campaign that aims to

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Benitez in bicameral conference committee

          Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has named Negros Occidental Rep. Francisco Benitez among the 21-member contingent to the bicameral conference committee on the proposed P4.506-trillion national budget for 2021.           Velasco said the House contingent will make sure the 2021

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Two Negrenses in top 2 of docs’ board exams

          Two Negrenses landed in second place in the physician’s licensure examination, the Professional Regulation Commission announced yesterday.           Patrick Joseph Mabugat of Bacolod City and Adrian Emmanuel Teves of Bayawan City, Negros Oriental both earned a general average of

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Tropang Giga, Fuel Masters clash in deciding Game 5

            TNT seemingly caught Phoenix Super LPG by surprise their last time out.             The question of whether the Tropang Giga could continue to take the Fuel Masters off-guard or the latter would be more ready would be known tonight

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Hit show sparks chess frenzy

            Hit miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit” has led to a surge of interest in chess, with one popular website registering millions of new players and academies reporting unprecedented demand.             Netflix said the show, which follows the turbulent career of

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Football legend Diego Maradona dies at 60

            Football legend Diego Armando Maradona died Wednesday, suffering cardiac arrest at home in Tigre, Argentina. He was 60.             The Argentine football legend underwent successful surgery on November 4 for a blood clot in his brain, his doctor Leopoldo

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Good Friday liquor ban in EB Magalona

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN A total liquor ban will take effect on March 29, Good Friday, in E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental. The 24-hour liquor ban was ordered by Mayor Marvin Malacon, in his Executive Order No. 31, series of 2024.

VMA completes ISO certification audit

VMA Global College & Training Centers, Inc. announces the completion of the ISO certification audit on March 20, a press release from VMA said. Under the visionary leadership of Dr. Elizabeth Salabas, president of VMA Global College & Training Centers,

Participating in Christ’s Passion

Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday marks the start of Holy Week when we reverently remember the last days of the Lord. Palm Sunday recounts the triumphant entry of Jesus to Jerusalem, as he rides on a colt (traditional royal procession)

Sugarcane varieties, tech featured in Philsutech farm tour

New sugarcane varieties, productive farm practices and drone technology, among others, were featured during the PHILSUTECH Educational Farm Tour and Technology Updates conducted on March 7-8 in Bacolod City and a cane farm in E. B. Magalona, a press release

Negros Occ. solon slams BSWM for ruling out cloud seeding

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Negros Occidental 5th district Rep. Emilio “Dino” Yulo slammed the Bureau of Soil and Water Management (BSWM) for not considering cloud seeding operations to address the widespread drought in the province, even as damage to rice