By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson will deliver his State of the Province Address (SOPA) tomorrow during the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. It will be broadcasted live via the official Facebook page of the provincial government of Negros Occidental. Lacson said he will report to the Negrenses the …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
16 kids die of COVID-19 in WV
A total of 16 children below 10 years old in Western Visayas died of coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, since the start of the pandemic last year. According to Dr. Daphynie Teorima, medical officer III and spokesperson of the Department of Health Region 6 (DOH-6), the number comprised .7 percent of the total 2,330 cumulative deaths …
Iloilo City logs 11 new ‘Delta’ cases
Iloilo City has recorded 11 more cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in a sequence result dated August 21, 2021 sent by the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) yesterday, bringing the total Delta cases in the city to 15. There were also two Alpha and three Beta cases reported in the city. All of these …
Connecting people with God
This is a big, tremendous challenge to priests especially when they—we, me included, of course—give homilies in the Mass which is a very privileged occasion for us to preach in the name of Christ as head of the Church. At this point, it may good to remit some relevant words issued in 1997 by eight …
Treñas seeks Bacolod’s formula vs COVID-19
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas along with several local chief executives and governors of Western Visayas held a Zoom meeting yesterday with Bacolod City Administrator Em Ang in order to seek for Bacolod City’s formula for sustaining the steady decline of COVID-19 cases. According to Ang, who is also the …
Education amid the pandemic
For many of our teachers, the new mode of learning has meant more expenses on their part. A study conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) showed that public school teachers are using their personal money to acquire devices such as laptops, mobile phones, printers and similar gadgets, …
Ugás willing to give Pacquiao a rematch
By Adrian Stewart Co Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugás is open to grant Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao a rematch following his unanimous decision win over the weekend at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion, he is open to face Pacquiao anew after the eight-division world …
Pampanga OKs PBA PH Cup restart
By Adrian Stewart Co There is no more hitches for the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) to restart its stalled 2021 Philippine Cup by September in Pampanga. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said yesterday that they already received a formal go-signal from Pampanga Governor Dennis Pineda to complete the remainder of the All-Filipino conference there. The games …
DSB mayor lauds town police for arresting cattle rustlers
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Don Salvador Benedicto Mayor Marxlene dela Cruz lauded the town’s entire police force after they successfully arrested a group of cattle rustlers in the town last week. In an interview with Dela Cruz yesterday morning, he congratulated his police chief, Police Lt. Eugene Tolentino, and his deputy, Police Lt. Beverly …
Panelo visits NegOcc, to forward mayors’ requests to nat’l gov’t
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Atty. Salvador Panelo paid a visit to Negros Occidental on Sunday, August 22, and conducted a meeting with the province’s chief executives. In a press conference held yesterday morning, Panelo said the province’s mayors have forwarded several requests which they needed in their respective local government …