âSlow down, not a lockdownâ
BY MATĂ ESPINA
BACOLOD Cityâs Mayor Bing Leonardia went public over the weekend to clarify certain provisions under the Modified Enhanced Quarantine Community (MECQ) that...
At a standstill
BY MATĂ ESPINA
WITH THE declaration of Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine, Bacolod City has been at a standstill. Essential businesses and offices are opened but...
Protocol woes
BY MATĂ ESPINA
TIGHT border controls and the use of quarantine passes in Bacolod started on Monday. Despite a longer preparation when the implementation was...
Milling season opens
BY MATĂ ESPINATHE SUGAR milling season is now officially open and with it, the expected influx of sacada or the sugar migrant workers from...
Wait-and-see for Bacolod and Negros
BY MATĂ ESPINABACOLOD top bills the highest number of cases throughout Western Visayas, surpassing even the entire province of Negros Occidental that came in...
4-day lockdown (and not?)
BY MATĂ ESPINATEN YEARS ago, I had a short stint in Panay News through my column âPurple Trailsâ which was about my advocacy on...