With the prolonged quarantine period, everyone’s aching for some much-needed escape. Social distancing is not a problem in this tropical oasis waiting on “the other side” of Boracay away from the usual crowd of the main stations. Whether you are a solo traveler looking for a getaway or traveling with your family or “barkada,” you …
Monthly Archives: September 2021
LOOKING FOR SAFE ACTIVITIES TO ENJOY BORACAY?
Belmont Hotel Boracay highlights top 5 recommendations With the prolonged quarantine period, everyone’s aching for some much-needed escape. Social distancing is not a problem in this tropical oasis waiting on “the other side” of Boracay away from the usual crowd of the main stations. Whether you are a solo traveler looking for a getaway or …
COVID vax drive for pregnant women set Sept. 22 & 30
A COVID-19 vaccination drive for pregnant women who are in their second or third trimester (three months and above) and breastfeeding mothers will be conducted at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central on September 22 and 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This will be spearheaded by the Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center-Task Force (EOC-TF), …
Public warned on fake quarantine advisories
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) over the weekend has issued a warning to the public after one of the city’s households received a letter claiming that they will be sealed off for purportedly having a COVID-positive person with them. EOC Executive Director and City Administrator Em Ang, in …
4 nabbed for online ‘sabong’
Four persons engaged in illegal online “sabong” using a cell phone were arrested at Purok Sunshine in Barangay Poblacion 2 in Negros Occidental’s Sagay City around 3:50 p.m. on Saturday, September 18. Police identified the suspects as 39-year-old Joey Pedroza, 44-year-old Paul Leonard Cañete, 44-year-old Ruzzel Villegas, and 37-year-old Renato Biare, all of Sagay City. …
PCG-NegOcc joins International Coastal Clean-up Day
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Negros Occidental station, in collaboration with other government agencies and Barangay Banago, conducted clean-up drive and mangrove planting at the PCG adopted coastal and mangrove conservation area in Purok Alalahoy and Purok Baybayon in Brgy. Banago, Bacolod City on Saturday, September 18. Presently, Coast Guard Negros Occidental has 10 …
39% hike in wet season palay production in W. Visayas eyed
Rice farmers in Western Visayas are expected to attain a 39 percent increase in the production volume of palay this wet cropping season compared to the actual harvest of 865,923 metric tons in the same period last year. Elmer Cabusas, rice program coordinator of the Department of Agriculture Region 6 (DA-6), said that the region …
Don’t be ashamed to talk about politics
It’s OK to discuss politics. It’s fine if they intend to run and disclose it today. People will understand. What isn’t OK is stealing the taxpayers’ money intended to buy masks and other clinical supplies while people are dying of Covid-19. “Politics have no relation to morals.” – Niccolo Machiavelli Politicians excited to talk …
Will Leni declare?
Obviously, the administration has grossly miscalculated the public fallout when corruption and ill-gotten wealth are brought to the fore as an election issue so close to an election year. Chinese-Filipino businessmen avoid making major decisions during “ghost month.” On the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar year, ghosts are released from the gates of …
PH Malditas stun Nepal in Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers
By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine women’s football team scored two goals in the dying moments to pull off a come-from-behind 2-1 triumph over Nepal in the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers on Saturday at the JAR Stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Tahnai Annis drilled the equalizer for the Malditas at the 89th minute mark …