By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental’s second molecular laboratory located at the Valladolid District Hospital in the town of Valladolid has officially opened yesterday morning. Provincial administrator Atty. Rayfrando Diaz said Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson attended the inauguration alongside Valladolid Mayor Enrique Miravalles, La Carlota City Mayor Rex Jalando-on and Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial …
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Bacolod holds 5-day mass COVID vaccination
The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the COVID-19 Vaccination Council (CoVaC) started yesterday its mass COVID-19 vaccination at the Cinema lobby located at the southwing of SM City Bacolod. The vaccination, which is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., will run until May 7 to accommodate the remaining frontline healthcare workers, senior …
Leonardia, OWWA officials discuss OFW benefit programs
Mayor Evelio Leonardia recently met with the officials of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to discuss programs that will benefit Bacolodnon overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families who are adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the OWWA programs which were discussed by Leonardia, OWWA Deputy Administrators Esther Margaux “Mocha” Uson and …
I’ll defend to death the right to say ‘stupid’
“It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.” – Jerome Cady I don’t agree with Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesman of the National Task Force to End Communist Insurgency, when he red-tagged community pantry organizers. He sounded stupid. 3 I also don’t fully agree with him when he claimed that …
Be determined to pray always
Our need to pray is like our need to breathe. It should be non-stop, since it is indispensable in our union with God our Creator, who keeps us alive and healthy in our spiritual life. Again, let’s bring back a basic truth—without God we are nothing! Yes, we need to pray without ceasing, as St. …
Hunger alleviation through the community pantry
We, Filipinos, are not known to easily give up. And in the face of adversity, we as a community are able to overcome either by helping each other out or receiving help from our kapwa. We have witnessed this in the past week or so with the emergence of the viral idea of the Community …
Fil-Japanese karateka Junna Tsukii strikes gold in Portugal
By Adrian Stewart Co Filipina-Japanese karateka Junna Tsukii bolstered her Tokyo Olympics hopes after capturing a gold medal in the World Karate Federation (WKF) Premier League on Sunday evening in Lisbon, Portugal. Tsukii, a gold medal winner in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, ruled the Female Kumite -50 kilogram division of the tournament after defeating …
PILIPINAS VISMIN SUPER CUP | Reed Juntilla sends Lapu-Lapu to semis
By Adrian Stewart Co ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu Heroes rode on the hot hands of Reed Juntilla to oust Dumaguete Warriors, 92-76, in the do-or-die quarterfinals of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Visayas leg on Sunday at the Alcantara Civic Center in Cebu. Juntilla, a former standout of the University of Visayas, put up his …
Giannis returns with 49, Bucks escape Nets
By Adrian Stewart Co Giannis Antetokounmpo made a triumphant return from injury as Milwaukee Bucks escaped with a 117-114 victory over Brooklyn Nets in the 2020-2021 NBA Season on Sunday (Monday in the Philippines) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Antetokounmpo returned from his sprained ankle injury to finish with 49 points, including four …
TLJPH affirms decline in COVID-19 cases in NegOcc
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga affirm The head of the Teresita Lopez Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City, Negros Occidental has affirmed the earlier statements made by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson that the number of COVID-19 cases in the province is slowly going down. Dr. Mary Ann Maestral, TLJPH hospital chief, noted that they …