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Photo from Jeffrey Giganto Facebook accountDo we have to kill our perceived enemies, especially if they are unarmed?That was the question raised by San Carlos Bishop Gerardo Alminaza following the death of nine and the arrest of 17 in Tapaz, Capiz, and Calinog, Iloilo, as the police served 28 search warrants for firearms and explosives today, December 30.The suspects, who were alleged communist rebels, fired on the policemen serving the search warrants causing them to return fire, the police said.However, Alminaza said they were Tumanduks (indigenous people) who were red-tagged.Is this the way we celebrate Christmas as a Christian country about to welcome the New Year and 500 Years of Christianity? Alminaza asked.The bishop reiterated his call for an end to the kill...

Chief Nurse Jane Gaylo, Dr. Claudelia Josefa Pabillo, Kabankalan City Mayor Pedro Zayco, and DPWH Regional Director Lea Delfinado (l-r) cut the ribbon during the turnover of the dormitory to the Lorenzo B. Zayco District Hospital.*DPWH-6 photoThe Department of Public Works and Highways has allocated P78 million for three more hospital off-site dormitories and three quarantine facilities to boost the fight against COVID-19 in four cities in Negros Occidental, DPHW Regional Director Lea Delfinado said today, December 30.The DPWH turned over a P13.5 million off-site dormitory to the Lorenzo B. Zayco District Hospital in Kabankalan City this month to serve as a temporary home for medical professionals and frontliners offering healthcare services to COVID-19 patients, she said.Two o...

Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson today, December 30, called on Negrenses not to drink and drive, and to avoid using firecrackers to usher in the New Year.Accidents due to the use of firecrackers are numerous during New Year’s eve, the governor pointed out.“I’m asking everyone to avoid the use of such, particularly that we are still in a pandemic and we don’t want to burden any further our hospitals with cases of injuries that can be avoided,” he said.During the New Year’s celebration, cases of road accidents usually increase because of drunk driving, Lacson also said.“When intoxicated, take a cab or ask someone sober to drive you home, or sleep and drive when sober. Better yet, don’t drink and drive at all, for your safety and the safety of others,” he said.*...

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines announced today the flight schedules of the three airlines flying to the Bacolod-Silay Airport in January 2021.The CAAP advisory said Philippine Airlines will have inbound Manila-Bacolod cargo flights and outbound Bacolod-Manila cargo/sweeper flights on Sundays (January 3 and 24).PAL will also have Manila-Bacolod-Manila flights on Mondays and Fridays (January 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, 22, 25, and 29), and Cebu-Bacolod- Cebu flights on Mondays (January 4, 11, 18 and 25).Cebu Pacific will have an inbound cargo Manila-Bacolod flight, and an outbound cargo/sweeper flight to Manila on Sunday (January 17).It will also have Manila-Bacolod-Manila flights Tuesdays and Thursdays ( January 5,7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, and 28) and Cebu-Bacolod-Cebu f...

BCPO photoAn elderly woman was found dead by her neighbor in an open field of a township being developed in Barangay 41, Bacolod City, this morning, December 30.Police identified the victim as 81-year-old Amparo Leyte of Barangay 27.The victim’s neighbor Ronnie Pesalbo passed by the area to get some vegetables when he saw her body, which was already in an advanced state of decomposition, a police report said.The victim, who had been missing since December 24, was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and hypertension.Police have ruled out foul play since the area was well-lighted at night and guards were patrolling the site.The elderly woman may have been relieving herself when she suffered a stroke, as she had no underwear on when she was discovered, the police said.*...