By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson confirmed yesterday morning that he signed a non-disclosure agreement with a pharmaceutical company for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines for the province. Lacson explained the non-disclosure agreement means that he cannot divulge details of the purchase deal of the vaccines. However, he said that …
Monthly Archives: January 2021
SUV-dump truck crash injured couple
A couple was injured when a sport utility vehicle (SUV) they were riding collided with a dump truck at Barangay Bungca, Barotac Nuevo in Iloilo province yesterday. Police said 29-year-old Mark Jason Santos and his wife, Dianne Mae, residents of the town’s Barangay Lagubang, were brought to the town’s Don Jose Monfort Medical Center Extension …
Cadiz City man stabbed to death
A 64-year-old widower was stabbed to death around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 3, at Purok Kawayan, located in Cadiz City’s Barangay Luna. Cadiz City Police Station OIC chief, Police Major Rocky Desear, identified the victim as Ramon Castro of the said place. Castro sustained stab wounds on the body and was brought to the …
The new Pharisees
We are familiar with this group of leading Jews in the times of Christ. They could not believe that Christ was the promised Messiah, and they did their best to discredit him, always finding fault in him, setting traps for him, until they managed, with their instigation, to put Christ to death. They were actually …
DSWD-6 extends burial aid to families of 9 killed in Tapaz raid
The Department of Social Welfare and Development 6 (DSWD-6) extended financial assistance to the families of the nine suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who died in police operation in Tapaz, Capiz on December 30, 2020. DSWD-6 Assistant Regional Director for Operations Delia Bagolcol said that they had already given P25,000 as burial …
A time for everything
Indeed, we have succeeded in many ways to shorten the distances in making the entire world smaller as a community through modern transport and communications. But we also shortened the length of the space that separates humanity from dying. Time, in all its infinity, is not constant. The only constant thing in life is change. …
Antiqueña Jaboneta joins UP
By Adrian Stewart Co Fulfilling her childhood dream, Antiqueña hitter Irah Anika Jaboneta accepted the offer to suit up for the University of the Philippines’ (UP) women’s volleyball team in the UAAP. The 5-foot-5 Jaboneta said she immediately said yes when recruited by Fighting Maroons head coach Godfrey Okumu as it was her dream since …
Wizards stun Nets on Bryant dunk
By Adrian Stewart Co Thomas Bryant scored on a go-ahead dunk as Washington Wizards pulled off a 123-122 upset over Brooklyn Nets in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Sunday night (Monday in the Philippines) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Trailing 121-122, Bryant surged the Wizards ahead at 123-122 on a dunk with 14 …
Jaro posts highest COVID cases in Iloilo City
Iloilo City’s Jaro district recorded the highest number of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, cases among the city’s seven districts from September to December 2020. Data from Iloilo City COVID-19 Emergency Operations Center showed that Jaro has 968 COVID-19 cases on the said period. Molo district came in second with 562 followed by La Paz …
NegOcc guv urges caution over new COVID-19 strain
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson has urged the Negrenses to be cautious of the new strain of the coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19. In his New Year’s Day message, Lacson said the residents of the province should not be complacent as COVID-19 will still remain this year, adding that …