Bowing out
October 17, 2020
“You can’t win every battle. Sometimes victory comes in form of bowing out gracefully.” – Toni Payne
“You can’t win every battle. Sometimes victory comes in form of bowing out gracefully.” – Toni Payne
It was a weeklong circus that ended with the installation of Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco as the new Speaker of the House, replacing Alan Peter Cayetano.
A public post of Jonathan Espinosa went viral after it was shared in the news line-up of Digicast Negros over the weekend. He is an LSI who reportedly tested negative and was sent home. That homecoming was short lived though, after he was informed belatedly that he was after all positive and had to return to the quarantine facility.
After so much hullabaloo coupled with the threat of sanction, the city government appears to be backtracking on its implementation of the Bacolod City Tracking System (BaCTrac) and now, instead of mandatory, it will be voluntary.
Thousands were glued to the live virtual funeral mass of Gov. Freddie Marañon. Some viewed it from Hong Kong, Japan and the United States but most were locals who would have loved to bring him to his final resting place if not for the pandemic.
We woke up to sad news yesterday that Governor Freddie Marañon had passed on to the next life, just before midnight Thursday.
I told myself days ago to endure an hour of ranting from the nation’s leader in order to hear the announcement of what our new community quarantine status will be. However, with an earlier announcement that the city government appealed to downgrade us to GCQ, it was not worth staying up late.
Thousands went to the government center last Saturday, hoping to get lucky and avail financial assistance from the Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD).
In five days, maybe even less, we will know whether our quarantine status will be downgraded or not. Though I have grown tired of listening to the musings of a manic leader, I will make an effort come Monday to listen to the announcement of the NIATF.
It has been raining here almost daily for the past few weeks, preventing us from fully enjoying the autumn colors as intended. Typically, I capture photos of the girls playing with fallen leaves, but this year, they’re all wet and
Members of the Philippine National Police – San Carlos City visited Katingal-an Elementary School yesterday, in line with the celebration of the 31st National Children’s Month and 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women. Activities included book reading and tree planting.* San Carlos LGU photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN More support staff of the Commission on Elections, who rendered poll duties during the October 30 synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Negros Occidental, remained unpaid. Aside from 660 Comelec support staff, who rendered election
After several weeks of rollbacks, pump prices of petroleum products will increase effective today. In separate advisories, Seaoil, Caltex and Shell said they will increase diesel prices by P0.30 per liter and kerosene by P0.65 per liter. Cleanfuel, Jetti and
The Bacolod City Host Lions Club planted two hundred Molave, Odling, Bacan, Iron wood (Balayong), and assorted fruit-bearing trees in Barangay Marcelo, municipality of Calatrava, Negros Occidental last Monday, according to a press release from the organization. Twenty-seven members of
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