Let us train ourselves to establish an organic link between the solemnity of the prayer and the liturgical service involved in a feast, and the hoopla, the festive atmosphere that comes quite naturally. Given our nature and condition, we cannot help but get into modes of noisy excitement and silent, intimate solemnity whenever we have …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
Bacolod City to implement graveyard shift vax drive
Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia has ordered the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), through its executive director and City Administrator Em Legaspi Ang and the medical team, to implement a vaccination program for business process outsourcing (BPO) employees who are on graveyard shift to fast track the city government’s target of giving anti-COVID jabs to as …
No success without a successor
In short, the family must agree on the need to professionalize and clarify their vision for the sake of the company’s future. They must also align their aspirations for the business and for themselves and must decide how it will be governed and how it will manage its relationship with the business. According to Pastor …
Wright, Standhardinger, Castro top performers in PBA PH Cup
By Adrian Stewart Co Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters’ Matthew Wright, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings’ Christian Standhardinger and TNT Tropang GIGA’s Jayson Castro were among the top performers in the 2021 PBA Philippine Cup. The Filipino-Canadian Wright emerged as the top scorer in the suspended Philippine Cup after submitting averages of 19.8 points in …
Bacolodnon gymnast Descutido commits to FEU
By Adrian Stewart Co Bacolodnon gymnast Althea Descutido is putting her rhythmic gymnastics career behind for now after being recruited to join the Far Eastern University (FEU) Cheering Squad. According to the Trinity Christian School standout, the learnings she got in years of being a gymnast is vital in her new venture as she hopes …
Hundreds sign up for VMC Planters’ Caravan
Over 200 sugar farmers have signed up for the Planters’ Caravan launched by Victorias Milling Company, Inc. (VMC) in collaboration with Victorias Manapla Cadiz Farmers Association Inc., Negrense Sugar Planters Association Inc. and Negros del Norte Planters Association since last week to signal the opening of the mill. VMC President Minnie Chua said this is …
‘Delta’ likely triggers COVID spike earlier this year –Familiaran
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran suspects that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has likely long entered the city, and may have triggered the spike in cases experienced between late March and the beginning of April of this year. According to Familiaran, last June they saw a number of …
DOH advises Valladolid LGU to do backtrack on ‘Lambda’ case
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas has advised the local government unit (LGU) of Valladolid in Negros Occidental to do a backtrack and determine where the 35-year-old pregnant woman got the Lambda variant of COVID-19. According to Dr. Jessie Glenn …
InLife wins 5th consecutive Domestic Life Insurer, Marketing Initiative at Insurance Asia Awards 2021
Insular Life (InLife) won the Domestic Life Insurer of the Year – Philippines award for the 5th consecutive year at the Singapore-based Insurance Asia Awards 2021. The award affirms InLife’s purpose of providing a Lifetime for Good as it continues to serve Filipinos amidst the CoViD-19 pandemic by delivering on its promises to its policyholders …
Bacolod logs 2 more ‘Delta’ cases
Two more cases of the more transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 had been detected in Bacolod City, City Administrator Em Ang said yesterday. According to Ang, who is also the Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF) executive director and COVID-19 Vaccination Council coordinator, they received an information from the Philippine Genome Center that the patients include …