By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) COVID-19 testing czar Secretary Vivencio Dizon announced yesterday that the launching of the COVID-19 vaccination for children aged five to 11 years old has been moved to Monday, February 7. The launching of the vaccination program was supposed to be scheduled today and tomorrow, February …
Monthly Archives: February 2022
‘Resbakuna sa Botika’ now in Bacolod
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The top heads of the national government’s Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) are expected to arrive today in Bacolod City to attend the launching of the city’s first “Resbakuna sa Botika” at the Mercury Drug Store at Ayala Malls Capitol Central. In an advisory released yesterday afternoon, among the top officials …
3ID neutralizes 12 NPA top leaders, 130 others in 2021
The Focused Military Operations (FMOs) of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division (3ID) coupled with the purposive Civil Military Operations and the overwhelming support of the member-agencies of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) resulted in the neutralization of 142 Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) …
Muslim community leader shot dead in Victorias
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A Muslim community leader was shot dead by an unidentified gunman early Tuesday evening at the parking lot of the Victorias City Hall along Jover Street in the city’s Barangay 4. Police identified the fatality as 35-year-old Iksan Umpar, a resident of Toreno Heights Subdivision in the city’s Barangay 13. …
Let’s meditate on heaven often
This may sound like a fantastic and overwhelming exercise, but I believe it is something necessary for us to do if we want to have the proper priorities in life, and thus to be properly guided. Especially these days when we are bombarded with so many fascinating things that can confuse us and lead us …
Say sorry before you run out of time
Why not reconcile every deep-seated resentment with your spouse, parents or siblings now? Why wait for the day when the unexpected will happen?. “Papa and I often fought but today he is gone. How do I say sorry now? It is too late. I never thought that this would happen. Papa was healthy, and I …
Hugnatan returning to Meralco in PBA Govs’ Cup restart
By Adrian Stewart Co Negrense center Reynel Hugnatan is set to make his return to the Meralco Bolts lineup when the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) resume its stalled Governors’ Cup matches on February 11. According to Bolts head coach Norman Black, the Bacolod City-native Hugnatan was in tip-top shape despite being sidelined in Meralco’s first …
PH Malditas aim for SEA Games gold
By Adrian Stewart Co The national women’s football team aims to prepare for their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup stint by shooting for a gold medal in the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Hanoi, Vietnam this May. According to Philippine Football Federation (PFF) president Mariano Araneta, a SEA Games gold is definitely one of …
Top 3 druggie in WV arrested in Bacolod
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga The current top three drug personality in Western Visayas (WV) was finally arrested by joint members of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) Station 8 and Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) Drug Enforcement Group-Special Operations Unit at Purok 13 in Bacolod City’s Barangay Mandalagan late Tuesday night, February 1. Police …