Carla P. Gomez

Oct262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros provinces not opening borders to bus operations yet

PDEA photoPublic transportation between the two Negros provinces will resume when the COVID-19 situation on the Oriental side improves, Negros Occidental provincial administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Tuesday, October 26.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson met with the Provincial Incident Management Team and the “assessment is there is more risks on the part of Negros Occidental in opening up the borders to public transportation with Oriental”, he said.He pointed out that the Department of Health has classified Negros Oriental as a COVID-19 high risk area for COVID-19 under Alert Level 4.Negros Occidental has been classified as a COVID-19 low risk area under Alert Level 2, Diaz added.“It’s counterproductive to our campaign against COVID-19 if we allow unimpeded or unchecked travel b...

Oct262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros has 2nd highest vaxxed persons in Western Visayas; Silay No.1 locally

Top Stories

The vaccination performance of Negros Occidental LGUs as of Monday, October 25.*Negros Occidental has the second highest number of COVID-19 vaccinated residents in Western Visayas, with Iloilo province in the top slot, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Tuesday. October 26.Diaz gave the explanation after the province was ranked by the Department of Health as the lowest performer in terms of target population reached in Western Visayas in its report Monday.That is because Negros Occidental has the largest target population to be vaccinated at 1,825,370, he said.Negros Occidental has vaccinated 419,822 residents or 23 percent of its target, he said. The provincial government needs to vaccinate 1,405,548 more residents or 77 percent of the target population, he said. ...

Oct262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

7,000 kilos of endangered clams seized in Sipalay

Top Stories

The endangered fossilized and fresh clams, locally known as Taclobo, seized in Brgy. Cayhagan Sipalay City, Tuesday morning, October 26.*4th SOU-MG photoThe Maritime Police in southern Negros Occidental seized 7,000 kilos of endangered fossilized and fresh clams, locally known as Taclobo, in Sitio Ondol Pasil, Brgy. Cayhagan Sipalay City, Tuesday, October 26.Seized were P490,000 worth of Taclobos identified as endangered species in clear violation of Section 102 of Republic Act 10654 that bans the fishing and taking of rare, threatened or endangered species, a report from PMaj. Don Archie Suspeñe, Fourth SOU PNP Maritime Group officer-in-charge, said.At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, they received a report from a concerned citizen that giant clams were being collected in Barangay Cayhag...

Oct262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

64 new COVID-19 deaths in Negros Occidental

Top Stories

Salvador Benedicto LGU photoThere are 64 new COVID-19 deaths in Negros Occidental, the Provincial Incident Management Team reported Tuesday night, October 26.This brings the total COVID-19 deaths in Negros Occidental to 1,272 since the start of the pandemic last year from 1,208 on Monday, the report showed.The PIMT also reported that Negros Occidental’s active COVID-19 cases dropped to 3,460 on Tuesday from 3,638 on Monday.Negros Occidental had recorded 374 COVID-19 deaths in October, the highest in a single month since the COVID-19 pandemic started, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Monday.The 64 new cases on Tuesday brings the total October deaths to 438.*

Oct262021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

86,700 additional doses of Covid vaccines arrive

Top Stories

CAAP-Bacolod photoNegros Occidental and Bacolod City received 86,700 more doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, October 25.Bacolod City received 15,000 doses of Sinovac and 32,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.Negros Occidental received 39,300 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines.Bacood City had 1,618 active COVID-19 cases with one death, the Department of Health reported Tuesday.Negros Occidental had 4,351 active cases, and 11 new deaths, it added.However, the Provincial Incident Management Team said the active COVID-19 cases in Negros Occidental are below the 4,000 mark.*

Oct252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros’ highest Covid deaths registered in October at 374

Top Stories

The Covid-19 deaths in Negros Occidental for 2021*The Covid-19 deaths in Negros Occidental for the past eight days.*Negros Occidental has recorded 374 COVID-19 deaths in October, the highest in a single month since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March last year, Provincial Administrator Rayfrado Diaz said Monday, October 25.In the past eight days, from October 18 to 25, there were 135 deaths recorded, he also said.Bago City had the most deaths in the past eight days at 34 followed by Sipalay City - 21, and Cadiz City - 15, Diaz said.The Negros Occidental COVID-19 deaths in March were 10, April – 37, May – 79, June – 104, July -97, August – 60, September 234, and October – 374, Capitol data for 2021 showed.The Provincial Incident Management Team (PIMT) reported that fr...

Oct252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

First PH case of B.1.1.318 variant hits Bacoleña: DOH

Top Stories

NIAID photoThe Department of Health (DOH) announced on Monday, October 25, that the first B.1.1.318 COVID-19 variant case in the Philippines hit a Bacolod City resident.However, there is no cause for alarm for Bacolod residents as the 34-year-old female hit by the variant had recovered from it while in quarantine in Metro Manila and has since returned to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dr. Chris Sorongon, City Emergency Operations Center deputy for medical data and analysis, said.The B.1.1.318 variant, which was first detected in Mauritius, was classified as a variant under investigation by the World Health Organization on June 2, DOH spokesperson Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said.The patient is a 34-year-old male from Bacolod City who returned to the Philippines o...

Oct252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod to start vaccinating 704 Pediatric A3 kids on Oct. 29

Top Stories

The Bacolod City and Iloilo City governments are simultaneously launching their COVID-19 vaccination drives for minors aged 12 to 17 year olds under the Pediatric A3 category on Friday, October 29, Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center deputy for medical data and analysis, said Monday, October 25.Bacolod City is launching its Pediatric A3 vaccination drive in partnership with the Riverside Medical Center on Friday, he said.Registration will start at 8 a.m. and 704 minors with comorbidities have already been preregistered for vaccination, Sorongon said.The Pediatric A3 vaccination drive after Friday will be held in the city’s mega vaccination centers near hospitals, he added.He said the expansion of the Pediatric A3 vaccination drive will follow once adequate cover...

Oct252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Capitol buys 6 ambulances for severe Covid-19 cases

Top Stories

Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson, Vice Gov. Jeffrey Ferrer, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, and Provincial Incident Management Team Commander Zeaphard Caelian inspect the negative pressure ambulances.*Capitol photoThe Negros Occidental provincial government has purchased six negative pressure ambulances for the transport of patients suffering from severe COVID-19 and other ailments, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said Monday, October 25.The ambulances will form part of the Negros Occidental 911 Quick Response Service to be stationed in four or five provincial government-run hospitals, he said.Lacson said they are looking at the hospitals in Silay City, Cadiz City, Valladolid, La Carlota City and Kabankaan City.“The ambulances are expensive but we are saving lives here so we ca...

Oct252021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod, Negros Occidental waiting for booster shots’ green light

Top Stories

PHO photoThe Bacolod City and Negros Occidental governments are waiting for the green light from the national government to begin administering COVID-19 booster shots for healthcare workers and senior citizens.Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday, October 25, that the Negros Occidental provincial government is ready to administer the booster shots as soon as it gets the green light to do so.“I hope it will be supported also by more vaccines,” he said.Lacson said they are also waiting for the green light for the vaccination of minors.Bacolod City is ready to administer the booster shorts but has not received an advisory from the national government yet, Dr. Chris Sorongon, Emergency Operations Center deputy for medical data and analysis, also said Monday.Sorongon ...