Carla P. Gomez

Oct282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

ERC orders CENECO to comply with rules on ineligible contracts

The Energy Regulatory Commission directed Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. to comply with existing rules, particularly on the limitation of ineligible contracts, ERC announced on its website Thursday, October 28.This development is in light of the ERC’s findings that CENECO imposed Generation Rates that included two Power Supply Agreement (PSA) Contracts that expired on May 30, it said.“Upon evaluation of the submissions of CENECO for the month of July 2021, the Commission found that CENECO included in its Generation Rates billed to its customers for the billing period 26 May to June 2021 onwards, charges emanating from PSA (Power Supply Agreement) or contracts that are already expired. Under our existing policy, generation costs from ineligible or unapproved supply contrac...

Oct282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Occidental Pediatric A3 vax drive starts Oct. 29, more sites to open

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Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government will launch its mass vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities under the Pediatric A3 category at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital in Silay City starting 8 a.m. Friday, October 29.“Our target is 300 children…If there are more, we can still go up to 500 on the same day," Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, October 28.Pfizer vaccines recommended by the Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization will be administered, he said.Aside from the TLJPH, the provincial government will also vaccinate comorbid minors at the Lorenzo D. Zayco District Hospital in Kabankalan City and Cadiz District Hospital at dates to be announced later, Diaz added.The DOH ...

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SP sets Nov.1 special session for Bacolod’s P3.2B budget

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The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod will hold a special session to deliberate on the proposed P3.250 billion budget of Bacolod City for 2022 on November 1, Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran said Thursday, October 28.It was supposed to have been deliberated on during the SP regular session on Wednesday for approval on second reading, Familiaran said.However, a special session on All Saint’s Day was set because some councilors wanted to study the budget first, he said.The budget needs to be approved on second and third reading to become final.The SP had approved it on first reading on October 13.The 2022 budget will focus on the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Familiaran said.The proposed P3.250 billion budget is 25 percent higher than this year’s budget of P2.6 b...

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Some reluctance still exist vs. Covid antigen testing

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Capitol file photoThere is still some reluctance against rapid antigen testing from Negros Occidental residents tagged as close contacts of COVID-19 positive persons, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Thursday, October 28.The provincial government is still conducting rapid antigen testing provincewide to prevent the spread of the virus, he said.However, there are still some people trying to avoid testing by insisting they are not close contacts or do not feel any COVID-19 symptoms, he added.“Some we have to compel to be tested”, Diaz said.The Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital and Valladolid molecular laboratories also conduct 300 to 500 RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 a day, he said.The number of COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental has been going down, ...

Oct282021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Naga damo na naman ang naga pamalibad nga magpa test nga close contact sang Covid positive

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Capitol file photoPadayon ang contact tracing kag testing sang Negros Occidental, pero namutikan ang hesitancy ukon ang pagpamalibad sang mga natungdan para diri.Suno kay Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, hugot nga gina patuman sang probinsya ang swabbing para mapamatukan ang paglapta sang Covid -19.Padayon man ang pag gamit sang rapid antigen test para sa mga close contacts.Wala naman naga nubo sa 300 tubtob 500 sa kada adlaw ang ma process sang molecular laboratory sang probinsya.Namutikan man ang pagpabalibad ukon ang mga negatibo nga reaksyon, suno kay Diaz, ang probinsya ang naga pabilin sa panindugan sini nga dapat mag pa test ang mga natungdan.

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Flooding hits San Carlos, preventive measures taken

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Mayor Renato Gustilo on Thursday, October 28, ordered the immediate clearing of clogged drainages and inspection of tributaries following flooding that hit San Carlos City as heavy rain poured Wednesday night, October 27.Gustilo, with City Administrator Estefanio Libutan Jr. and City Engineer Franuel Luranas, also inspected the areas in the city that were flooded.They visited the creeks near the national highway that may have overflowed and added to the water surge in some areas, the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) reported.Gustilo instructed Luranas to have the residuals left in the waterways cleaned and to create a "temporary canal" beside the circumferential road to ease water flow during heavy rains, so as not to exhaust the catch-basin beside the Ci...

Oct272021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Covid-19 jabs for all minors aged 12 to 17 start Nov. 3

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Bacolod City will begin its COVID-19 vaccination drive for all minors aged 12 to 17 years old on November 3.The Department of Health announced on Wednesday, October 27, the start of the Pediatric vaccination expansion to include all 12 to 17 year olds by November 3.“Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will still be used among children during the nationwide rollout. Further details and guidelines with regard to the nationwide expansion of pediatric vaccination will be released once finalized,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire said.Meanwhile, the DOH continues to urge the adult population, especially those belonging to priority groups A2 and A3, senior citizens and persons with comorbidities, to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to achieve the cocoon effect that ...

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Tons of endangered clams seized in Sipalay again

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The clams seized in Sipalay City Wednesday, October 27.*Contributed photoAbout two to three tons more of endangered large clams, locally known as Taklobo, were recovered by the Maritime Police in another site in Brgy. Cayhagan, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental, on Wednesday, October 27, Dave Albao, Philippine Reef and Rainforest Conservation Foundation executive director, said.The seized clams could cost about P1 million, he said.The Maritime Police in southern Negros Occidental had seized 7,000 kilos of endangered fossilized and fresh clams worth P490,000 and nabbed two suspects in Brgy. Cayhagan on Tuesday, October 26, a report from PMaj. Don Archie Suspeñe, Fourth SOU PNP Maritime Group officer-in-charge, said.The clams seized on Tuesday and Wednesday will be brought to t...

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Covid-19 death of mayor’s ma triggers vaccination upsurge

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The death of the mother of Mayor Rhumyla Nicor Mangilimutan of La Castellana, Negros Occidental, from COVID-19 has led to an upsurge of residents in her town wanting to be vaccinated against the deadly virus.Noime Nicor, 71, La Castellana Liga ng mga Barangay president, died at the South Bacolod General Hospital on October 11.The mayor said her mother, who was diabetic, refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19.The death of her mother and kagawad Mario Solar from COVID-19 has made La Castellana residents aware of how dangerous it is not to be vaccinated, the mayor said.Almost all of the about 16 La Castellana residents who died from COVID-19 were unvaccinated, she said.They were told that had her mother been vaccinated, she could have survived, Mangilimutan said.Now...

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Guv: Rising fertilizer prices in hands of national gov’t

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Richard Malihan photoIt is in the hands of the national government to act on the clamor of sugar farmers for a halt to the unabated increase in fertilizer prices, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Wednesday, October 27.“We know that the national government is aware of this. Many of the presidential candidates have come up with suggestions on what to do,” he said.It has been suggested that the national government suspend the excise tax on fuel to help bring down the price of fertilizer, Lacson said.Considering the unabated increases in fertilizer prices, the National Federation of Sugarcane Planters (NFSP) earlier called on the Department of Agriculture to request the Department of Trade and Industry to impose a price cap on fertilizer prices.The price of Urea, the most wide...