Last Friday I lost my mobile phone and despite our family’s optimistic outlook towards losing gadgets, it has not come back and I have started to lose hope of recovering it. Unlike previous lost gadgets in my family, where the
The Negros Oriental Police Provincial Office has warned colorum vans-for-hire (V-Hires) and other vehicles operating without permits and violating health protocols. NORPPO director, Col. Bryant Demot, reminded the public that vans or private vehicles transporting passengers without proper
The province of Negros Oriental reported 31 additional recoveries from the coronavirus disease 2019 along with 20 new cases over the weekend. Assistant Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Liland Estacion, incident commander of the province’s Inter-Agency Task Force for
Daniil Medvedev came from behind to beat US Open champion Dominic Thiem in a gripping encounter and win the biggest title of his career at the ATP Finals in London on Sunday. The Russian fourth seed was second
The guidelines for the implementation of a price cap for Covid-19 testing and test kits will be released within the week, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the Department of Health and the Department of Trade
United States President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly to name his cabinet members this week. The first to be announced is Anthony Blinken to the post of Secretary of State. No, he is not a descendant of the popular grade
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has distributed P5 million in financial aid to 979 indigents in crisis situation in the 3rd district of Negros Occidental, in coordination with the office of Rep. Francisco Benitez. Under the
The Bacolod City government, upon instruction of Mayor Evelio Leonardia, distributed 9,800 face shields to vendors at Burgos, Central, and Libertad public markets, the flower market, and Manokan Country, and to drivers of jeepneys, tricycles, and trisikads. The
Another member of the New People’s Army gave up the armed struggle and surrendered a .45 caliber pistol to the 94th Infantry Battalion in Tayasan, Negros Oriental recently, the military said. The surrender of Juvic Arcade, alias Bro,
The Los Angeles Lakers and three-time All-Star center Marc Gasol agreed to a two-year deal, multiple outlets reported Sunday night. The Lakers reportedly opened up cap room for Gasol by trading center JaVale McGee and a second-round draft
Philippine Foremost Milling Corp. (PFMC), one of the country’s biggest flour companies, is one step closer to securing an Environmental Clearance Certificate (ECC) for the construction of its modern flour milling facility in Barangay Ingore, Iloilo City, a press release
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration has recently announced that the worst of the El Niño heat may be over, but with the caveat that Filipinos should now brace themselves for an expected La Niña, which could make
Grace Pharmacy president Ian Manuel T. Lo, representing the Dr. Manuel Lo Foundation, generously donated 20,000 five-kilo bags of rice to Bacolod City. The turnover rites were held yesterday at the Bacolod City Government, and the rice donations were received
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
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Former Silay City Mayor Mark Golez yesterday announced that he is resigning from the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP) Laban, as he confirmed his intention of mounting a comeback in politics in 2025. Golez said that incumbent
• ANDREW ALTAREJOS About 168 newly registered medical technologists took their oath as professionals, presided by Dr. Marilyn Cabal-Barza, chairman, Professional Regulatory Board of Medical Technology of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), at SMX Convention Center in Bacolod City Monday.
