Fear is real
August 6, 2020
I got into a one-sided debate with a friend who felt that the demands of the medical community to give them a reprieve via an ECQ was absurd.
I got into a one-sided debate with a friend who felt that the demands of the medical community to give them a reprieve via an ECQ was absurd.
“Use Leche Plan in a sentence: Leche hanggang ngayon wala ka pa ring Plan.”
This was the cry of medical frontliners nationwide as they seek for a two-week lockdown to help them recuperate from the mental stress, tiredness, fear and anxiety that the health system may collapse if government fails to refine its pandemic control strategies.
Most of our readers have probably read that The Visayan DAILY STAR is in financial trouble and may (or may not?) close down. That is not news as there have been many establishments, some even fiscally stable than the STAR, that closed shop because revenues are not forthcoming.
The national IATF has already decided that they will ignore the call made by doctors to place Bacolod under ECQ as “it is not practical anymore.”
I’d rather dwell on our local problems here than analyze what the SONA was all about. My sentiments are predictable but to sum it up – I probably watched a different SONA than what our politicians here saw as most of them glorified the government’s programs and promises.
They were mum on the issue of the death penalty, on the President’s admission that he was inutile in defending our sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, and concrete plans regarding the pandemic crisis.
How many will be glued to their television sets today to watch the State of the Nation Address by President Rodrigo Duterte is anybody’s guess.
Call it paranoia, but the climbing cases of COVID-19 positive in our province and city has alarmed me that I’ve started analyzing reports released by bio-molecular labs here and in the region. Of course I am no medical expert thus I started calling out to those who can provide inputs.
A 1980 mega blockbuster film entitled “The Raging Bull” that starred Robert De Niro, tells about the life story of Jake La Motta, a middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage destroyed his relationship with his wife and family.
Less than a week before the State of the Nation Address (SONA), I am wondering what drawing board the national government will come up with in touting their so-called accomplishments in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kabataan Partylist-Negros vehemently condemned the intimidation, psychological harassment, and constant illegal surveillance by the state forces to Florence Guzon, KPL-Negros’ Secretary General, a press release from the group said. Last April 25, state elements went to Guzon’s residence in Talisay
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN As the La Niña phenomenon inches towards the country, expected to be felt by the middle of this year, damage caused by drought to agricultural crops in Negros Occidental continues to rise, currently valued at P302,224,913,
ASSISTANCE. Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson distributed a total of P415,000 cash assistance to 47 families affected by recent fire incidents in Negros Occidental, and 17 Child Development Workers from various local government units, who retired from last year, at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.* Capitol PIO photo
In its commitment to continue delivering quality education and exceptional service, STI West Negros University inaugurated its new School of Basic Education (SBE) building along Hilado Street, Barangay 18, Bacolod City, yesterday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiling of the building
LAZY AFTERNOONS. People are still staying indoors up from midmorning to late afternoons as they try to avoid the high temperatures these days, as shown by the almost empty bandstand area of the Bacolod City Public Plaza.* Emma Leonardia photo
• GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Army’s 303rd Infantry Brigade strongly condemned the killing spree of innocent civilians carried out and admitted by the New People’s Army in Negros Occidental. These acts of violence are not only abhorrent, but also a